Lesson 11 - Transportation
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This page: Listen to and read a dialogue of someone describing a car accident to a police officer.

"The Traffic Accident"
Dialogue

Listen to and read the dialogue.

► Listen to the dialogue

• OFFICER STEVENS – Thanks for coming to the station Mrs. Peters. We need to get a report on what you saw during the traffic accident.
• MRS. PETERS – No problem. I’m happy to help.
• OFFICER STEVENS – What’s your full name?
• MRS. PETERS – My name’s Lorna Ann Peters.
• OFFICER STEVENS – Where do you live?
• MRS. PETERS – I live at 3157 Fig Street.
• OFFICER STEVENS - Where were you during the accident?
• MRS. PETERS – I was on the street corner. I was waiting for the traffic light to change.
• OFFICER STEVENS – What did you see?
• MRS. PETERS – The traffic light changed and the red car stopped suddenly. Then the blue car hit the red car.
• OFFICER STEVENS – Was the red car driving fast?
• MRS. PETERS – Yes, it was going very fast and then it stopped suddenly at the traffic light.
• OFFICER STEVENS – I notice you wear glasses. Is your eyesight good?
• MRS. PETERS – I’m getting older but I can still see OK.
• OFFICER STEVENS – Thank you for your time Mrs. Peters. I just need you to sign this police report.
• MRS. PETERS – No problem.

 

Practice

Report the dialogue between Officer Stevens and Mrs. Peters using reported speech. For this exercise, write the sentences without the optional word "that".

exercise
Officer Stevens told Mrs. Peters, "We need to get a report on what you saw during the traffic accident."
Officer Stevens told Mrs. Peters they needed to get a report on what she had seen during the traffic accident.
 

1. Mrs. Peters said, "I’m happy to help."

 

2. Officer Stevens asked her, "What’s your full name?"

 

3. Mrs. Peters said, "My name’s Lorna Ann Peters."

 

4. Officer Stevens asked her, "Where do you live?"

 

5. She said, "I live at 3157 Fig Street."

 

6. Officer Stevens asked her, "Where were you during the accident?"

 

7. She said, "I was on the street corner."

 

8. She said, "I was waiting for the traffic light to change."

 

9. Officer Stevens asked her, "What did you see?"

 

10. She said, "The traffic light changed and the red car stopped suddenly."

 

11. She said, "The blue car hit the red car."

 

12. Officer Stevens asked her, "Was the red car driving fast?"

 

13. She said, "It was going very fast and then it stopped suddenly."

 

14. Officer Stevens asked her, "Is your eyesight good?"

 

15. She said, "I’m getting older but I can still see OK."

 

16. Officer Stevens said, "I just need you to sign the police report."

 

 

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