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Travel Transport and Holidays

This document provides a list of vocabulary related to travel, transport, and holidays. It includes pairs of words that have the same or different meanings. It then provides sample questions using this vocabulary that could be asked in Parts One and Three of the IELTS Speaking exam. The questions cover topics like transportation preferences, package vs independent travel, holiday plans and experiences, public holidays, and rush hour traffic problems. The document encourages using these sample questions for practice or generating new questions on similar topics using the provided vocabulary and question stems.

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Travel Transport and Holidays

This document provides a list of vocabulary related to travel, transport, and holidays. It includes pairs of words that have the same or different meanings. It then provides sample questions using this vocabulary that could be asked in Parts One and Three of the IELTS Speaking exam. The questions cover topics like transportation preferences, package vs independent travel, holiday plans and experiences, public holidays, and rush hour traffic problems. The document encourages using these sample questions for practice or generating new questions on similar topics using the provided vocabulary and question stems.

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Travel, transport and holidays vocabulary and IELTS Speaking

IELTS Graduation Unit 6


Do the following pairs of words and expressions have the same or different
meanings? If they are different, how?

A bus/ A coach
A day off/ A holiday
A package tourist/ An independent traveller
A weekend off/ A weekend away
A weekend/ A long weekend
A public holiday/ A Bank Holiday
The underground/ The Tube/ The subway
Speed cameras/ Security cameras
Fare/ Fee/ Fine
Rush hour/ Off-peak
Bike/ Bicycle
Biker/ Cyclist
Petrol/ Gas/ Gasoline
Tyre/ Tire
Budget airlines/ Low-cost airlines
Traffic jams/ Congestion
Carbon emissions/ CO2 emissions
Road accidents/ Car crashes
Tram/ Streetcar
Environmentally friendly tourism/ Ecotourism
Luxury hotels/ 5 star hotels
Tourists/ Holidaymakers
A year off/ A gap year
To trip/ To take a trip
Railcard/ Season ticket
Youth hostel/ B and B
Car hire/ Rentacar/ Car rental
Seasickness/ Car sickness/ Travel sickness/ Motion sickness
Ferry/ Boat/ Ship
A sign/ A signature
To book/ To reserve
Domestic flights/ Internal air travel
Railway network/ Railway system
Canal/ River/ Stream
Walking/ On foot
Air pocket/ Turbulence
Single ticket/ One way ticket
Sightseeing bus/ Hop on hop off bus
Package tour/ Guided tour
Cheque/ Travellers cheque
Injections/ Vaccinations
Souvenirs/ Handicrafts
Lorry/ Truck
Minibus/ Van

Ask your partner questions using the vocabulary above

Take turns asking each other questions from the list below:

What are the advantages and disadvantages of coaches and trains?

Which is usually better, buying a package holiday or independent travel? Why
do you say that?

How do you usually spend your days off?

Do you have any plans for your next holiday?

How did you spend your holidays when you were a child?

Do you prefer to have lots of long weekends or to have fewer longer holidays?

What is the best place in your country for a weekend away?

Do most people in your country support the use of speed cameras? Why/ why
not?

Are there too many or too few public holidays in your country? Why do you
have that opinion?

Could the government do more to deal with the problems of rush hour in your
city?

Do you think fares in your country are fair? Why do you say that?

Which questions above are likely to be in Speaking Part One and which in
Speaking Part Three?

Which parts of the questions above are likely to be used in IELTS Speaking
questions?

Make other questions about transport, travel and holidays with the same
questions.

Make other questions about the same topics, for example using the question
starters below

Use the sentence stems below to ask them first Part One-style questions for a
minute or two, then Part Three-style questions for three minutes on the topic
of transport, travel and holidays (you can use the vocabulary above if you like,
but you dont need to)

Part One-style questions

How often do you?
Do you often?
Is there in your city/ country? What do you think about it? Why?
Do you prefer or?
When you were a child?
When will you next?

Part Three-style questions

What do you think about?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of?
In your opinion,?
Is it better to or? Why?
Generally,?
Would you say that?
In the future,?

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