A Traffic Accident

A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

Focus on Grammar, Intermediate, Page 42

Fill in the blanks. Use these words:  attention  causes  cell  fast  paying  push  red

REPORTER:  What was the cause of the accident, Officer?

POLICE OFFICER:  Well, it looks like there were several 1_______. First of all, the driver was driving much too 2_______. She is a burglary suspect, and she was trying to leave town. While she was driving, she was talking to someone on her 3_______ phone, so she wasn’t 4________ attention to the road. When she saw the pedestrian, she immediately stepped on the brakes, but it was too late. The victim wasn’t paying 5_______, either. When the car hit him, he was crossing against a 6_______ light. He didn’t see the car approaching because he was busy talking to his friend, who was eating an ice cream cone and not looking where he was going. When his friend saw the car coming, he tried to 7_______ the man out of the way, but it was too late.

REPORTER:  How is the victim doing?

POLICE OFFICER: Well, when the paramedics arrived, his head was bleeding badly, but the doctors bandaged the wound, and they think he’ll be all right.

1. D

2. A

3. C

4. B

5. E

6. F

7. i

8. G

9. L

10. K

11. H

Bottom

1. causes

2. fast

3. cell

4. paying

5. attention

6. red

7. push