Grammar

1 Complete the sentences with the words in the 4 Cross out the wrong noun in each group.
box. 1 get into a car / a taxi / a van / a bus
have to can have to 2 ride a motorbike / a train / a horse / a bike
don’t have to can’t have to 3 go by foot / ferry / feet / plane
4 take a train / a bus / a taxi / a car
1 When you get to the airport, you     have to    5 get on a plane / foot / a bus / a boat
check in. 6 get off a bike / a car / a motorbike / a bus
2 When you check in, you                               show your 7 get out of a taxi / a train / a plane / a car
ticket and passport. 8 miss a ferry / a taxi / a train / a bus
3 If you want, you                               do tax-free 9 drive a car / a lorry / a bike / a bus
shopping after you go through security.
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4 You                               buy food on the plane. It’s not
necessary.
5 You                               take a large suitcase with you 5 Match beginnings 1–7 with endings a)–g) to
on the plane. make sentences.
6 You                               put on your seatbelt when the
plane takes off. 1 I lost     e    a) my alarm clock.
2 I missed         b) didn’t arrive.
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3 The traffic         c) didn’t start so I took
the bus.
4 My car               d) the ferry.
2 Complete the sentences with a/an, the or no 5 The bus               e) my ticket.
article (–). 6 The train               f) was terrible.
1 What’s     the    name of your daughter? 7 I didn’t hear               g) was late.
2                     Chinese is                     hard language to 8.My babysitter ___ h)ran away
learn. 9.I was stopped ___ i) let me down
3 We stayed in                     beautiful house near 10.My pet ___ j) by the police
Cadiz. 11.The subway was____ k) bad cramps
4 He loves                     motorbikes but he hates 12. I have ___ l) out of order
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cars.
5 You’ll see                     train station on                    
6. Complete the words
right.
6 We sold                     old car and bought                    
1. I wasn’t happy with the service, so I made
new one.
a com_____
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2. The flight was fine but we had a terrible
jou_____from the airport to our hotel.
3. Where I live, the public transport is not
Vocabulary very con____ because the nearest bus stop
is two kilometres aw______, and there are
3 Underline the correct adjective. no trains at all.
1 Stop! You’re going too fast/slow. 4. The train station is just round the
2 It’s a lot easier/more difficult to learn to ride a cor_____from where I live.
bike than to drive a car. 5. Buses are not very reli_____.Sometimes
3 It’s safer/more dangerous to travel by plane than they come every five minutes, but other
by car. times you have to wait for forty minutes.
4 It’s healthy/unhealthy to walk in polluted cities. 6. When I got to the bus stop there was a
5 It’s greener/more polluting to walk to work than long li____of people.
to go by car. 7. Train fares are crazy: a ret____to
6 It’s more inconvenient/convenient to use a Glasgow costs more than two singles.
motorbike than a car on busy streets. 8. People are always com____ing about the
7 It is more comfortable/uncomfortable to travel by buses, but I don’t think they’re that bad.
taxi than by bus. 9. I use the trains every day for work, so I’ve
got a sea____ ticket
6 10. Your train is going to depart from
plat____six at 10:25.
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Function
6 Complete the conversations with the words in
the box.
about afraid broke don’t happen hear
late problem ten terribly train

1
A: Sorry I’m 1     late    .
B: That’s OK. No 2                               .
A: I’m 3                               my car 4                               down.
B: Don’t worry 5                               it.

2
A: It’s 6                               o’clock!
B: I’m 7                               sorry. I missed the 8
.
A: I 9                               believe you.
B: It’s true! I didn’t 10                               my alarm
clock.
A: OK. But don’t let it 11                               again.

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