EXERCISE 1
Write down any of these means of transport which you have used:
| I have travelled | by bus
by car by lorry by bicycle by motorbike by train by plane by boat by coach on foot on horseback |
EXERCISE 2
It is important to use the correct preposition, by or on, when we are talking about travelling or going somewhere.
e.g. We travelled there by aeroplane.
We went there on foot.
BUT: We went there in my father’s car.
Put these words and expressions in the correct column:
train foot a picnic myself air boat
my own a trip coach holiday
| I’m going by | I’m going on |
Now make sentences like this: I’m going to Canada by air.
1. I’m going to_______________ by ____________.
2. I’m going to_______________ on ____________.
3. I’m going to_______________ on ____________.
4. I’m going to_______________ by ____________.
EXERCISE 3 | Railway Station Ticket Office
Read the text and then fill the gaps with the words given.
Clerk: Can I help you?
Customer: I want to go on a day 1. _________ to London.
Clerk: Would you like a seat in 2.___________ or standard class, sir?
Customer: Which is cheaper?
Clerk: Oh, standard class, sir, but on this train you need to reserve a 3._________.
Customer: Oh, well, I think I’ll do that, then, How much does the 4._________ cost?
Clerk: Day return to London, standard class with a 5. ________ . That’s £16.60, please.
Customer: £16.60. There you are. Thank you.
Clerk: Thank you.
EXERCISE 4
Match these verbs and nouns to make expressions to do with travelling:
a ticket, a trip, a timetable, a seat, a reservation
1. make
2. buy
3. reserve
4. go on
5. look at
Now complete these sentences using the verbs above in the correct tense:
1. I wanted to find out what time the train for London left,
so I__________ the timetable.
2. Before I go to America, I’ II ___________a ticket.
3. They____________ reservations six weeks before departure.
4. It isn’t necessary to____________ seats on this flight.
5. We ___________a trip to Kenya last year.
EXERCISE 5 | LOCATIONS
Fill the gaps to complete these sentences:
1. If I want to travel by aeroplane, I have to go to the ____________.
2. The bus leaves in twenty minutes; I’II meet you at the__________.
3. The Intercity to Birmingham arrives at 18:05. Will you pick me up at the__________?
4. Wait in the queue for a taxi at the__________.
5. The ferry is due to arrive at the_____________ in the morning.
EXERCISE 6
Which do you think would be the best mode of transport in the following situations?
A. An old lady, who doesn’t like flying, wants to go from Liverpool to New York to see her son.
B. A young couple from Manchester wants to go on holiday to Spain for two weeks.
C. A student from London University wants to go on a trip to Cambridge as cheaply as possible.
D. A London family with two young children wants to spend the day by the sea.
(a) plane (b) coach (c) train (d) ship
EXERCISE 7
Fill in the empty boxes with the simple past tense of these verbs to do with travel:
| Present | drive | ride | sail | fly | catch | take | go |
| Past |
Choose the correct form of the verb:
1. When I went to Brazil, I fly / flew with British Airways.
2. I always took / take a taxi to the town centre.
3. He drove / drive his car into a wall.
4. We were late and we didn’t catch / caught the train.
5. You can’t rode / ride your bicycle in the park.
EXERCISE 8
Different verbs are used for different modes of transport. Fill in as many as possible in this box:
| RIDE | |
| DRIVE | |
| FLY | |
| SAIL | |
| GO |