For example: Do you go to the museum by taxi?- No, I don’t go to the museum by taxi, I take the tram….

Task 1. Reading

Read the text

Travelling by public or own transport

Thousands of people travel every day. To prove it, I invite you to a railway or a bus station, a port or an

airport. There you will see thousands of people trying to catch a train, a bus, a ship or a plane. Everybody

wants to go somewhere and to get there as quickly as possible, with all conveniences and safely.

Of course, travelling by plane is the fastest, but it is also the most expensive. That’s why if people have time

they go by train. It is one of the most popular means of travelling. Trains go slower than planes, but you can

see much more interesting places of the country you are travelling through. Modern trains are very

comfortable and you can enjoy even the longest journey.

Travelling by sea is popular mostly for pleasure trips. Onboard large ships and small river boats people can

visit foreign countries and different places of interest within their own country. A trip by sea is usually

called a voyage or a cruise.

Buses also can take you to any place you wish. It can be a trip not far from your home or a long journey

even to a foreign country. Modern buses have comfortable seats, video and phone, you can have hot tea or

coffee, drinks and snack. Tourist groups usually use buses to visit foreign countries and different places of

interest.

Many people prefer travelling by car. They don’t have to buy tickets. They don’t have to carry heavy

luggage. They can stop wherever they wish and spend as much time as they like at any place.

But some people like spending their holidays travelling on foot or by bike.

If you feel like travelling by plane, by train or by bus, you have to choose a flight or a line, to go to a ticket

office and buy a single or a return ticket. Sometimes you have to change trains or buses. But usually

travellers prefer tickets for through trains or buses. Then you take your luggage and try not to miss your

plane, train or bus. They usually arrive at the airport or the railway station in time. And your wonderful

journey begins. Have a nice journey.

As for me, I have never travelled far from my home. I and my family usually spend holidays at my Granny’s

in the country. But last year we went to the seaside. It was so exciting. I hope, next year I shall visit London.

It’ll be great.

Choose TRUE or FALSE

1. Travelling by plane is faster than by train.

2. Tourist groups use trains to visit foreign countries and different places.

3. Many people prefer travelling by car._

4. If you want travelling by bus, plane or train you have to buy tickets.

5. Travelling by plane is cheaper than by train.

TASK. Read the text

On a daily basis we used to use various means of transport to get from one place to another one: trams, cars, buses, planes, underground and other transportation means.

In times gone by, people had to go from one city to another for weeks and even months to get to the destination place, because they used horses, boats or their own feet to travel. Nowadays everything is changed and men cross the country or waters in some hours.

The most rapid mean of transport is travelling by plane. Other people prefer car, train or bus, because they are cheaper and it is possible to enjoy passing villages, forests and fields through windows.

Life in a big city makes people be depended on transport, especially if they live in the countryside. Sometimes people have to change two or more transportation means (metro, suburban train, bus, share taxi, tramway, etc.) to get to a workplace or come back home after hard working day. The choice of the transport facilities depends on many factors: a financial ability, the distance between workplace and home place, time, comfort and other things. Most people prefer to get a car, because today it helps to be a little more independent from public transport.

Write TRUE or FALSE

1)Nowadays everything is changed and men cross the country or waters in some hours.

2)Life in a small city makes people be depended on transport

3)The most rapid mean of transport is travelling by airplane.

4)Sometimes people have not to change two or more transportation means

5)Most people prefer to get a train.

6)This text is about means of transport.​

Complete the text using only ONE word in each gap.

The 0 transport in the city where I live is very good. It’s best to go 1 _____________ bus to most places in the city. There’s a big bus 2 _____________ in the city centre. You can get buses to many places from there. I study at the university so I take a bus there every weekday. Some of my classmates 3 _____________ a bike there, but I don’t have a bike. Anyway, there’s a bus 4 _____________ just outside the university so I can 5 _____________ off the bus there and walk to my first lesson – it’s very easy. I have a car too, but there aren’t any car 6 _____________ near the university that students can use so the bus is much easier. The city isn’t big enough to have an

7 _____________, but maybe one day we can have one here, like the Metro in Paris – I love going on that.

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Exercise 1.

Complete the text with the following prepositions.

by (3), from, of (2), to, for

Travelling

I like to travel. First (1) __________ all, the members of our family usually have long walks in the country. Such walks are called hikes. If we want to see the countryside, we spend a part of our summer holidays hiking. It is useful (2) _________ our family. We take our bags, we don’t think about tickets, we don’t hurry up and we walk a lot. During such hikes we see a lot (3) ____________ interesting places, sometimes we meet interesting people. I like to travel (4) ______________ car. It is interesting too, because you can see many things in a short time. When we go (5) ___________ car, we don’t take tickets, we put all things we need in a car. We don’t carry them. It is comfortable to travel (6) __________ train and plane because we don’t spend a lot of time going (7) ____________ one place to another. I like to fly. Sometimes we go (8) _____________ the seaside for a few days. The weather is usually fine. If it is warm, we can swim. It is a pleasure to watch white ships. I think that travelling is very useful for us.

Use the prompts to make sentences.

1. Dennis / hate / drive / in the city

2. My parents / like / travel/by plane

3. Martha / take / Underground / every morning

4. We / wait for / bus / now

5. I / not want / to learn / how to drive

6. Fred / know everything / about computers

s.

c Complete the sentences with verbs from the list.

call find hear help leave talk tell try

1 I want to go home now. Let’s call

a taxi.

2 Please

me. I can’t open the door.

3 Don’t

your bag in the car. Take it with you.

4 Who do you usually

your secrets to?

5 How often do you

to do something difficult?

6 Hi, this is Paul. Can you

me?

7 I don’t understand this. I need to

to the teacher.

8 We can’t

a parking space. There are a lot of cars,

Task 1. Read the text. How many means of transport do you remember? Complete the sentences Mike loves travelling a lot. Last year Mike took a trip to England. He went to the airport by bus and travelled to London by plane. In London he took a bus to the city centre. London buses are called double-deckers. Mike got to most places in London very quickly by the underground. If Mike was in a hurry, the fastest way of travelling was by taxi. London taxi drivers have green badges on their jackets. Mike had a wonderful time in London. Mike doesn’t have a car. So he went to the train station by bus and went to Coventry by train. He visited there a famous transport museum. He got there on foot. It took him 15 minutes. Next year Mike is going to travel to France by ship, and you?

3 Order the words to make questions.

1 speak/you/ German/can/?

Can you speak German?

2 Mark/car/can/a/drive/?

3

French/they/at/can/school/learn/?

4

sister / Italian / your / understand / can/?

5

Tina’s/walk/baby/can/?

6 play/can/brother/ your / football/?

7 kilometres / swim / many/you/ how/can/?

Make the questions as in the examples

For example:I went to the circus last week.-Did you go to the circus last week?

Rita likes apples.-Does Lucy like apples?

1.I live in Kiev.

2.She played basketball.

3.They went to the theatre on Monday.

4.Luke watches TV every day.

5.Polly found her key two days ago.

6.We usually go to the sea in summer.

7.My mum always waters the flowers in the house.

8.Merlin’s family travelled by plane during the holidays.

9.They stayed in a hotel.

10.The girls had fun at a party last month.

11.Billy usually types his letters.

12.I like bananas.

Use the words to form questions, then answer them.

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1 you/eat a/banana/today? Have you eaten a banana today?

2 you/catch/the bus/to school/this morning?

3 you/visit/your grandparents/ last weekend?

4 your friend/send/you/a text message/today?

5 you and your friends/go/to the cinema/last night?