Air transport
Is the fastest mean of transport, and it consists of a vehicle traveling by air.
1. helicopter
2. hot air balloon
3. airplane (plane)
4. blimp
5. rocket
6. spaceship
7. space shuttle
8. zeppelin
Airport Vocabulary
1. airport
2. aircraft
3. air traffic control
4. airline
5. baggage
6. aisle seat
7. window seat
8. boarding pass
9. cabin
10. carry-on luggage
11. check-in desk
12. copilot
13. pilot
14. customs
15. flight
16. landing
17. flight attendant
18. jet lag
19. round trip
20. seat belt
21. terminal
22. take-off
Water transportation
It refers to all the transport made over a body of water, such as a lake, an ocean,
a sea, a river, or a canal.
1. sailboat
2. cruise ship
3. cargo ship
4. speedboat
5. jet ski
6. pirate ship
7. boat
8. ship
9. submarine
10. yacht
11. canoe
12. amphibious vehicle
13. gondola
14. kayak
15. tugboat
16. airboat
17. ferry
18. raft
19. coast guard ship
Sailing Vocabulary
1. port
2. starboard
3. anchor
4. launch
5. hatch
6. sails
7. course
8. pier
9. quay
10. stern
11. bow
12. harbor
13. paddle
14. lifeboat
15. dam
16. embark
17. scuttle
18. lighthouse
19. fleet
20. rudder
21. breakwater
22. merchant ship
23. shipyard
24. aboard
Land transport
It refers to all the vehicles that can transport people or objects by land.
1. bicycle
2. car
3. bus
4. train
5. truck
6. van
7. taxi
8. motorcycle (motorbike)
9. tram
10. subway
11. scooter
12. tricycle
13. pick-up truck
14. tractor
15. cable car
16. airship
17. SUV
18. trolley bus
19. garbage truck
20. ambulance
21. wagon
22. convertible
23. dogsled
24. forklift
25. go-cart
26. golf cart
27. hybrid
28. patrol car
29. snowmobile
30. tractor
31. tow truck
32. Segway
33. sedan
34. school bus
35. scooter
36. limousine
37. double-decker
Train vocabulary
1. dining car
2. platform
3. ticket office
4. ticket collector
5. railway station
6. track
7. first class
8. booking
9. single ticket
10. return ticket
11. one way ticket
12. timetable
13. coach
14. express train
15. luggage rack
16. sleeping car
After having taken a look at the types of transports, let’s learn about several
ways to say how do you get to a certain place. For this, we can use
prepositions or verbs.
Let’s check out the way to use prepositions to talk about transportation:
1. by air
2. by road
3. by car
4. by subway
5. by bus
6. by bicycle
7. by sea
8. by train
9. on foot
Now, let’s see some verbs to talk about traveling, these express the actions
done when taking a specific mean of transport.
1. to drive
2. to walk
3. to stroll
4. to fly
5. to sail
6. to ride a bike
7. to take the bus
8. to take the train
9. to take the subway