What Mode of Transportation is Used the Most?

  • Post category:Reading

Topic: Transportation

Mode: Interpretive

Level: Novice

Students will read a graph about transportation use in the target country and answer true/false statements about it.

Components of this activity: A bar graph created by the teacher, true/false questions written by the teacher

Instructions to the teacher

Below is an example of a graph about transportation use in Vietnam. Look up information about your target country and create a similar graph. Feel free to expand or edit the modes of transportation on the graph as necessary for your context.

Instructions to students

Study the graph and decide if the following statements are true or false.

Transportation-chart_2.png

  1. 80% of people get to work by car. (False)

2. 8% of people get to work by bus or train. (True)

3. Not many people ride a bicycle or drive a car to work. (True)

4. Most of the people get to work by motorbike. (True)

5. 10% of the people use other means of transport to get to work. (False)