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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Let's Learn about Transport

Activity Type Introduction

Vocabulary Exercises: This modes of transport worksheet helps students learn and
matching, categorising, practice transport vocabulary and related verb collocations.
sentence completion,
gap-fill Procedure
Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Students begin by
Focus matching modes of transport with pictures.
Transport vocabulary
Exercise A - Answer key
Verb collocations related
to transport 1. f, 2. h, 3. g, 4. b, 5. e, 6. d, 7. i, 8. a, 9. c

Next, students categorize the modes of transport, according to

Aim the verbs and phrasal verbs they can be used with. Remind the
students that some modes of transport can be used with more
To learn and practice than one verb.
transport vocabulary and
related verb collocations. Exercise B - Answer key

ride a bicycle, motorbike, moped

Preparation take a bus, coach, ferry, taxi, train, tram, the underground, subway
Make one copy of the get in a taxi
worksheet for each get on a bus, coach, ferry, train, tram, the underground, subway
student. catch a bus, coach, ferry, taxi, train, tram, the underground,
subway
board an airplane, a ferry
Level
Students then complete sentences with the verbs or phrasal
Intermediate (B1) verbs and modes of transport by looking at the place stated at
the beginning of each sentence.
Time Exercise C - Possible answers
20 minutes
1. catch/take/get on a train
2. board an airplane
3. take/get in a taxi
4. catch/take/get on a ferry
5. catch/take/get on a bus/coach
6. ride a bicycle/moped/motorbike OR take/catch/get in a taxi

Finally, students do a gap-fill exercise where they complete

sentences with verbs, phrasal verbs or modes of transport based
on the context of each sentence.

Exercise D - Answer key

1. bus / took, caught, got on 5. motorbike / moped

2. bicycle, motorbike, moped / ferry 6. underground, subway
3. catch, take / taxi 7. board / airplane
4. tram

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 MODES OF TRANSPORT

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Let's Learn about Transport

A. Match the modes of transport with the pictures.

1. a bus / coach ...... a b c

2. a bicycle ......
3. an airplane ......
4. a ferry ...... d e f

5. a taxi ......
6. a train ......
g h i
7. the underground / subway ......
8. a motorbike / moped ......
9. a tram ......

B. Categorize the modes of transport, according to the verbs or phrasal verbs they can
be used with. Some modes of transport can be used with more than one verb.

ride take get in get on catch board

C. Complete the sentences with the correct verb or phrasal verb and mode of transport.

1. At the train station, you can .......................................................................................

2. At the airport, you can ...............................................................................................

3. At the taxi rank, you can ............................................................................................

4. At the ferry terminal, you can .....................................................................................

5. At the bus station, you can .........................................................................................

6. From your home, you can ...........................................................................................

D. Complete the sentences with verbs, phrasal verbs or modes of transport.

1. I missed the ................... that stops at the end of my road, so I ................... a tram.

2. I will ride to the waterfront on my ................... and take a ................... across the river.

3. It's too late to .................. a bus. I have my phone so we can call a ................... instead.

4. T
 he best way to see the old city is to get on a ................... Just look for the overhead wires
and follow them to the nearest stop.

5. T
 he engine in a ................... is too big for me, so I like to ride a ................... It has a
smaller engine.

6. I like going to work, but I don't like walking down the stairs to take the ...................

7. I got to the airport just in time to ................... the ...................

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