Preview（腕試し）

Do you like the amusement park ride that rolls on tracks and coasts down the slopes at very high speeds? If you do, you like riding:

A. a space coaster

B. a roller coaster

C. a drink coaster

Examples（例文）

A jet coaster is called a roller coaster in English. The Japanese name may have come from a famous roller coaster in Europe that's called "Jet Coaster," but note that that name is a proper noun （固有名詞）.

My favorite roller coasters are those that scare the wits out of you.

　

Exercises （練習）

Please choose the best answer.

1. Have you ever ____________ a roller coaster?

A. ride

B. rode

C. ridden

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2. Another amusement park word.

Kanransha is the Japanese word for a ride first built by a man named George Washington Gale Ferris. Can you guess the English name for this ride? (Hint: It's easy to guess!)

A. kanran wheel

B. Ferris wheel

C. nice-view wheel