English for Everybody - Advanced course
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Explanations.

Not all explanations make sense. Here are some famous explanations given by the drivers of motor vehicles. They were trying to explain to their insurance companies why they had their accidents. Each explanation has been cut in half. Try to put the complete explanation back together. When you have finished click answers to check. (You can also test your English by trying to explain to a friend what is wrong with what the drivers said!)

1. An invisible car came out of  a. where to jump, so I hit him.
2. I looked at my mother-in-law  b. lorry coming the other way.
3. A lamp post suddenly  c. under a little bridge
4. It was his fault, because he  d. and drove into the river.
5. The car is undamaged,  e. nowhere, hit me and vanished.
6. I drove a big truck  f. has had an accident there before.
7. I collided with a stationary  g. it's just at the bottom of the river.
8. The pedestrian did not know  h. swerved in front of my car.

     

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