LESSON 18

Put the pedal to the metal! Transport

Phrasal verbs and degrees of comparison

Topressacar'sacceleratortothefloor;todriveveryfast. Idiom: tomakesomethinggoforwardorincreaseasfastaspossible

  1. Answer the questions below.

  1. You are going to read about the first two journeys, but the paragraphs are not in the right order. Find the first paragraph for the plane journey, and then the other three. Do the same for the train journey.
  1. Answer the questions with T (train) and P (plane)

Answer the questions below:

  1. Watch the video from “Friends series” about Rachel travelling by plane. Complete the missing words:

[Scene: John F. Kennedy International Airport, Rachel is running to the ticket counter]

Rachel: Ooh, ooh, ooh,ooh,ooh. Hi.

TicketAgent: Hello.

Rachel: Hello. Umm, when is your ___next______flight______ to London?

Ticket Agent: There's one leaving in __30______minutes.

Rachel: Ohh, good.

Ticket Agent: And I do have one ___seat______left.

Rachel: Ohh, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Ticket Agent: The last minute _____fare______on this ticket is twenty seven hundred dollars.

Rachel: Huh..How about 600?

TicketAgent: Sorry.

Rachel: How about 600 and these _____earrings______?

Ticket Agent: They prefer it if I don't barter.

Rachel: Ohh, I just don't think I have enough left on my __credit card______.

Ticket Agent: Well you can _split______it with another credit card.

Rachel: Ohh, okay, how about five. Ohh, thank you.

Ticket Agent: I'm just going to need to see your ___passport______.

Rachel: Okay, you know what? I don't have it, but I can tell you exactly where it is on my night stand, and...okay. But you know what? I have my ___driver's licence______and I have a twenty.

5. Have you ever had any funny travelling experience?

6. You are going to listen to Martin talking about the third journey, by car. Number the pictures 1 – 7. (Recording 2.12)

7. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false).

8. Listen to Martin talking about his journey and fill in the By car column in the chart. (Recording2.13)

9. Think of a town/city in your country. How many different ways are there of getting there? Which do you think is the best? Why?

10. Comparatives and superlatives. Read the sentences. Are the highlighted phrases right or wrong? Correct the wrong phrases.

11. Complete with comparative or the superlative of the bold word.

12. Look at the presentation and compare the following pictures using the comparison degrees of adjectives.

13. Compare the experiences below using the bold adjectives.

Thank you for the lesson!

HOMEWORK:

  1. Look at the these phrasal verbs and their definitions. Fill in the gaps with the correct phrasal verbs so that the text makes sense. (Keep in mind that the main verb changes according to the time and function of the sentence, e.g.drop offin a past passive structure isI was dropped off.
  1. +Drop off- to take someone to a place and leave them there
  2. +Check in- to register at a hotel
  3. +Check out- to leave and pay for your stay at a hotel
  4. +Pick up- to go and fetch someone from a place and take them somewhere else
  5. +Set off- to start a journey
  6. +Take off- when a plane leaves and begins to fly
  7. +Get in- when a plane arrives on an airport
  8. +Get away- to leave to go somewhere for a break or holiday
  9. +Get on- to climb on board
  10. +Speedup- toincreasespeed
  11. +Look around- to explore what is near you, in your area
  12. +Hurry up- to rush and not waste time
  13. Go back- to go the place someone is leaving from to say goodbye
  14. +See off- to go the place someone is leaving from to say goodbye
  15. +Look forward- to wait for something that is going to happen in the future

Summer break in the USA

The day I left for the USA my family(1)_saw__ me__off_. We had breakfast on the airport but we had to(2)_hurried up__so that I wouldn't miss my flight. It was a teary goodbye, but I was(3)looking forward___to new experiences in the USA. After I(4)_got on__the plane I made myself comfortable and sent a few last minute goodbye text messages. I thought of how much I wanted this holiday and that I just needed to(5)get away___from it all. A short while later the pilot announced that all electronics were to be switched off, for we were preparing to(6)_take off__. As the plane was(7)_speeding up__on the runway I sat back and took pleasure in brute force and strength of the momentum the plane was creating to lift itself up from the ground.

When our plane(8)_got in__at JFK Airport in New York there was already a taxi waiting to(9)_pick__ me _up__. The taxi(10)_dropped__ me __off_at the Holiday Inn where I would meet up with my friends. After I(11)checked in___ to the hotel we all went to Time Square, where we(12)looking around___for the rest of the day. The next day we got up in the early hours of the morning and did some sightseeing. That night we were exhausted and went to bed early. The next morning we(13) checked out___after breakfast, rented a car and(14)_set off__on a cross-country road trip. Itwouldbeanother 3 monthsbefore I would(15)_go back__home.

  1. Learn the phrasals above and make up 10 sentences with any of them