Worksheet
Vocabulary Worksheet - Transport
Match words and pictures 1
bicycle
2
3
bus car
1
helicopter
6
5
4
hot-air balloon jet ski
8
7
9
motorbike motor boat motor scooter plane
10
11
12
scooter ship submarine
13
14
15
train van
Write the words 1. The quickest
: ……………………………………………………………………………………
2. The fastest
: ……………………………………………………………………………………
3. The slowest
: ……………………………………………………………………………………
4. The most comfortable
: ……………………………………………………………………………………
5. What you have tried
: ……………………………………………………………………………………
Transport & Travvelling g: Vocaabulary y Q Quiz!!
A person whose job is to serve s and take carre of passengerrs on
an aircraft:
A comfortab ble bus for carrrying
A place where e taxis park wh hile
passengers o over long distanc ces:
they are waitin ng for passengerrs:
a. couch b. carriage c. coach
a. flight assista ant b. flight attend dant c. flight sergea ant
a. taxi ring b. taxi lane c. taxi rank
A small vehiicle at the airp port
A
that can be pushed and is used u
and not travelling in a vehicle:
person wallking in the sttreet
paid as punish hment for park king
t luggage: for carrying the
illegally: a. pedestrian b. pedometer c. pedant
a. pedalo ey b. trolle c. pram m
A sum of mon ney that must be
a. parking bill b. parking fine e c. parking rece eipt
A
hat
material
made e worrn
of
very
when
sttrong
ridin ng
A
a
motorcycle to protect your head:
place
A stamp or mark m put in your y passport by off ficials of a foreign
same
country, which h permits you to
must
go
wh here aro ound
direction:
a. armour b. helmet c. beaver ha at
meet,
forming a cirrcle that all trraffic
roads in
the
a. merry-go-ro ound b. roundaboutt c. rounders
enter their country:
The flat area at a train sttation
that runs o on rails along the
where you get on o or off the trrain:
streets and carries c passenge ers:
a. runway b. platform c. deck
A vehicle drriven by electrricity
a. tramp b. tram c. trap
A part of a road that only
A
a to use: bicycles are allowed
that cannot m move or can only move very slowly:
a. cycle path h b. cycle line c. cycle lane e
a. traffic marm malade b. traffic soup p c. traffic jam
A journey by sea, vissiting different places, especially as a holiday: a. crusade b. cruise c. cruiser
long line off vehicles on a road
A kind of ma achine used to fill in the bicycle ty yres with air: a. bicycle filler b. bicycle pu ump c. bicycle sa addle
a. vice b. visa c. vista a
The part of a train where you y can buy some ething to eat and a drink: a. canteen car b. buffet car c. gorging car
The passage between rowss of seats in a plane: a. corridor b. island c. aisle
A vehicle, usua ally smaller tha an a lorry, used forr carrying good ds or people: a. van b. truck c. trunk
What’s the name of
the safety device in a
if there is an accident,
car that fills with air
to protect the people in the car?
How do you call the area of road marked with broad black and white lines where vehicles must stop for people to walk across?
What’s the name of the jacket
without
sleeves,
that can be filled with air designed to help you float if you fall in water?
How do you call the time, usually twice a day, when the roads are full of traffic because people are travelling to or from work?
How do you call the small hole in a bicycle or car tyre, made by a sharp point?
What’s the verb which means
“to
go
past
a
moving vehicle ahead of you because you are going faster than they are”?
What’s the name of
What’s
the
verb
the space at the
which means “to leave
back of a car where
the ground and begin
you put bags, cases,
to fly” (of e.g. an
etc., in?
airplane)?
How do you call the small room on a ship in which you live or sleep?
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ANSWERS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27.
