MEANS OF TRANSPORT

ON LAND• Underground /

subway / tube• Car• Limousine• Tram• Taxi / cab• Scooter/moped• Motorbike• Van• Bicycle• Minibus

• Lorry• Truck• Train• Cable cars• Horse• Elephant• Horse Cart• Bus / coach• On foot• Ambulance• Rickshaw

AT SEA

• Motorboat

• Ferry

• Canoe

• Yacht

• Ship

• Steamboat

• Liner / cruise ship

• Logboat• Vessel• Speed boat• Submarine• Boat

IN THE AIR

• Aeroplane / airplane /aircraft• Helicopter• Spaceship / rocket• Balloon• Light aircraft• Parachute• Glider (hang glider / paraglider)

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WHAT ARE THEY CALLED?

PREPOSITIONS used with means of transport

BY: general prepositionException: on foot

IN: cars, vans, lorries, taxies, ambulances (with means of transport that are closed, personal and usually small)

ON: bikes, motorcycles, horses, animals, buses, coaches, trains, ships, planes (with open or public means of transport)

EXAMPLES

• Mary travelled to Paris by plane.• We went to the Alps by car.• I went to the USA by ship.• I come to school on foot.• Susan rode to school on her bike.• I drove to school in my car.• We went to Greece on a small ship.

TRAVEL ITEMSPlane/train/bus TicketsSuitcaseBackpackCameraTorchMapTravel guidePassport

Sun creamSleeping bagWaterproof matSouvenirsMoneyClothes

MORE WORDS CONCERNING TRAVELLING

JourneyTripTo leaveTo landTo take offHolidaysTo packTo wait

FlightTrolleyTo check-inCheck-in deskGate (airport)Platform (train station)To visitHeadsets

MORE WORDS CONCERNING TRAVELLING

JourneyTripTo leaveTo landTo take offHolidaysTo packTo wait

FlightTrolleyTo check-inCheck-in deskGate (airport)Platform (train station)To visitHeadsets