Activity | Fluent City

BEFORE YOU WATCH

You will hear the words below in the video. Read the words. Write a definition for any word you don't know.

1. year

2. horsepower

3. car

4. range

5. drive

6. vehicle

7. road

8. power

9. features

10. performance

11. miles

12. sedan

13. lot

14. row

15. interior

16. luxury

17. wheel

18. tech

19. sale

WATCH AND LISTEN

Watch the video. As you listen, pause and write down any words you want to learn.

WHILE YOU LISTEN

As you listen, fill in the blanks using the adjectives below.

cool
lofty
mini
standard
additional
advanced
big
biggest
clunky
comfortable
compact
comprehensive
confusing
dated
deductive
different
dual
electric
fifth
final
friendly
full
good
great
hard
high
higher
hybrid
impressive
interior
ish
large
last
less
like
lively
lower
ludicrous
many
mass
mid
more
most
new
next
only
other
previous
quiet
rear
removable
same
sharper
shorter
similar
small
standard
strong
subcompact
top
trim
upgraded
upper
wealthy
weird
wheel
wider
wonderful

1. performance

2. headroom

3. range

4. doors

5. four- drive

6. year

7. a bit less

8. doors

9. safety

10. reasoning

11. models

12. quality

13. looks

14. powertrains

15. engine

16. tires

17. options

18. announcement

FOCUS ON EXPRESSIONS

Listen again. Notice when you hear the phrases below.

They are bucking the SUV trend.
There is nothing quite like it on the market.
You can be guaranteed that there's nothing quite like it.
The base car has 600 horsepower.
Bollinger is taking preorders with delivery.
These are appealing vehicles.
The looks might be up for debate.
The performance is definitely settled.
The hybrid is rated at 41 miles per gallon.
It's got a sleek new look.
You can use your cell phone as a key.
It's got a roomy interior.
Who says fun is dead?
I think it looks cool.
It's got a really comfortable interior.
Volkswagen is trying to kick the personality up a notch.

GRAMMAR PRACTICE

Make sentences with the verb below in the present simple affirmative.

1. get

2. look

3. can

4. go

5. will

6. make

7. should

8. want

9. offer

10. come

11. drive

12. would

13. redesign

14. think

15. start

16. know

17. rank

18. see

19. take

20. add

Video Information

General Details

Edmunds
CEFR Level of Vocabulary: B1
CEFR Level of Grammar: A1

Verb forms used:

375 present simple affirmative
68 infinitive
51 gerund
44 past simple affirmative
40 simple affirmative
37 present passive affirmative
30 conditional affirmative
24 present simple negative
23 present continuous affirmative
16 future simple affirmative