This document outlines the lesson plan and activities for an English language class focusing on transportation vocabulary, grammar, and communication. The lesson covers comparative and superlative forms, reading and listening comprehension exercises about transportation in London, discussions and games related to different modes of transport, and practice with transportation vocabulary, grammar structures, and speaking skills.

1. English file -
Intermediate
Unit 3A – Comparative and superlatives

2. • Lead in – transport riddles (5 mins)
• Discussion questions – transport (10 mins)
• Vocabular building types of transport (10 mins)
• Pronunciation focus – different sounds (10 mins)
• Reading (1) Race across London –Vocabulary (5 mins)
• Reading (1) Race across London –comprehension (10 mins)
• Reading (1) Race across London –Verb phrases (5 mins)
• Game filler – fun facts about London transport (10 mins)
• Listening (1) Race across London – comprehension (10 mins)
• Grammar – comparatives / superlative – highlighting (5 mins)
• Grammar – comparatives / superlative – presentation (5 mins)
• Grammar – comparatives / superlative – exercises (10 mins)
• Speaking practice – making comparisons about transport (10 mins)
• Vocabulary from the class quiz (10 mins)

3. ?

4. • I have blades but I’m not grass
• I’m sometimes an Apache but I’m not a
Native American
• I can fly but I don’t have any wings
• I can transport people but I’m not an airplane
• I’m a chopper but I’m not a knife

5. • I follow a route but I'm not a mailman
• I'm red in London but I'm not a telephone box
• I'm sometimes yellow in the US but I'm not a
taxi
• I'm a mode of transport but I'm not a train
• I have wheels that go round and round but I'm
not a car

6. • I’m a transport you don’t have to drive
• Which means you can sit back and relax
• I can take you across the country
• Not in the air but along the ground
• I’m split into carriages but don’t have any
horses.

7. • How do you usually get around in the UK? How does
this compare with your country?
• Which type of transport would you like to try that
you haven’t been on? Why?
• Can you drive a car? What do you like / dislike about
driving?
• What is the most unusual kind of transport you have
ever been on?
• Does your country have a good public transport
system?

8. 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

9. 1. Van 2. coach 3. lorry
4. Scooter 5. Tram 6. motorway
7. the Underground 8. ferry 9. motorbike
c c c
c c c
c c c

10. 1 car crash
2 cycle lane
3 parking fine
4 pedestrian zone
5 petrol station
6 roadworks
7 rush hour
8 seat belt
9 speed camera
10 speed limit
11 taxi rank
12 traffic lights
13 traffic jam
14 zebra crossing

12. set
pick
end
run
Look

14. 1. The series made it into the Guinness World Record book for
being the world's most-watched factual TV program. More than
______ million people in more than 200 countries watch the
series, according to The Guardian.
2. The waitlist to get a ticket to watch an episode of "Top Gear"
filmed was once rumoured to be ____ years long.
3. _____ percent of the show's viewers are female.
4. Top Gear presenter Paddy McGuinness broke another Guinness
World Record in 2020 for driving the fastest electric ice
cream van he reached _____ MPH.
350
21
40
80

22. Ja
Je
R
Ja
R
Je
Je

24. turned round /tɜːnd raʊnd/ = changed direction
was ahead of /wəz ə'hed əv/ = was in front of sb

25. crash into /kræʃ 'ɪntə/ = hit an object or another vehicle
turned red /tɜːnd red/ = changed to red
get stuck /get stʌk/ = be unable to move

26. getting worse /getɪŋ wɜːs/ = becoming more and more busy

28. He took a bus from Kew Bridge to Acton Town. Then he took the
Underground (District line) from Acton Town to Monument.
Then at Monument, he changed onto the Docklands Light Railway,
which he took to London City Airport.
The train now approaching is…; Please mind the gap between the
train and the platform; The next station is Monument.
Change here for…

30. 1. Richard (bike)
2. Jeremy (boat)
3. The Stig (public transport)
4. James (car)
Because Top Gear is
a car programme,
and the car came
last.

