Topic: Transportation
Mode: Interpretive
Level: Novice
Students will identify the correct form of transportation to match the description.
Components of this activity: a worksheet
Instructions to the teacher
Below you will find two versions of this activity. Version 1 is fill-in-the-blank and version 2 is multiple choice. Expand or edit them as necessary for your context and purposes. It is your choice if you would like to include a word bank for this activity or ask students to produce the words from memory.
Version 1
Instructions to students
Read the descriptions of the various modes of transport and write the corresponding vocabulary word on the line.
- This has two wheels and no engine. We power it using our feet.___________ (bike, scooter)
- This is a fast vehicle with two wheels. It is powered by an engine. ___________(motorbike)
- This has four wheels. It can normally carry 5 people. ___________ (car)
- This runs along special tracks. It can carry many people.___________ (train, subway)
- This goes across the water.___________ (boat)
- This can fly in the sky. It can carry many people. ___________(plane)
- This is a car with a driver. You pay them to take you where you want to go.___________ (taxi)
- This means of transport is a very large boat for moving people or goods across the sea. ___________ (ship)
Version 2
Instructions to students
Choose the vehicle whose description is given.
- This vehicle has two wheels and a motor.
motorcycle car bus
- This vehicle takes you from one island to another.
boat bus train
- This vehicle takes people to many places in the city.
bus train airplane
- This is the best way to get to Australia from Vietnam.
airplane bicycle taxi
- Large amounts of goods are sent with this vehicle.
ship bicycle motorcycle
- This is a bicycle with passenger seats.
pedicab taxi bus
- This is a personal vehicle.
car train bus