This document discusses various modes of transportation. It describes road transportation including private vehicles like cars and motorcycles, public transportation like buses, and special vehicles. It also discusses rail transportation including trains, trams, and subways. Air transportation and ship transportation are also covered. For each mode of transportation, examples of vehicles are provided as well as advantages and disadvantages. The document aims to provide an overview of different means of transport.

1. Means of Transport
(Dopravní prostředky)

2. Means of Transport
 Kinds of means of transport
 Road transport
 Rail transport
 Air transport
 Ship transport
 Transport used by you

3. What kinds of means of transport
do you know?
Transportation of people - Private means of transport
- Public means of transport
Transportation of goods
Special means of transport

4. What kinds of means of transport
do you know?
Examples of sentences:
In the whole world transport plays an important role.
There are means of transport for transportation of
people, for transportation of goods and then there are
many different special means of transport used in
emergency or in agriculture, engineering, etc.

5. How can transport be divided?
Road transport
Air transportation
Rail transport
Ship transport
Example of sentence:
People and goods can be transported by land – by
road or rail, by air or by water.

7. Can you name any road vehicles?
Private transport: cars and motorcycles
Transportation of goods: pick-ups, vans, lorries, trucks,
transporters
Public means of transport: buses, trolleybuses, coaches,
taxi
Special vehicles used in emergency: police car,ambulance,
fire engine
Special vehicles used in agriculture and engineering:
tractor, harvester, bulldozer

8. Can you name any road vehicles?
Examples of sentences:
Land offers a great variety of means of transport.
There are plenty of motor road vehicles such as
motorbikes and cars for private transport and pickup, vans, lorries, trucks and transporters for
transportation of goods of all kinds.
The most frequent public means of transport are buses,
coaches, trolleybuses and taxi. In big cities there is
an underground.

9. Road transport – advantages
Examples of sentences:
Travelling by car has many advantages – it is
comfortable and fast.
We can go anywhere and we can also stop where
we want.
We can also go any time we want, we aren´t
depended on the time-table.

10. Road transport – disadvantages
Examples of sentences:
But there are also disadvantages.
Number of cars is bigger and bigger, which is
connected with the danger of traffic jams,
accidents and the pollution of air.
Sometimes it is difficult to find a place for parking.
And the price of petrol is very high.

12. Can you name any rail vehicles?
Trains
Trams
Underground
Example of sentence:
Rail vehicles are trains, trams, and the underground.

13. Rail transport - advantages
Rail transport is relatively cheap and fast.
It has high capacity and it is possible to carry
huge cargos.
Railway is the safest form of transport.
The trains provide protection to goods from sun,
rain, wind, etc.

14. Rail transport - disadvantages
The railway needs a large investment of capital.
Railway transport is uneconomical for short
distances.
You are dependent on timetable and trains are
often delayed.

16. Travelling by air - advantages
Example of sentence:
Travelling by plane is the fastest and most
comfortable way of travelling.
We mostly travel by plane for long distances – to
foreign countries and overseas.
We get something to eat and drink while
travelling.

17. Travelling by air – disadvantages
Examples of sentences:
Travelling by plane is very expensive.
Some people are afraid of flying.
There is also the danger of terrorist attack.

18. Travelling by air – disadvantages
Examples of sentences:
The air transportation system is strictly dependent
on the timetable.
There are many more security screenings, check
points and luggage searches.

19. Advantages/disadvantages
The advantage of…………is that it is………
Example:
The advantage of travelling by plane is that it is
fast and comfortable.

20. Advantages/disadvantages
The disadvantage of………is that it is……
Example:
The disadvantage of travelling by plane is
that it is expansive.

22. Ship transport
Means of ship transport:
A ship - large, sails in the oceans and seas,
carrying all types of goods
A boat - smaller than ship, used on rivers or lakes
and is usually specialized (fishing).
A merchant vessel - a ship that transports cargo in
commercial trade

24. Ship transport
Means of ship transport:
A ferry - used to carry passengers, and vehicles
across water
An ocean liner - designed to transport people
from one seaport to another
A cruise ship - a passenger ship
used for pleasure voyages

26. Ship transport
Means of ship transport:
A steamboat - is a ship in which steam power is used
A yacht - a recreational boat or ship

28. Pros and cons of ship transport
+ small cost
+ possibility to transfer huge loads
- slow transport
- depend on waterways

29. Pros and cons of ship transport
Examples of sentences:
The main advantage of ship transport is relatively
small cost.
Another advantage of ship transport is that it is
possible to transfer huge loads.
The main disadvantage of this kind of transport is
that it is very slow and depends on waterways.