Travelling and Means of Transport

INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. Worksheet A– Cut the words in each sentence and mix them up. Put students into pairs and give each pair a set of cards. Ask the students to try to form a full-meaning sentence out of the words that they are given. With respect to the level of English of your students, you can give each pair more than just one sentence. Also, each card is numbered, so you will not have them mixed up. Help students if needed. When students have their sentences completed, you can ask them to write their final versions on the blackboard or on PC, so that the rest of the class can write them down (or correct) in their exercise books. Then translate.
  1. Worksheet B – Let students think about the public and private means of transport.
  1. Worksheet B – Check the vocabulary with students. Make sure that they understand everything and let them think about the connection of the words and the means of transport.

E.g. transport from door to door = car, taxi, bike, motorbike...

for many people = bus, train, tram, underground, plane, ship...

  1. Worksheet C – The cards in Exercise 1 discuss the advantages and disadvantages of travelling by train. There is also a set of cards with some other means of transport. Give each student one of them and encourage them to write down 5 advantages and 5 disadvantages of travelling by the certain means of transport. Students should use as much vocabulary from Exercise 2 as possible.
  1. Worksheet C – Tell the students to discuss their answers in pairs. Discuss which means of transport is the best, the safest, the fastest, etc.
  1. Worksheet C – There is a writing task included. Let students imagine that they have a foreign friend coming. Encourage them to give him/her advice about the transportation in our country. What would be the best way to help the friend to come and visit the students in their town or village?
  1. Worksheet D – See the results.

Worksheet A –Travelling. Cut the cards and let the students form sentences. (See further instructions.)

1. Nowadays, / 1. people / 1. can / 1. choose / 1. among
1. numerous / 1. types / 1. of / 1. transport, / 1. either
1. private / 1. or / 1. public.
2. Among / 2. the / 2. private / 2. means / 2. of
2. transport / 2. belong / 2. a / 2. bike, / 2. a
2. motorbike / 2. or / 2. a / 2. car.
3. The / 3. public / 3. means / 3. of / 3. transport / 3. are
3. train, / 3. bus, / 3. plane, / 3. tram, / 3. trolleybus,
3. ship / 3. and / 3. underground.
4. Each / 4. of / 4. them / 4. has / 4. some
4. advantages / 4. and / 4. disadvantages.
5. For / 5. example / 5. travelling / 5. by / 5. train
5. has / 5. the / 5. following / 5. advantages:
6. It / 6. is / 6. quite / 6. cheap / 6. and / 6. people
6. can / 6. get / 6. various / 6. price / 6. reductions.
7. You / 7. cannot / 7. be / 7. stuck / 7. in / 7. a
7. traffic / 7. jam.
8. The / 8. number / 8. of / 8. connections / 8. is
8. pretty / 8. high.
9. There / 9. is / 9. enough / 9. space / 9. on / 9. the
9. train, / 9. so / 9. you / 9. can / 9. sit / 9. on / 9. the
9. seat / 9. or / 9. stay / 9. in / 9. the / 9. aisle.
10. You / 10. can / 10. find / 10. there / 10. smoker’s
10. or / 10. non-smoker’s / 10. carriages.
11. On / 11. the / 11. fast / 11. train, / 11. there / 11. is
11. also / 11. a / 11. buffet-car.
12. If / 12. you / 12. travel / 12. by / 12. train, / 12. you
12. can / 12. relax, / 12. and / 12. you / 12. do / 12. not
12. have / 12. to / 12. watch / 12. the / 12. traffic.
13. On / 13. the / 13. other / 13.hand, / 13. there / 13. are
13. several / 13. disadvantages / 13. of
13. travelling / 13. by / 13. train.
14. The / 14. trains / 14. are / 14. often / 14. delayed,
14. they / 14. are / 14. old / 14. and / 14. sometimes
14. pretty / 14. dirty.
15. The / 15. railway / 15. trucks / 15. do / 15. not
15. reach / 15. all / 15. the / 15. places – / 15. there
15. are / 15. still / 15. many / 15. places / 15. without
15. train / 15. connection.
16. They / 16. are / 16. crowded / 16. and / 16. do / 16. not
16. take / 16. you / 16. from / 16. door / 16. to / 16. door.

