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The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 16 - Accident-prone for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning

Question

Work in pairs. Discuss what kinds of accidents might happen in the places / situations below. Which is the most risky? Use vocabulary from Exercise 1 to explain your ideas.

Answer

a beach

  • drowning
  • cut feet on rocks and bits of glass in the sand

a campsite

  • hit by collapsing tent
  • hit finger with hammer

cooking dinner

  • burnt on cooker
  • cut finger when chopping

cycling

  • injuries from falling off bike or being knocked off by a car or lorry
  • serious head injuries if not wearing helmet

doing DIY

  • cut finger or hand with tools
  • falling off a ladder

driving

  • a crash or collision
  • head or neck injuries

a football pitch

  • break a leg or twist or sprain an ankle from a badly-timed tackle or turn

gardening

  • cut finger from pruning the roses
  • falling off a ladder

an ice rink

  • falling on the ice and breaking an arm or leg
  • cut by ice skate

jogging

  • hit by car
  • slipping and falling

a nightclub

  • slip and hurt ankle from exuberant dancing

a mountain

  • breaks
  • sprains and cuts from slipping on mountain path

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