A person whose job is to serve and take care of passengers on an aircraft: FLIGHT ATTENDANT A comfortable bus for carrying passengers over long distances: COACH A place where taxis park while they are waiting for passengers: TAXI RANK A small vehicle at the airport that can be pushed and is used for carrying the luggage: TROLLEY A person walking in the street and not travelling in a vehicle: PEDESTRIAN A sum of money that must be paid as punishment for parking illegally: PARKING FINE A hat made of very strong material worn when riding a motorcycle to protect your head: HELMET A place where roads meet, forming a circle that all traffic must go around in the same direction: ROUNDABOUT A stamp or mark put in your passport by officials of a foreign country, which permits you to enter their country: VISA The flat area at a train station where you get on or off the train: PLATFORM A vehicle driven by electricity that runs on rails along the streets and carries passengers: TRAM The part of a train where you can buy something to eat and drink: BUFFET CAR A part of a road that only bicycles are allowed to use: BICYCLE LANE A long line of vehicles on a road that cannot move or can only move very slowly: TRAFFIC JAM The passage between rows of seats in a plane: AISLE A journey by sea, visiting different places, especially as a holiday: CRUISE A kind of machine used to fill in the bicycle tyres with air: BICYCLE PUMP A vehicle, usually smaller than a lorry, used for carrying goods or people: VAN What’s the name of the safety device in a car that fills with air if there is an accident, to protect the people in the car?: AIRBAG How do you call the area of road marked with broad black and white lines where vehicles must stop for people to walk across?: ZEBRA CROSSING What’s the name of the jacket without sleeves, that can be filled with air designed to help you float if you fall in water?: LIFE JACKET How do you call the time, usually twice a day, when the roads are full of traffic because people are travelling to or from work?: RUSH HOUR What’s the verb which means “to go past a moving vehicle ahead of you because you are going faster than they are”?: OVERTAKE How do you call the small hole in a bicycle or car tyre, made by a sharp point?: PUNCTURE What’s the name of the space at the back of a car where you put bags, cases, etc., in?: BOOT What’s the verb which means “to leave the ground and begin to fly” (of e.g. an airplane)?: TAKE OFF How do you call the small room on a ship in which you live or sleep?: CABIN
Speaking and listening – Elementary to Intermediate
Let’s talk about TRANSPORT Conversation cards How do you get to school? (or) How do you get to work?
How long does it take you to get here?
How far do you live from here?
(e.g. 5 minutes, 20 minutes, 1 hour)
(e.g. 200 metres, 10 kilometres)
Do you (or your parents) have a car? Talk about it.
How often do you take a taxi? Are taxis expensive?
What’s your favourite form of transport? Why?
How often do you use public transport? Talk about it.
Which means of public transport do you know? Make a list.
Is petrol (gasoline) expensive where you live? How can we use less?
Is a car considered a luxury in your country? What’s your dream car?
How many kinds of transport have you used? What’s your favourite?
Driving causes pollution. How can we prevent this?
What do you think is the safest kind of transport? Why?
How can we solve the problem of traffic jams?
Have you ever ridden a horse? A camel? An elephant? A motorcycle?
Have you ever been in a traffic accident? Have you seen one? Talk about it.
What makes of car are popular in your country?
Sedan (also saloon), hatchback or station wagon (also estate). Which do you prefer? Why?
2
(e.g. Toyota, Peugeot, BMW)
