Vocabulary

A bicycle repair shop

Exercise 1: What is it?

Choose the correct options without looking at the vocabulary lists on these two pages.

A. If you want to repair your bicycle, it is useful to put it on a… 1. kickstand. 2. workstand.

B. If you have a flat tyre, you have a… 1. puncture. 2. derailleur.

C. Inner tube and tyre are mounted on the… 1. spoke. 2. rim.

Exercise 2: Getting the bike ready

Unscramble the words in bold, which are all listed on pages 48–49.

Chris is a(n) (A) nechmiac and the owner of a bicycle repair shop. He also is an enthusiastic (B) lyscict , and this summer, he wants to cross the Alps.

But before he can start, he has to

(C) hovauerl his (D) cicyble

. He has already set up the

(E) worstdank and got some tools ready: (F) lipers , a(n) (G) xhe eky and a(n) (H) trye revel . He has to replace a broken (I) kopes and centre the

(J) tornf helew . He also has to grease the (K) inach and tighten the screws under the (L) sedald . The (M) daret on the (N) terys

is badly worn, so he needs new ones. He checks the (O) savelv and (P) gliths . Finally, he makes sure that the (Q) chapt tik is complete, but he decides to take with him two

(R) repas rinne tebus

— though he hopes not to have a(n)

(S) putcreun .

Everything is ready for Chris’s tour now.