Page 216 - IELTS Preparation Grammar and Vocab

Getting about

Private journeys, public transport

Private journeys
Don't confuse travel as a noun with
MI Complete the questions with travel, journey(s) or trip(s).
journey or trip.
Answer them about yourself.
Travel is an uncountable noun which
1 How do you entertain yourself on a long train ieurne44 ? refers to the general activity: Air travel is
much cheaper than it was in the past.
2
How long does your round to school or work take?
Trip refers to an occasion when you go
by taxi?
3 How often do you somewhere and come back: I can't afford
4 Where did you use to go on school to take another trip abroad this year.

Journey refers to an act of travelling from

What are the benefits of air
5
one place to another, especially in a
6 Where would you like to go on your next
abroad?
vehicle: It's a two-hour train journey from
London to York.
Eil COLLOCATION Match the phrases (l-8) to the type of
Travel is commonly used as a verb: I travel
transport (a-h).
to work by bus.
Journey is only used as a verb in literary,
1 board a packed, commuter a dinghy
descriptive writing. Trip has a different
2 catch a sightseeing, tourist b cab
meaning as a verb (see page 198).
3
fly in a right, twin-engine c ship
book a cabin on a roll-on, roll-off
4 d plane
pedal a three-speed, folding e ferry
5
hail an empty, black f train
6
7 g bus
sail on a large, cargo
row a leaky, inflatable h bicycle
8
fijE Listen to a talk about three bicycle-friendly cities.
Match the features (1-7) with each city; A (Amsterdam), P (Portland)
or C (Copenhagen).
Local authorities supply bicycles to workers with less money.
1
2 There is a scheme to stop bicycles from being stolen.

3 Almost a third of workers here travel to work by bicycle.

4 Cars are banned from part of this city.
5 Here cyclists have their own traffic signals.

6 Around half of all journeys here are by bicycle.

7 Many more people here cycle than ever before.
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