Travel Journey Trip
Travel means ‘travelling in general’ A journey is one piece of travelling. A trip is a return journey together
It is normally uncountable. Going from one destination to with an activity/activities. Business or
another, it can refer to a long pleasure is the reason for the
I love cinema and travel distance or a short regular one. journey.
The word ‘travel’ is used to talk about Did you have a good journey? I’m going on a business trip
going from one place to another, and The journey was very tiring, next week.
can be used as a noun or verb. it took 5 hours to get there. Can we take a trip to the
zoo?
Verb: Susie travels a lot.
Noun: Travel nowadays is
much cheaper.
Voyage Note:
We do not use trip for expeditions
A voyage is used to describe a long which have a serious purpose, and are
The plural travels is sometimes used
journey usually by sea or in space. hard or take a very long time to
it means a grand exploration or
complete.
travelling
Before the 20th century long
Have you read the book;
sea voyages were very
travels to the Pacific
common.
Islands? It’s fantastic
A spaceship will take you on a
voyage through space.
Tour
A tour is a journey where several places are visited and usually takes place on holiday. Tour can be used as a noun or a
verb.
Noun: We went on a tour of Spain
Verb: We toured the Central regions of the United States.
Fill in the gaps with the correct form of ‘Travel’ or Fill in the gaps with Travel, Voyage, Tour, Journey or
‘Tour’. Trip.
1. I have just spent 2 months …………….. around 1. Do you like reading books by ………….. writers?
Europe. 2. Their …………….. to the South Pole was a great
2. Where do you usually make your ……………. success.
arrangements via an agency or on the internet? 3. What’s the longest plane ……………… you have
3. We want to ………….. the vineyards in Argentina. ever taken?
4. How do you usually like to ……………? By land sea or 4. Our sightseeing …………….. around Barcelona was
air? very informative.
5. The bus …………… to the pyramids were amazing! 5. What’s the most successful business ……………
6. Have you read the book Gulliver’s ……………… its you’ve ever had?
fantastic! 6. Claire’s school is organising a skiing …………….. to
the Alps.
7. How long is your ……………….. to work?
8. Which airlines do you usually ……………. With?
Complete the mini dialogue with Travel, Voyage, Tour, 9. I love to ………………
Journey or Trip.
Hi Sarah how was your ……………… to New York?
It was amazing the ……………. there took 9 hours but when
we arrived we took a ……………. of the Empire State building
and downtown, but ………………. by subway was a bit
frightening, it’s so big.