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TRANSPORTS - Page 3

TRANSPORTS / TRANSPORTATION

(Updated on 14/09/2011)

 

Cliparts, Flashcards
and Pictures
Maps


Vocabulary

Transports in general -
Bikes
- Boats - Bus -
Cars - Chuckwagons -
Motorcycles
-
Planes
- Puffin -
Segway
- Submarines -
Trains
- Trucks - Tube


Encyclopedia


Pronunciation
/ Listening

 

Idioms
Conversation questions
/ Role-play

Interactive activities
:
Transports in general - Bicycles -
Boats
- Bus / Tube -
Cars
- Motorcycles -
Planes
- Trains



Activities

Transports in general -
Bicycles
-
Boats
- Bus - Cars -
Planes
-
Rockets
- Space shuttles -
Tube


 

Lesson plans


Webquests

Posters

Jokes

Stories



Interactive games

 

Games to print



Cartoons

 

Videos
Crafts

Songs
Transports in general -
BOAT - BUS - CAR -
PLANE
- TRAIN


Related pages :

Transports (civilization) :
Cliparts - History - Environment -
Traffic signs
- Types of transport - Airports -
Safety
- Highway Code



Road
- Travelling - The Underground / The Tube - American Railroads - I want to be a helicopter pilot - Titanic

 

 

 

Pronunciation / Listening :

 

  • Audio slideshow: The cult of the scooter
    "The Lambretta scooter ridden by actor Phil Daniels in the 1970s film Quadrophenia recently sold at auction for £36,000.
    Not all scooters can boast such a famous history, but for enthusiasts - or scooterists as they are known
    - the bikes remain iconic symbols of the past.
    For Radio 4's You and Yours, Stephanie Power joined the mods and skinheads at a rally at Bridlington in East Yorkshire
    - to see why the scooter has been so enduring."

    (BBC News)

 

 

  • Airbus Jumbo Jumble
    Montage sur le lancement commercial de l'A 380
    "Activité de repérage : de sens, d'intonations, de logique, de hiérarchie de l'information (du factuel à l'élargissement) ;
    Quel est l'ordre des 10 éléments de phrases, dans le document audio initial ?"

    (Jean Sabiron - Ac. Poitiers)

 

 

  • Cars, Drive - Vocabulary
    Examples and Translation
    (languageguide.org)

 

 

  • Traffic - with AUDIO
    " Many places today have problems with too many cars on the roads. I visited London recently.
    What is traffic like there? Find out by doing these four exercises..."
    (carolinebrownlisteninglessons.com)

 

  • Travel - Les mots s'affichent quand on passe la souris sur les images. - avec son (Language Guide)



  • Land travel (transports) - Les mots s'affichent quand on passe la souris sur les images. - avec son (Language Guide)

 

  • Vehicles - Click buttons to hear words. (cassandra.sprex.com/teachionary)
  • Transportation - a lesson proposed by Randall S. Davis (esl-lab) with :
    - a list of commonly-used vocabulary with a recording of the words in RealMedia format.
    - a short quiz to test students' comprehension of some of the words,
    - a Follow-Up exercise for expanding students' use of the vocabulary in a conversation with a partner or group.

 

  • The car - Les mots s'affichent quand on passe la souris sur les images. - avec son (Language Guide)

 

  • Car sharing
    Cliquer sur : Zone d'apprentissage / Cours
    "The government is announcing plans for the first car-sharing lane to be built on a motorway.
    A single lane on a one-mile stretch of the M62 near Bradford will be closed to anyone travelling alone."
    Practice mode : Keywords / Media / Exercises
    Tools : Translator / Encyclopedia / Grammar

    (the web language lab)

 

  • No car day - a lesson (with AUDIO) - (language-lab.org)

  • The Little Red Ship - an animated story to listen to + activities (ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk)

 

  • The little red ship. - Activity created by Renée Maufroid
    Click to read the story, then play the game.

 

  • Travel (with exercises) : Taxi Ride (M) - (esl-lab.com)
  • Travel (with exercises) : Welcome to Sky Airlines (Easy) - (esl-lab.com)
  • Fossett sets solo flight record. (language-lab.org) - avec ou sans script
    Practice mode : Keywords - Media - Exercises
    Test mode : Quiz
    Tools : Translator - Encyclopedia - Grammar
  • Directions (with exercises) : Taking the Train (E) - (esl-lab.com)
  • Transport (BBC)
    Listen 1: Choosing transport from Heathrow into town
    Listen 2: At the ticket office
    Listen 3: In the Underground station
    Read 1: Comparing travel options
    Speak 1: Comparisons and the 'schwa' sound

 

Idioms :

  • To be in the same boat



 

Conversation questions / Role-play :

  • Speaking: Travel and transport - a lesson plan
    "to improve learners' ability to buy tickets for a journey, to practise listening for specific information and to revise transport vocabulary.
    Level: Elementary
    Time: 40 minutes+
    Materials: One copy of worksheet A for each group of three, one copy of worksheet B for every student, whiteboard and board pens"

    (onestopenglish.com)

 