Worksheet B

  1. List public and private means of transport:

Public: / Private:
  1. Check the vocabulary. Which means of transport is it connected with?

otransport from door to door

oexpensive

oget price reductions

orun only at certain time

oproduce exhaust fumes

otravelling with friends

olong distance travelling

ofast transportation

orelaxing during the journey

oeating and drinking during the journey

oenough/limited space

owatching the traffic

oresponsibility for co-travellers

ochanging means of transport

oreaching all the destinations

oget sick/seasick

otake a lot of time

odangerous

ocomfortable

obuffet-car

oenvironmentally friendly

ogetting fit during the journey

ostuck in the traffic jam

oair-conditioning

oneed a ticket

obe delayed

oold and dirty seats

ooffer service during travelling

owalking in the aisle

orestroom on board

obe cancelled

olong waiting time

obuy tickets in advance

ofasten the seatbelt

ofollow road signs

ospeed limit

ofine for speeding

ojet lag

Worksheet C

  1. Advantages and disadvantages of some means of transport. Use the vocabulary from the previous exercise on worksheet B.

CAR
5 ADVANTAGES / 5 DISADVANTAGES
BUS
5 ADVANTAGES / 5 DISADVANTAGES
TRAM
5 ADVANTAGES / 5 DISADVANTAGES
PLANE
5 ADVANTAGES / 5 DISADVANTAGES
BIKE
5 ADVANTAGES / 5 DISADVANTAGES
TAXI
5 ADVANTAGES / 5 DISADVANTAGES
SHIP
5 ADVANTAGES / 5 DISADVANTAGES
UNDERGROUND
5 ADVANTAGES / 5 DISADVANTAGES
FERRY
5 ADVANTAGES / 5 DISADVANTAGES
MOTORCYCLE
5 ADVANTAGES / 5 DISADVANTAGES
TRAVELLING ON FOOT
5 ADVANTAGES / 5 DISADVANTAGES

Writing task:

Imagine that you have a friend from abroad coming for a visit. He/she wants to visit your hometown/village. He/she will arrive to the airport in Prague. Try to give him/her the instructions about how to get to your place. Think about the best way of planning the journey – which means of transport are the best to use, which of them are expensive, slow, etc. You can use the vocabulary from Exercise 3.
Worksheet D– Travelling by plane

A)Think about travelling by plane. Use vocabulary from the table in the text below.

hand
travel agency
book
duty-free
advance
passport
domestic
liquids
check-in desk
board
cafés
departure / check
boarding pass
customs
restaurants
international
gate
pilot
arrival
reservation
credit card
air-ticket

If you want to travel by plane, you have to make a (1)______for a particular flight. You can do it through some (2)______and pay cash or on the internet, which is much faster and you pay it with your (3)______. The earlier before leaving you (4)______the ticket, the cheaper it will be. For (5)______flight you should check in at least one hour before the(6)______. If you take an (7)______flight you should be at the airport at least two or three hours in (8)______. You cannot have any (9)______on you when you are travelling by plane. You can take only a small (10)______luggage on (11)______.

At the airport, you go to the (12)______with your luggage to check in. There the officer checks your (13)______and (14)______, weighs your luggage and gives you a (15)______. Then you go to the passport control and security control. Through the passport control you get to the departure lounge. If you have some time before boarding you can go to the (16–18)______, ______or other ______shops. Then you find your (19)______and after the air-ticket control you board the plane, find your seat, put on the seat-belt and wait for the departure. When the (20)______allows, you can unfasten your belt but before landing you have to be fastened again. After leaving the plane, you go to the (21)______hall, through passport control and the (22)______.

FLIGHT / AIRPORT / GATE
OK712 / La Guardia / 13
EJ038 / Heathrow / 9
LH600 / Gatwick / 6

B)You are flying to London, HeathrowAirport, from Prague. Find out which plane/airlines you are going with and what number your gate is:

-La Guardia is in New York.

-Long-haul flights never leave from Gate 6.

-Passengers to Gatwick should go to Gate 13.

-Lufthansa (LH) does not fly to Heathrow.

-Lufthansa goes to New York.

-The gate for OK flights is never an odd number.

Results:

A)Travelling by plane

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  1. reservation
  2. travel agency
  3. credit card
  4. book
  5. domestic
  6. departure
  7. international
  8. advance
  9. liquids
  10. hand
  11. board
  12. check-in desk
  13. passport
  14. air-ticket
  15. boarding pass
  16. –18. restaurants, cafés, duty-free
  1. gate
  2. arrival
  3. customs

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B)You are travelling to London:

OK – Heathrow – 6EJ – Gatwick – 13LH – La Guardia – 9

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