DRIVING

A permission to drive a car is called a License. In most countries you need to take a written test and a practical driving test to get a Driver’s License. In Massachusetts USA for example, a person who is 16 years old can get a Learner’s Permit that allows them to drive with a licensed driver. With this permit, they are not allowed to drive between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. unless they are driving with a parent who is a licensed driver. Learners can get a Driver’s License when they are 18 years old. The cost for a Learner’s Permit is $15.00 US. For a Driver’s License is $20.00 for the driving test and $33.75 for the Picture License.

Teaching Tips & Ideas

Look at these two meanings of “Drive”:

Drive as a verb – means to control a car or any other vehicle

e.g. we usually drive to school.

Drive as a noun – means to have purpose and energy for a goal or plan

e.g. He has the drive to succeed.
When we drive a car, we usually have a location/place we want to reach.
When we have drive we have the purpose/energy to get to our goal/destination - which may or may not be a location/place.


Which sentences refer to driving a car ?

a) My wife drives very fast. (She really does)
b) He has a lot of drive.
c) Jack and Jill are driving to the airport now.
d) She is driven to finally reach her goal.

Remember: “DRIVE CAREFULLY AND DEFENSIVELY”


LAUGHTER'S THE BEST MEDICINE


The Yellow Dress

My three-year-old daughter and I went shopping with my mother. A rather large woman, Mom sometimes has a tough time finding just the right fit. When my mother picked out a yellow dress, my daughter went into the dressing room with her. A moment later Mom asked her how she liked the outfit. My daughter replied,

"Oh, Grandma, you look so pretty, just like a big yellow school bus."

The yellow dress stayed in the dressing room…

WORD OF THE DAY

VIA

Function: preposition

Meanings:

1 - By going through (a particular place) By way of (a particular place)

e.g. She flew to New York via Chicago.

2 - By means of a person, machine, by using something or someone

e.g. I'll let her know via one of our friends. He did some research via computer. We went to school via a shortcut.

QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first”! (Ronald Reagan)