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The vocabulary list below is openended it can therefore be reduced or expanded according to the needs of students, depending on the purpose of communication and the level of difficulty. The list covers only the part of

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methodology Tips

Dear teachers, The vocabulary list and the activities in this Methodology Tips sheet are all related to Maturita Card (MC) 28, Transport. The word list is designed to provide students with vocabulary and phrases they will find useful or necessary when travelling to / in areas where English is spoken, speaking to

a foreigner in the Czech Republic or when speaking about the topic in the oral part of the Maturita exam. Teachers File Methodology Tips are also available at www.bridge-online.cz (section:Uitel Metodick listy; password:ACTIVITY).

the general Maturita exam topic Travel and Transport (Cestovn a doprava) which has not yet been dealt with in a Maturita Card. For vocabulary and useful phrases on the topic Travel / Travelling, please see MaturitaCard2.

The vocabulary in the list is divided into two groups. The core vocabulary (Z level) was selected with the help of the PET Vocabulary List, University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations, 2008 and J. A. van Ek and J. L. M. Trim, Threshold 1990, Cambridge University Press 1998. ISBN 0 521 56706 8, Threshold 1990. The vocabulary list in italics goes beyond this level and will be probably used by Vlevel students.

VOCABULARY LIST TRANSPORT

Means of transport
underground (train), tram, bus, coach, taxi/ cab, (aero)plane, helicopter, train, ship, boat, ferry, ocean liner, cruise ship, yacht, car, bicycle/ bike, motorbike/ motorcycle, scooter, truck/ lorry, van adult, fare, airline ticket, airfare, tourist/ economy/ business/ first class, nonsmoker; tocancel, tobuy, tobook (aflight), toreturn, tochange, toconfirm, toreserve (tickets/ seats)

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Common road sign texts: cross now, exit, give way, keep left/ right, no parking, no waiting, one way, turn left/ right, etc. Tospeak about transport, students should also know/ be able touse:

Air transport

Luggage/ baggage

by air; airline, jet, (connecting/ direct/ charter) flight; gate, runway; take off, landing; seat belt, window/ aisle seat, traytable, overhead locker/ bin (AmE), oxygen mask, life vest/ jacket; tofly, totake off, toland, tofasten ones seatbelt/ safety belt

bag, handbag, suitcase, backpack, rucksack, hand/ carry on luggage (inair travel); locker, lost property (office), baggage claim (area), checked luggage, left luggage

Nouns

(Travel) documents

destination, trip, journey, voyage, tour, cruise, route; traveller, passenger, customs, customs officer; (bus) service; connection, departure, arrival, delay; vehicle, petrol, fuel, petrol station/ pump; accident, danger

Railway transport

driving licence, passport, visa, insurance, valid/ invalid, toprolong/ toextend, toexpire

Verbs

by rail, railway(s), railroad, fast/ slow/ international/ express/ passenger/ local/ train, (non-smoking) compartment, carriage/ coach

Road transport

Water transport

by road; cyclist, motorist; car alarm, windscreen, tyre... ; driving school; todrive, toride, tocycle, towalk, tohitchhike, tohire/ rent, tohave aflat tyre, toattend/ take driving lessons

togo (by car, bus), togo on (business/ holiday/ foot), totravel (by plane/ train), tocatch, totake, toleave, todepart, tostop, toarrive, tochange, tocheck, todelay, tobe delayed, tocancel, tospend, totransfer, tobe on time

by sea, ocean, river, canal; deck, cabin/ stateroom/ passengers sleeping quarters, bridge, gangway; tosail, tocruise, totake acruise, toembark/ disembark

Adjectives

Traffic

Boarding

(bus/ tram) stop, (railway/ bus) station, port, harbour, quay/ dock, taxi/ cab rank, platform, airport, terminal, gate, (departure/ transit) lounge, waiting room, information office/ desk, enquiries, check-in, security check; arrivals/ departures board, timetable, announcement, boardingpass, onboard; toboard, toget on/ off, tocheck in/ out

