How Did They Get There?

Topic: Transportation

Mode: Interpretive

Level: Novice

Students will choose which mode of transportation most logically completes the sentence.

Components of this activity: A fill-in-the-blank worksheet

Instructions to the teacher

Create a worksheet like the one below using vocabulary relevant to your course. The correct answers in our version of the activity appear in bold.

Instructions to students

Read the sentences below and choose the mode of transport that logically completes the sentence. 

  1. I do not have a car and there is no subway in my town. Every morning I get up early to _________ to get to the university, which is several miles from my house.

a. take a train        b. ride a bicycle    c. take a bus

  1. When the weather is great, I get up early and ________around the park early in the morning. I love the exercise and fresh air. 

a. take a taxi        b. board a ship        c. ride a bike

  1. Last year my husband and I went travelling abroad. We didn’t have lots of time, so we decided to ___________.

a. take a plane    b. board a ship        c. take the metro

  1. Lisa often goes shopping in the market while walking home from school. She usually buys lots of stuff, so she has to _______ to get back home.
    a. take a motorbike        b. take a taxi        c. walk
  1. I like traveling ______ because I can carry more luggage with me. If I travel by plane, I’m only allowed to carry one carry-on bag and a personal item.
    a. by train        b. on foot        c. by bike   
  1. I live in the dormitory and it’s right on the campus. It only takes me ten minutes to ______ to the classroom.
    a. walk            b. take a bus        c. drive a car