Level: upper- intermediate

Age: 16

Aims: -to practice the use idioms through class discussions and writing
- to become aware of different driving cultures
- to use vocabulary related to driving in speaking and writing activities

1. Activity: warm-up
The teacher shows the students a driving license and asks questions.
Instruction: Can you tell me what this is? At what age does a person get a drivers license in your
country/in other countries? What do you need to do to get a drivers license in your country?
Interaction: T-Ss, Ss-T
Time: 5 min

2. Activity: brainstorming
The Teacher gives Ss information about different driving cultures.
Instruction: Different countries have different driving cultures. Read some of the particularities
and decide with your partner what other rules should be included in the driving legislation in
your country.
Interaction: T-Ss, S-S
Time: 5 min
3. Activity: reading and writing
Instruction: Read the text and identify words/expressions related to driving. Write them down.
Interaction: T-Ss, Ss-T
Time:10 min

4. Activity: reading and writing

Instruction: Read one more time the sentences that contain the following idioms and try to
guess their meaning.
Interaction: Individual work
Time: 5 min

Idiom: had butterflies in her stomach

Meaning: ______________________________

Idiom: felt light headed from nerves

Meaning: ______________________________

Idiom: made her hold her tongue

Meaning: ______________________________

Idiom: settle the nerves

Meaning: ______________________________

Idiom: man in his right mind

Meaning: ______________________________

Idiom: speaking to a brick wall

Meaning: ______________________________

5. Activity: writing
Instruction: Match the idioms related to driving with their meaning.
Interaction: Individual work
Time:5 min

Hit the road Go faster

Drive up the wall Leave a place to go somewhere else
To be off the track To make someone very bored or angry
Put the pedal to the metal The most fuss gets the most attention
To be at the crossroads Annoy or irritate
Drive someone around the bend To have to make a decision
The squeaky wheel gets the oil To be distracted
6. Activity: listening and writing
Instruction: Listen to the following radio traffic report. Take notes and then summarize the report
verbally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgzWv8ioV0c
Interaction: T-Ss, Individual work, Ss-T
Time:7 min

7. Activity: speaking
Instruction: Describe a bad incident that you experienced in traffic.
Interaction: T-Ss, Ss-T
Time:7 min

8. Activity: writing
Instruction: Together with your desk mate, imagine a dialogue between the two drivers in the
picture.
Interaction: pair work
Time:6 min