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Unit 6 Vocabulary: Transport

This document contains a vocabulary exercise about different modes of transportation like trains, aeroplanes, ferries, etc. It also contains grammar exercises on the past continuous and past simple tenses. The vocabulary section asks students to match definitions to transportation terms and choose the correct transportation words to complete sentences describing travel experiences. The grammar sections provide practice forming sentences in the past continuous affirmative and negative, asking questions in the past continuous, correcting mistakes, and using both the past simple and past continuous tenses to complete a short story.

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Unit 6 Vocabulary: Transport

This document contains a vocabulary exercise about different modes of transportation like trains, aeroplanes, ferries, etc. It also contains grammar exercises on the past continuous and past simple tenses. The vocabulary section asks students to match definitions to transportation terms and choose the correct transportation words to complete sentences describing travel experiences. The grammar sections provide practice forming sentences in the past continuous affirmative and negative, asking questions in the past continuous, correcting mistakes, and using both the past simple and past continuous tenses to complete a short story.

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Unit 6 Vocabulary

2 Match the definitions with the words in the box.


Transport
aeroplane cruise ship motorbike
1 Underline the correct options. sailing boat train tram

1 It’s a long vehicle and you catch it at a station.


I go to school by (1) ferry / car
You can use it for short or long journeys.
because it’s too far to walk. My mum
__________________
usually drives me.
2 It’s like a hotel in the middle of the sea. It travels
long distances and it stops in interesting places.
__________________
Last year, my parents gave me a 3 It’s a small vehicle with two wheels. You ride on
(2) scooter / helicopter. I love it! It’s it on the road. It can be noisy and dangerous.
very quick – when there’s lots of __________________
traffic, I can ride around the cars.
4 It’s very large and it’s got two wings. It’s often
the quickest way to travel to another country.
__________________
We went to the Greek islands on 5 It travels on rails but also on the road. Not all
holiday last year. We flew to Mykonos cities have this form of transport.
and then we took a (3) ferry / bus __________________
across the sea to Santorini. It was 6 It travels on water. You use it for sport.
beautiful! __________________

Prepositions of movement
When I was young, I wanted to fly a
3 Complete the prepositions.
(4) car / helicopter. I travelled in one
for the first time last month. It was
really loud and scary. I’m not sure I
want to be a pilot any more!

1 u______ the hill 2 o______ the houses


My uncle is a long distance
(5) lorry / scooter driver. He delivers
products to factories and shops and
he drives hundreds of kilometres
every year.
3 u______ the bridge 4 a______ the road

I live in London and I travel to school


on the (6) scooter / underground.
It’s a boring journey because you
can’t see out of the window. But it’s
quicker than the (7) bus / lorry 5 a______ the fountain 6 t______ the jungle
because there’s always lots of traffic
in the morning.

7 d______ the hill 8 i______ the lift

1
Unit 6 Grammar
Past continuous Past simple and past continuous
1 Write sentences. Use the past continuous 4 Complete the sentences. Use the past
affirmative and negative. continuous of the verbs in the box.
1 I / have / a party.
 do not drive not listen wait watch
_______________________________________
2 We / not watch / TV / at nine o’clock.
_______________________________________ 1 We _________________ for a bus when it
3 Jenny / swim / very well. started to rain.
_______________________________________ 2 I _________________ a DVD when the
4 Tim / not wear / a coat. TV broke.
_______________________________________ 3 I _________________ when the accident
5 Sam and Tina / write / emails. happened.
_______________________________________ 4 They _________________ their homework
6 I / not make / a cup of tea. when I called.
_______________________________________ 5 I _________________ to the teacher when he
asked me a question.
2 Rewrite the sentences in exercise 1 as
questions. Then complete the short answers. 5 Correct the mistakes. Change the bold words.
1 _______________________ a party? 1 We were listening to the radio when we were
_________ , I _________ . hearing our favourite song.
2 _______________________ TV at nine o’clock? _______________________________________
_________ , we _________ . 2 Jake ate his lunch when he heard the fire alarm.
3 _______________________ very well? _______________________________________
_________ , she _________ . 3 Alicia walked to school when she got a text
4 _______________________ a coat? message from Joshua.
_________ , he _________ . _______________________________________
5 _______________________ emails?
6 Complete the text. Use the past simple or the
_________ , they _________ .
past continuous.
6 _______________________ a cup of tea?
It was only half past nine in the morning and Jack
_________ , I _________ .
(1) _________________ (have) a bad day. At half
3 Correct the mistakes in the past continuous past eight, he (2) _________________ (wake up)
sentences. Change the bold words. late. Then someone (3) _________________
1 I was writting a letter when you phoned. (phone) him when he (4) _________________
_______________________________________ (have) a shower. He (5) _________________ (go)
2 Tom didn’t playing football last night. to answer the phone but there were some clothes
_______________________________________ on the floor and he (6) _________________ (fall)
3 We wasn’t doing our homework at eight o’clock. over. Now he (7) _________________ (travel) to
_______________________________________ hospital and his right arm (8) _________________
4 You were talking on your mobile phone? (be) broken.
_______________________________________
5 Ed wasn’t siting down when the teacher arrived.
_______________________________________

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