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7 Vocabulary
Travel verbs
a Complete the sentences from the listening
text in Exercise 5 with a preposition.
1 I hear you had quite an exciting adventure
while you were holiday.
2 The train set early.
3 Dad and I got the train and looked
at the wheels.
b Complete the table of travel verbs with the
words in the box.
cruise home car flight taxi bicycle
go for a walk
a ride (on a bicycle / a motorbike /
a horse)
a drive (in a car)
go on a trip
a journey
holiday
a 1 cruise
a tour
go away for the weekend / a couple of days /
a few days…
get there
to [London]
2
get back / to [the hotel]
get in /
out of
get on /
off
leave for
set off
take off = start a 5
a car
a 3
a plane
a bus
a boat
a 4
a motorbike
a horse
[Manchester] = start a trip/journey
to a place
= start a trip / a journey
drive off = start a journey by 6
ride off = start a journey on a bicycle /
a motorbike / a horse
c Complete the sentences with the
correct verb in the correct form.
1 She got in her car and
off.
2 Yesterday we for a really
long walk. We off at eight
and back home at four.
3 Last week we on a trip to
New York. The plane off at
six in the evening and we got there at
four the next morning.
4 He on his motorbike and
off.
5 A: Where are you on
holiday this year?
B: Well, we might on a
cruise to Norway.
6 When we to Rome, there
was a guided tour of the city but we
decided not to on it.
7 A: Have you got any plans for the
weekend?
B: Yes, we’re for a couple
of days.
8 I love the ending of western films,
when the hero on his horse
and into the sunset!
Vocabulary bank Turn to page 116.
Get it ri ht! Turn to page 121.
8 Pronunciation
9 Speak
/i/ sit and /i/ seat
CD3 T15 and T16
Turn to page 111.
a Work in pairs. Think of an interesting
trip you have gone on.
Take it in turns to ask questions about
your partner’s trip. You have three
minutes each. Make notes.
b Tell the story of your partner’s trip.
Your partner can interrupt to make
any corrections or to give more
information. Then change roles.
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