Find the Word for the Description

  • Post category:Vocabulary

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. 

  1. This has two wheels and no engine. We power it using our feet.___________ (bike, scooter)
  2. This is a fast vehicle with two wheels. It is powered by an engine. ___________(motorbike)
  3. This has four wheels. It can normally carry 5 people. ___________ (car)
  4. This runs along special tracks. It can carry many people.___________ (train, subway)
  5. This goes across the water.___________ (boat)
  6. This can fly in the sky. It can carry many people. ___________(plane)
  7. This is a car with a driver. You pay them to take you where you want to go.___________ (taxi)
  8. 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.

  1. This vehicle has two wheels and a motor.

    motorcycle    car    bus

  1. This vehicle takes you from one island to another.

    boat    bus    train

  1. This vehicle takes people to many places in the city.

    bus    train    airplane

  1. This is the best way to get to Australia from Vietnam.

    airplane    bicycle        taxi

  1. Large amounts of goods are sent with this vehicle.

    ship    bicycle        motorcycle

  1. This is a bicycle with passenger seats.

    pedicab    taxi    bus

  1. This is a personal vehicle.

car    train    bus