TRAVELLING (32) ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR ELEMENTARY

ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR ELEMENTARY

TRAVELLING (32)

A	Types of Transport
B	Useful travel words Can I have a single / return (ticket) to Barcelona, please? (single = Madrid to Barcelona; return = Madrid to Barcelona and back to Madrid) I’d like to book / reserve a seat in advance [to make sure you have a seat]. Common mistakes Was the journey long? [NOT Was the travel long?]
C	By train The train arriving at platform 3 is the 16:50 train to Paris. The Edinburgh train departs / leaves from platform 6. (departs is formal) Is there a restaurant car on this train? A: Do I have to change trains for Toulouse? [get off one train and get onto another] B: No, it’s a direct train.
D	By plane You have to check in two hours before the plane takes off [leaves the ground]. Online check-in is also possible. / You can check in online. Give your boarding card to the flight attendant when you get on the plane. Have a good flight.   The plane lands in New York at 14:30. After landing you have to go through customs. Common mistakes I went through customs but nobody checked my passport (NOT controlled my passport)
E	By car We hired a car for a week. We had to fill it up with petrol. Can I give you a lift? I’m going into town. (See Unit 18: Holidays and Unit 49: Moving for more useful words about travelling.)

Exercises

32.1	Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right. 1 land a a place to eat on a train 2 direct b bags and suitcases 3 restaurant car c it says when trains depart and arrive 4 ship d you do not have to change to a different plane / train / bus 5 timetable e planes do this at airports 6 platform f it travels on water, e.g. the Titanic 7 luggage g where you stand when you are waiting for a train
32.2	Are these sentences true or false? Correct the false sentences 1 A single ticket takes you to a place and back again. False. A return ticket takes you to a place and back again 2 At customs, people check what you bring into the country. ____________________ 3 Planes land at the beginning of a journey. ____________________ 4 You need a boarding card to get off a plane. ____________________ 5 Hiring a car is the same as buying a car. ____________________ 6 If you give someone a lift they travel in your car. ____________________
32.3	Here are directions from the airport to John’s house. When you arrive at the airport, take a number 10 bus to the station. Then take a train to Bigtown. The journey takes half an hour and you get off the train at the second stop. Take a taxi from the station to John’s house. Now write directions from the train station to your house.
32.4	Look at the pictures and complete the crossword.

Over to you

Make cards to test yourself. Write the word on one side of the card and a picture (or a definition or translation) on the other side. Look at the pictures (or definitions or translations). Can you remember the English words?

ANSWER KEY

32.1	2.D        3. A        4.F       5.C      6.G     7.B

32.2
		2	true
		3	False. Planes take off at the beginning of a journey. / Planes land at the end of a journey.
		4	False. You need a boarding card to get on a plane.
		5	False. Hiring a car is not the same as buying a car.
		6	True
32.3	Possible answer: At Cambridge train station take a number 5 bus. The stop is just outside the station. Get off the bus at the hospital, cross the road and take the first road on the left. My house is on the corner of the street and it has a red door.

32.4	Across		Down
	3	map	1	timetable
	6	helicopter	2	taxi
	7	bus	3	motorcycle
	8	petrol	4	platform
			5	train