Travelling and Means of Transport

INSTRUCTIONS:

0. 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.

2. 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...

3. 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.

4. Worksheet C Tell the students to discuss their answers in pairs. Discuss which means of
transport is the best, the safest, the fastest, etc.

5. 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?

6. Worksheet D See the results.

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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.
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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.
smokers
10.
or 10.
non-smokers 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.

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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.

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Worksheet B

1. List public and private means of transport:

Public: Private:

2. Check the vocabulary. Which means of transport is it connected with?

o transport from door to door

o expensive
o get price reductions
o run only at certain time
o produce exhaust fumes
o travelling with friends
o long distance travelling
o fast transportation
o relaxing during the journey
o eating and drinking during the journey
o enough/limited space
o watching the traffic
o responsibility for co-travellers
o changing means of transport
o reaching all the destinations
o get sick/seasick
o take a lot of time
o dangerous
o comfortable
o buffet-car
o environmentally friendly
o getting fit during the journey
o stuck in the traffic jam
o air-conditioning
o need a ticket
o be delayed
o old and dirty seats
o offer service during travelling
o walking in the aisle
o restroom on board
o be cancelled
o long waiting time
o buy tickets in advance
o fasten the seatbelt
o follow road signs
o speed limit
o fine for speeding
o jet lag
Worksheet C

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 3. 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

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 BIKE
5 ADVANTAGES 5 DISADVANTAGES

TAXI
5 ADVANTAGES 5 DISADVANTAGES

SHIP
5 ADVANTAGES 5 DISADVANTAGES

UNDERGROUND
5 ADVANTAGES 5 DISADVANTAGES

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 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.

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Worksheet D Travelling by plane

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

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

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 (1618)______________, _____________ 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)__________.

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

- La Guardia is in New York. FLIGHT AIRPORT GATE

- Long-haul flights never leave from Gate 6.
- Passengers to Gatwick should go to Gate 13. OK712 La Guardia 13
- Lufthansa (LH) does not fly to Heathrow.
- Lufthansa goes to New York. EJ038 Heathrow 9
- The gate for OK flights is never an odd number.
LH600 Gatwick 6

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Results:

A) Travelling by plane

1. reservation 11. board

2. travel agency 12. check-in desk
3. credit card 13. passport
4. book 14. air-ticket
5. domestic 15. boarding pass
6. departure 16. 18. restaurants, cafs, duty-free
7. international 19. gate
8. advance 20. arrival
9. liquids 21. customs
10. hand

B) You are travelling to London:

OK Heathrow 6 EJ Gatwick 13 LH La Guardia 9

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