Match words and pictures
airliner ambulance
1
boat
3
7 6
cruise ship
8
helicopter hot air balloon motor scooter motorbike mountain bike
4 5
scooter
9
10
SPEAKING
TRANSPORTATION
1. What kind of transportation do you use most often ? Why?
2. What do you think is the most dangerous form of transportation ? Why?
3. What do you think is the safest form of transportation ? Why?
4. How important do you think it is to use public transport ?
5. What’s your favourite form of transportation
6. How could public transport in your city be improved ?
7. Is parking a problem in your city ? 8. Do you feel safe when you use public transport? Develop your idea.
9. How do you think countries can reduce congestion on the roads ?
10. Do you think a bicycle rider should be required to wear a helmet ?
12. Have you ever missed a train ? Tell us about it and about your reactions.
14. Have you ever been in a traffic accident ?
11. Do you ever take a taxi ? On what occasion?
13. What are the most annoying bad driving habits of other drivers in your country ?
15. Would you like to go on a cruise ? Why or why not?
16. Have you ever been stopped for speeding ? What do you think of the growing number of fixed traffic speed radars?
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Match words and pictures 1
bicycle
2
3
bus car
1
helicopter
6
5
4
hot-air balloon jet ski
8
7
9
motorbike motor boat motor scooter plane
10
11
12
scooter ship submarine
13
14
15
train van
Write the words 1. The quickest
: ……………………………………………………………………………………
2. The fastest
: ……………………………………………………………………………………
3. The slowest
: ……………………………………………………………………………………
4. The most comfortable
: ……………………………………………………………………………………
5. What you have tried
: ……………………………………………………………………………………
Transport & Travvelling g: Vocaabulary y Q Quiz!!
A person whose job is to serve s and take carre of passengerrs on
an aircraft:
A comfortab ble bus for carrrying
A place where e taxis park wh hile
passengers o over long distanc ces:
they are waitin ng for passengerrs:
a. couch b. carriage c. coach
a. flight assista ant b. flight attend dant c. flight sergea ant
a. taxi ring b. taxi lane c. taxi rank
A small vehiicle at the airp port
A
that can be pushed and is used u
and not travelling in a vehicle:
person wallking in the sttreet
paid as punish hment for park king
t luggage: for carrying the
illegally: a. pedestrian b. pedometer c. pedant
a. pedalo ey b. trolle c. pram m
A sum of mon ney that must be
a. parking bill b. parking fine e c. parking rece eipt
A
hat
material
made e worrn
of
very
when
sttrong
ridin ng
A
a
motorcycle to protect your head:
place
A stamp or mark m put in your y passport by off ficials of a foreign
same
country, which h permits you to
must
go
wh here aro ound
direction:
a. armour b. helmet c. beaver ha at
meet,
forming a cirrcle that all trraffic
roads in
the
a. merry-go-ro ound b. roundaboutt c. rounders
enter their country:
The flat area at a train sttation
that runs o on rails along the
where you get on o or off the trrain:
streets and carries c passenge ers:
a. runway b. platform c. deck
A vehicle drriven by electrricity
a. tramp b. tram c. trap
A part of a road that only
A
a to use: bicycles are allowed
that cannot m move or can only move very slowly:
a. cycle path h b. cycle line c. cycle lane e
a. traffic marm malade b. traffic soup p c. traffic jam
A journey by sea, vissiting different places, especially as a holiday: a. crusade b. cruise c. cruiser
long line off vehicles on a road
A kind of ma achine used to fill in the bicycle ty yres with air: a. bicycle filler b. bicycle pu ump c. bicycle sa addle
a. vice b. visa c. vista a
The part of a train where you y can buy some ething to eat and a drink: a. canteen car b. buffet car c. gorging car
The passage between rowss of seats in a plane: a. corridor b. island c. aisle
A vehicle, usua ally smaller tha an a lorry, used forr carrying good ds or people: a. van b. truck c. trunk
What’s the name of
the safety device in a
if there is an accident,
car that fills with air
to protect the people in the car?
How do you call the area of road marked with broad black and white lines where vehicles must stop for people to walk across?
What’s the name of the jacket
without
sleeves,
that can be filled with air designed to help you float if you fall in water?
How do you call the time, usually twice a day, when the roads are full of traffic because people are travelling to or from work?
How do you call the small hole in a bicycle or car tyre, made by a sharp point?
What’s the verb which means
“to
go
past
a
moving vehicle ahead of you because you are going faster than they are”?
What’s the name of
What’s
the
verb
the space at the
which means “to leave
back of a car where
the ground and begin
you put bags, cases,
to fly” (of e.g. an
etc., in?
airplane)?
How do you call the small room on a ship in which you live or sleep?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
ANSWERS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27.