Transport staff

pedestrian; (main) road, street, avenue, one-way street, motorway, blind street, lane; bridge, tunnel, turnpike, toll, tollroad, traffic light (red/ amber/ green light), roundabout, crossing, crossroads, level crossing, subway, pavement, intersection, zebra crossing, diversion, U-turn, fast/ passing/ slow lane(s); car park, blue zone; traffic rules/ rules of theroad (informal), speed limit, traffic jam, fine; toown; tobreak/ toobey therules, tocall thepolice, topay afine, tocross, toovertake/ topass, topull over, toslow down, tospeed, todrive recklessly

heavy (traffic/ luggage), packed, full, crowded, empty, on time, late, fast, slow, expensive, cheap, effective, comfortable, eco-friendly, unleaded, noisy, silent, security (check), dangerous, safe, good/ bad/ experienced/ inexperienced (driver), unrepairable, near/ far, close Plus adverbs, prepositions and pronouns

driver, engine-driver, pilot, co-pilot, steward/ stewardess/ (air) hostess/ flight attendant, (thecabin) crew, conductor, ticket collector/ inspector, captain, sailor

Directions

Tickets

booking-office, reservation, season/ seasonal/ annual/ single/ return ticket,

distance, (road) map, signpost, traffic/ road sign; tothesouth of, southwards, (just) around thecorner; togo straight on/ back/ along, tofollow, toask, toshow, tolose ones way, tolook for, tocross, toget to, totake thefirst/ second road on theleft/ right 1

Activity tip Some words may be used with more than one means of transport (e.g.traytable in aeroplanes and train carriages). Try to find words which are connected with more than one means of transport.

Solutions V. 1A, 2E, 3D, 4G, 5C, 6B, 7H, 8F; VI. 1O, 2D, 3G, 4L, 5M, 6P , 7B, 8H, 9K, 10E, 11C, 12A, 13F, 14J, 15I, 16N

ACTIVITIES
I. Which of themeans of transport in theMaturita Card (MC) are:

LAND TRANSPORT AIR TRANSPORT SEA TRANSPORT

II. Can you match theverbs with themeans of transport in theMC? There can be more than one verb for each means of transport. Make sentences.

TO RIDE

TO SAIL

TO FLY TO TAKE OFF

TO PARK

TO RIDE

TO DRIVE TO GET ON

TO RUN AGROUND

TO BE ANCHORED

III. For each picture in theMC make 5 sentences. Thefollowing ideas may help you:

IV. Which of thepictures in theMC show city transport? Compare these means of transport from thefollowing points of view:

Means oftransport Place

Time People Advantages

SPEED COMFORT SAFETY

COST RELIABILITY

V. Road signs in theUnited Kingdom conform broadly to European norms. Can you match theroad signs 18 with their meanings AH? A) Traffic Signal Ahead B) Uneven Road C) Road Work D) Level Crossing With Barrier or Gate Ahead E) Crossroads F) Slippery Road G) Road Narrows on Both Sides H) Roundabout

VI. Look at the list of travel words / expressions 116 in American English. Can you match them with their British English equivalents AP? Can you translate the expressions into Czech? Can you explain the expressions in English without using the actual expressions?

AmE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Parking lot Detour Gas station Freeway / Highway / Expressway / Interstate Sidewalk Gasoline / Gas Dead end street Drivers license Schedule Stop light Tire Subway Crosswalk Circle / traffic circle (Air)plane Passenger car (on train)

BrE
A) Underground / the tube B) Blind street C) Tyre D) Diversion E) Traffic light F) Zebra crossing G) Petrol station H) Driving licence I) (Aero)plane J) Roundabout K) Timetable L) Motorway / M way M) Pavement N) Carriage O) Car park P) Petrol 2 Just because these terms are defined here as BrE or AmE does not mean that some of the terms are not interchangeable. Words such as; drivers license and driving licence, rental car rather than hire car, and traffic light and stop light are rather more universal nowadays, and therefore recognisable all over the world. There are also regions, within America, for example, where people use only highway, and not freeway or interstate.