33. •The London Underground is known as 'the Tube’, but
___% of the London Underground, is not underground.
55
A) 35% B) 45% C) 55%

34. London has a population of 9.5 million, but
the Tube gets ____ billion passengers
annually.
1.35
A) 1.35 B) 2.35 C) 3.35

35. London's first bus service was on the Marylebone Road. On 4 July ______,
George Shillibeer began the city's first omnibus service, which could carry
22 people and was pulled by three horses, copying the idea from Paris.
1829
A) 1789 B) 1829 C) 1859

36. Long-distance Clara: London's longest bus route
London's longest bus route is the X26 from Heathrow to
Croydon. It’s ______ miles long and it can take more than two
hours to travel the full distance.
23.75
A) 13.75 B) 23.75 C) 33.75

37. London’s bikes are incredibly popular. In total ___,000,000 km
have been travelled on the bikes which is the equivalent to
approximately three return trips to Mars!
300
A) 100 B) 200 C) 300

38. To use the great bikes you pay £ ___ , which gives you access to the bikes
for 24 hours as long as you dock and get a new code every ___ minutes,
which means you could travel around London for very little.
2
30
A) 1 / 20 B) 2 / 30 C) 3 / 40

39. ? ?

41. the quickest way
as fast as
as many trains as
the most exciting journey
more carefully than

48. The train arrived more quicker than the bus.
She drives as careful as her brother.
He can drive fast than his friend.
Buses in this city run more frequent than trains.
She walks quicker than her friend.
The train arrived more quickly than the bus.
She drives as carefully as her borther.
He can drive faster than his friend.
Buses in this city run more frequently than trains.
She walks more quickly than her friend.

50. easier than
the hottest
more powerful than
more slowly than
The worst
The furthest *
older than
the most relaxing
the best

52. as
the
than
ever
him
most
as
more
as
in

55. shower /ʃ/ jazz /dʒ/ chess /tʃ/

56. adventure
bridge
catch
coach
crash
journey
rush
station
traffic jam

58. 1. Do you like chips?
2. I’m going to wash it.
3. You choose.
4. Don’t joke about it.
5. Is it cheap?

61. Class 2

62. • Lead in – Car accidents (5 mins)
• Discussion questions – travelling safely (10 mins)
• Reading (1) Safe driving – checking vocabulary (10 mins)
• Pronunciation focus – word linking different types (10 mins)
• Listening (1) Safe driving – Ordering (5 mins)
• Listening (2) Safe driving – Key details (5 mins)
• Speaking – discussion of the survey (10 mins)
• Game filler activity (10 mins) 65
• Speaking – discussion giving opinions (10 mins)
• Writing practice (1) An article – new vocabulary (5 mins)
• Speaking practice – discussing the types of transport (5
mins)
• Reading (1) Comprehension questions (10 mins)
• Writing (2) prepositions related to transport (5 mins)
• Speaking practice – role plays – Tourists (10 mins)
• Vocabulary from the class quiz (10 mins)

64. ?
1
2
3
4

65. • How safe do you feel when you travel around?
By car? By public transport?
• Are your feelings different in your own
country? How?
• Have you ever had a car accident? What
happened?
• What aspect of driving do you think causes
the most accidents on the roads?

75. 2. reaching for something in the car – nine times more likely to have
an accident
3. looking at something by the road – seven times more likely to have
an accident
4. adjusting the satnav – five times more likely to have an accident
5. feeling tired – 60 per cent of drivers have driven when tired in
the last year
6. adjusting the radio or music system – twice as likely to have an
accident
7. eating or drinking – you normally take one hand off the wheel
8. talking to a passenger – the driver often turns to look at the
passenger

78. Reduce your speed to stop accidents. For every
___ kmph reduction in average speed, there is a
___% reduction in the number of crashes.
1
2
A) 1 / 2 B) 2 / 3 C) 3 / 4

79. Correctly used seat-belts reduce the risk of
death in a crash by __%.
61
A) 51% B) 61% C) 71%

80. Road traffic crashes are bad for the economy because they
cost countries up to ___% of their Gross National Product.
4
A) 4% B) 6% C) 8%
In the UK this would be £26.6 million

81. It takes your brain up to ____ seconds to refocus on your
surroundings after looking at your mobile phone — even if you “only
glanced at it for a second.” As your brain refocuses, your driving
skills are not at their best.
13
A) 3 B) 13 C) 23

82. Texting and driving is really distracting. A person who texts
and drives is ___ times as likely to have a crash than someone
who drives drunk.
6
A) 2 B) 4 C) 6

83. ?

86. most dangerous
bad decisions
look at
an accident
cause of
accidents on
twice as
have an accident
What did
most interesting
your eyes on

92. the most expensive: black cab / taxi
the healthiest: cycling
the best for sightseeing: (double-decker) bus
the safest late at night: taxi / minicab

93. 1. To travel on the Underground and on buses
2. £2 a day for short journeys up to 30 minutes, more for longer
journeys (£2 for each additional 30 minutes).
3. A black cab is more expensive, but the drivers know London
very well. A minicab is a normal car which works for a company;
you have to book it, but it’s much cheaper than a black cab.

95. on
off
on

96. with
in
at