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VOCABULARY Types of transportation A Find six types of transportation in The adventures of Alastair Humphreys . Write them in the correct place. Then add the words in the box. cab car ferry helicopter minibus trolley van
PRONUNCIATION A
3.1 Listen and repeat.
1 /p/ plane
2 /b/ boat
3 /v/ visa
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3.2 Listen and write the words in the correct place. / p / / b / / v / bus
Travel by air
Travel over land Travel by ocean bike
C 3.2 Listen, check and repeat the words. D SPEAK Work in pairs. Practice saying the sentences. Your partner has to decide if you’re saying a or b. 1 a Put some oil in the van. b Put some oil in the pan. 2 a I’ll give you my vote. b I’ll give you my boat. 3 a Where are all the peas? b Where are all the bees? 4 a Your best isn’t good enough. b Your vest isn’t good enough. 5 a Let’s take a cab. b Let’s take a cap. SPEAKING TASK A PLAN Work with a partner to plan a microadventure. Plan: • where to go • how to get there, using a range of types of transportation • what to do during your microadventure B SPEAK Tell a new partner about your plans. Discuss: • things that might go wrong • advice to make your microadventure better C PRESENT Work with your original partner again and work out your final plans. Then tell the class.
Game
B Add (+) or remove (–) one word to make each sentence correct. Use the Transportation collocations box in Exercise A to help you. 1 I go to work by a bus every day. (–) 2 It’s not far so you can go foot. (+) 3 I took cab home last Saturday night. (+) 4 I usually get to my English classes by a trolley. (–) C Replace each verb in bold with a phrase. 1 I walked . I went . 2 We flew . We traveled . 3 They cycle to work. They go to work . 4 She drove . She took . 5 You should sail . You should go . D SPEAK Work in pairs. Talk about: • the forms of transportation that you always/often/ never use. • your favorite/least favorite ways of traveling. on foot Transportation collocations With all the transportation nouns in Exercise A, we can use the verbs go or travel + by . We don’t use a/an before the noun. We can also use take or get + a/an . • He had to travel there by ship because he didn’t want to take a plane . • You don’t need to take a car , you can go by bus . When somebody doesn’t use transportation, we can use go (or another verb) + on foot . • … and crossing India on foot .
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