Page 17 - PBD Plus English T2 (EG)

English Form 2 Unit 2

Reading Skill Textbook page: p.84

Module DSKP Practice
Extra
A Read the text. LS 3.1.1 Practice

Hitchhiking: the golden answer to budget travel! It doesn’t cost a cent, plus you can meet interesting people
and get a sneak peek into their lives. As much as I love hitchhiking, I also enjoy picking up hitchhikers when
I’m driving. I had a memorable experience in a small town in the mountains of Bulgaria—I met the hitchhiking
grannies!
While I was wondering whom to ask for directions, I saw three grannies by the roadside waving. I stopped to
ask them, only to realise that they were actually hitchhiking, not waving. In mere seconds, all of them crammed
into my car. It turned out they owned potato farms high in the mountains. They hitchhiked every single day to
get there to take care of their potato crop.
When I stopped to let them out, one threw a banknote into the car and dashed away. At my perplexed look,
the third granny explained that the runaway hitchhiker had just received news of a newborn great-grandson
that morning. She wanted me to drink a coffee to his health. So, I did! For all their hard work every day, they’ve
reached a ripe old age!

B Complete the following sentences with expressions of not more than three words from the text.
(a) Hitchhiking is an inexpensive way to travel and opportunity to meet interesting people .

(b) The writer enjoys hitchhiking and also picking up hitchhikers when driving.

(c) The three grannies owned potato farms in the mountains.

(d) They hitchhiked every single day .

(e) The grannies worked hard and lived to a ripe old age .

C Read the text and match the words and meanings correctly.

(a) memorable (i) just a few seconds

(b) mountain lodge (ii) puzzled
(c) mere seconds (iii) unforgettable

(d) crammed (iv) packed
(e) perplexed (v) a type of hotel in the mountain

D Read the text and make appropriate grammatical corrections.

When travelling on a shoestring, (1) choose to hitchhike is the best option. It saves (1) choosing

a lot of (2) stresses and time as you get to travel to local places. Inevitably, it’s not (2) stress
(3) hopping
just (3) hoping from city to city. You’ll meet many locals (4) but experience the local
(4) and
culture. For a (5) shortest period of time, take part in local’s everyday routines. You (6) (5) short
should be invited to their homes to taste the local cuisine. (6) might

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