  • Let's Argue!: A Young Writers' Workshop (bogglesworldesl.com)
    "This is actually 6 hours of lessons combined into one workshop.
    The workshop is divided into three sections: Building an Argument, Weighing an Argument, and Refuting an Argument.
    Students learn to express themselves clearly and logically while examining topics such as smoking in public places, free university, and using public transportation... Dictionaries are mandatory for this lesson."
  • Roleplay Challenge Board : Air Travel (onestopenglish.com)
  • Airport English - A Role-play for Getting Through Customs (bogglesworldesl.com)


 

 

INTERACTIVE activities :

Transports in general - Bicycles - Boats - Bus / Tube - Cars - Motorcycles - Planes - Trains

  • TRANSPORTS in general :

     

     

     

     

    • Transport - (British Council)
      "At the top are pictures of 15 different means of transport.
      Below are the names of the means of transport.
      Can you put the pictures in the right boxes?"

     

     

     

    • Transports - Questions avec animations et son (xtec.es)

     

    • Transportation Nouns (aitech.ac.jp)
      - ex : "It travels under the sea and a yellow one was made famous in a Beatles' song and it's called a ___ "

     

    • They're all different types of transport. (British Council)
      "Do you know what they are called in English? Match the pictures and the words.
      "

     

    • Transport (learnenglish.de)
      Useful Vocabulary (with SOUND) - Build Up - Naturally Speaking - Dialogues - Games and Tests

     

     

  • BICYCLES :


    • Bicycle - Learning English with pictures (englisch-hilfen.de)

     

  • BOATS :

    • Le Titanic (soundguideweb.com)

      "Le Titanic a coulé en 1912. nous devons donc utiliser le prétérit si nous voulons raconter les faits.
      Voici la chronologie des évènements. Essayez de retrouver les verbes en fonction du contexte.Cliquez ici.
      Un autre exercice fait à partir du récit d’une survivante.
      Nous en avons écrit un résumé avec mes 4°. Le voici en version interactive. Cliquez ici.
      Faites ensuite cette page.
      Enfin, une grille de mots-croisés pour réviser le vocabulaire."

    • The TITANIC - interactive activities :



    • The Titanic - interactive quiz (library.thinkquest.org)
    • Titanic quiz (dsc.discovery.com)
    • Titanic - Quizzes (funtrivia.com)
    • Titanic Quiz (surfnetkids.com)


    • Seafaring - (British Council)
      "At the top are pictures of 6 things connected to seafaring.
      Below are the names of these things.
      Can you put the pictures in the right boxes?"
      (+ 3 pages)

     

  • BUS / TUBE :

     

  • CARS :

    • Find the phone - with sound
      Students could imagine what is going to happen when they find the phone.
      (imagenes.telematica.net)

    • California weighs 'digital adverts' on number plates
      "California is weighing whether to allow advert-broadcasting digital number plates on vehicles, in a bid to raise revenue for the cash-strapped state.
      The digital adverts would scroll when the vehicle is stuck in traffic."

      (BBC)




    • Cars and driving - interactive quiz - 6 questions
      (BBC)

     

    • Car Parts - interactive activities
      (inglesmundial.com)

     

    • The car
      Vocabulary + Fill-in Exercise - The car + Find the pairs - Parts of the car
      (englisch-hilfen.de)

     

     

    • Interactive picture dictionary - My car (Parapal Online)
      "Move your mouse around the screen to learn new vocabulary.
      Click on "test"
      when you are ready to check your knowledge."

     

    • Automobile Vocabulary - (a4esl.org)
      ex : "When you want to go faster, you press this :
      a. brake pedal b. clutch c. gearbox d. accelerator e. carburetor"

     

    • Compare cars - (British Council)
      "Below are pictures of and information about four cars.
      Above the pictures are words used to compare them.
      Under the pictures are some phrases with gaps.
      Can you put the words in the right gaps?"

     

     

     

 

  • MOTORCYCLES :

    • An Accident - A Verb-Form Exercise - interactive (a4esl.org)
      "Read the text carefully and change the verbs to the correct form."

      - Preterit simple / Preterit progressif


    • Motorcycles (British Council)
      "Take a look at the article, story, word game, cartoon, trivia and links."


     

  • PLANES :

  •  

    • On an airplane - interactive exercise
      ex : "A person who serves passengers on an airplane is a ___ ___."
      (a4esl.org)
    • Plane & airport : exercises, some WITH SOUND - dialogues (tes.mi.it)

     

     

     

    • At an Airport - ex : "A trip on an airplane is called a ___." (a4esl.org)

     

     

    • Airport - (British Council)
      "Here are some instructions for what to do at the airport.
      The items are all mixed up.
      Can you put them in the right order?"

     

    • The Airport - a quiz (berlitzpublishing.com)
      "Read the text and type in the missing words. Choose your words from the list..."

     

    • Fossett sets solo flight record. - avec ou sans script (language-lab.org)
      Practice mode : Keywords - Media - Exercises
      Test mode : Quiz
      Tools : Translator - Encyclopedia - Grammar

     

  • TRAINS :

     

    • Travel vocabulary - (mrc.ltd.free.fr)
      "Match the items on the right with the items on the left to make a collocation to rail travel."