A person whose job is to serve and take care of passengers on an aircraft: FLIGHT ATTENDANT A comfortable bus for carrying passengers over long distances: COACH A place where taxis park while they are waiting for passengers: TAXI RANK A small vehicle at the airport that can be pushed and is used for carrying the luggage: TROLLEY A person walking in the street and not travelling in a vehicle: PEDESTRIAN A sum of money that must be paid as punishment for parking illegally: PARKING FINE A hat made of very strong material worn when riding a motorcycle to protect your head: HELMET A place where roads meet, forming a circle that all traffic must go around in the same direction: ROUNDABOUT A stamp or mark put in your passport by officials of a foreign country, which permits you to enter their country: VISA The flat area at a train station where you get on or off the train: PLATFORM A vehicle driven by electricity that runs on rails along the streets and carries passengers: TRAM The part of a train where you can buy something to eat and drink: BUFFET CAR A part of a road that only bicycles are allowed to use: BICYCLE LANE A long line of vehicles on a road that cannot move or can only move very slowly: TRAFFIC JAM The passage between rows of seats in a plane: AISLE A journey by sea, visiting different places, especially as a holiday: CRUISE A kind of machine used to fill in the bicycle tyres with air: BICYCLE PUMP A vehicle, usually smaller than a lorry, used for carrying goods or people: VAN What’s the name of the safety device in a car that fills with air if there is an accident, to protect the people in the car?: AIRBAG How do you call the area of road marked with broad black and white lines where vehicles must stop for people to walk across?: ZEBRA CROSSING What’s the name of the jacket without sleeves, that can be filled with air designed to help you float if you fall in water?: LIFE JACKET How do you call the time, usually twice a day, when the roads are full of traffic because people are travelling to or from work?: RUSH HOUR What’s the verb which means “to go past a moving vehicle ahead of you because you are going faster than they are”?: OVERTAKE How do you call the small hole in a bicycle or car tyre, made by a sharp point?: PUNCTURE What’s the name of the space at the back of a car where you put bags, cases, etc., in?: BOOT What’s the verb which means “to leave the ground and begin to fly” (of e.g. an airplane)?: TAKE OFF How do you call the small room on a ship in which you live or sleep?: CABIN
Speaking and listening – Elementary to Intermediate
Let’s talk about TRANSPORT Conversation cards How do you get to school? (or) How do you get to work?
How long does it take you to get here?
How far do you live from here?
(e.g. 5 minutes, 20 minutes, 1 hour)
(e.g. 200 metres, 10 kilometres)
Do you (or your parents) have a car? Talk about it.
How often do you take a taxi? Are taxis expensive?
What’s your favourite form of transport? Why?
How often do you use public transport? Talk about it.
Which means of public transport do you know? Make a list.
Is petrol (gasoline) expensive where you live? How can we use less?
Is a car considered a luxury in your country? What’s your dream car?
How many kinds of transport have you used? What’s your favourite?
Driving causes pollution. How can we prevent this?
What do you think is the safest kind of transport? Why?
How can we solve the problem of traffic jams?
Have you ever ridden a horse? A camel? An elephant? A motorcycle?
Have you ever been in a traffic accident? Have you seen one? Talk about it.
What makes of car are popular in your country?
Sedan (also saloon), hatchback or station wagon (also estate). Which do you prefer? Why?
2
(e.g. Toyota, Peugeot, BMW)
Match words and pictures
airliner ambulance
1
boat
3
7 6
cruise ship
8
helicopter hot air balloon motor scooter motorbike mountain bike
4 5
scooter
9
10
SPEAKING
TRANSPORTATION
1. What kind of transportation do you use most often ? Why?
2. What do you think is the most dangerous form of transportation ? Why?
3. What do you think is the safest form of transportation ? Why?
4. How important do you think it is to use public transport ?
5. What’s your favourite form of transportation
6. How could public transport in your city be improved ?
7. Is parking a problem in your city ? 8. Do you feel safe when you use public transport? Develop your idea.
9. How do you think countries can reduce congestion on the roads ?
10. Do you think a bicycle rider should be required to wear a helmet ?
12. Have you ever missed a train ? Tell us about it and about your reactions.
14. Have you ever been in a traffic accident ?
11. Do you ever take a taxi ? On what occasion?
13. What are the most annoying bad driving habits of other drivers in your country ?
15. Would you like to go on a cruise ? Why or why not?
16. Have you ever been stopped for speeding ? What do you think of the growing number of fixed traffic speed radars?
1
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