Ways of getting to work

How do you get to work? (= How do you go to work?)

go by tram.
get the train.
I take the bus.
underground.
drive.
walk.
cycle.

Commuting

Match the two parts of what people say about getting to work.
Complete the text, using the bus map information

Answer the questions

The Underground

Put each of the following words in its correct place in the passage below

metro sliding doors subway tube platform escalator lift

Quicker than the bus is the underground (called the 1) _____________ in London, the 2)
____________ in New York and the 3) _______________ in Paris and many other cities). You
buy your ticket at the ticket–office. Go down to the 4) ______________ on the 5)
_____________ or in the 6) _____________. The train comes. The 7) _______________ open.
You get on. You look at the map of the underground system. Very simple.

Put one of the following words in each space in the sentences below

Travel Questionnaire

1) Do you live far from the University?

Use:
- It’s a 45 minutes’ ride by bus/tram from my house.
- It’s a 10 minutes’ walk from …
2) What time do you leave home?
3) How do you get to the University?
Use:
- I go by bus/tram/trolleybus/underground.
- I take the bus/tram/trolleybus/underground.
- I get the bus/tram/trolleybus/underground.
- I commute/drive/cycle/walk.
4) How long does it take you to get to the University?
Use:
- It takes me half an hour.
- No time at all. It’s a 5-minutes’ walk from my house.
5) How many stops do you travel?
6) Where do you get off?
7) What time do you get to the University?