Words & their Meanings

Read the following sentences and write the words in bold next to their meanings below.

·                  A current-collector device found under the carriage reaches out to touch the third rail, transferring energy to move the train.

·                  Old-fashioned trains that look like a Harry Potter Hogwarts Express usually have a big chimney with smoke steaming out.

·                  Of course, it does not get its power by plugging into the wall socket.

·                  This is not a malfunction but a safety device.

·                  Passengers kept accidentally dropping things that ended up getting caught in the groove of the MRT doorways.

·                  These could be tissue paper, coins or other items that cannot be banned because everyone needs them.

1.  a hollow structure that carries away smoke                      ___________________

2.  soft paper used for cleaning and thrown away after use  ___________________

                    

3.  belonging to a time in the past                                          ___________________

4.  part of electrical equipment into which another part fits    ___________________

5.  separate parts of a train in which passengers sit               ___________________

6.  a long narrow hollow space cut into a surface                  ___________________

7.  persons travelling in a vehicle                                            ___________________

8.  failure to work or operate                                                   ___________________