Comparing transport

1. Unit 11
Bikes

2. • Lead in pictures showing transport types (5 mins)
• Discussion questions – transport (10 mins)
• Reading (1) Me and my bike – checking vocabulary (10 mins)
• Vocabulary building – guessing meaning from context (5 mins)
• Reading (1) Understanding opinions in a text (5 mins)
• Grammar skills – referencing words in a text (10 mins)
• Discussion questions from the text (5 mins)
• Speaking practice – making questions from prompts (10 mins)
• quiz (10 mins) 70
• Discussion questions – city transport (5 mins)
• Reading (2) – City transport – new vocabulary (10 mins)
• Reading (2) – City transport – highlighting adjectives (5 mins)
• Grammar skills – referencing words in a text (10 mins)
• Vocabulary building – plural nouns review (5 mins)
• Writing practice – making sentences (5 mins)
• Speaking practice – interviewing someone about transport (10 mins)
• Vocabulary from the class quiz (5 mins)

4. • What types of transport do you take in a typical week?
• I usually travel by ...........................................................................................
• What’s your favourite type of transport? Why?
• My favourite type of transport is ................... because ..............................
• Does your country have any unusual types of transport? Which ones?
• Yes, it does. In my country we have ....................... No, we don’t ..............
• Are there any forms of transport you’d love to use? Why?
• Yes, there are. I’d love to travel by ..................... because ........................
• How do people usually travel in your country?
• People typically travel by ........................................... in ...........................

5. mayonnaise

8. He likes it a lot / he
loves it.

9. C
a
d
b

15. The bike.

18. 1. Where are the riding lessons?
2. Are the lessons expensive? Is it expensive?
3. What do I need to wear? What should I wear?
4. Are there lessons on Fridays? Can I have lessons on Fridays?
5. Are the horses friendly?

19. • Who is the race for?
• How can I book a place?
• How far is it / the race?
• When does it start?
• Where should / do we meet?

21. The longest traffic jam in the world went from Lyon to Paris.
A stretch of ____ miles was at a standstill on the French
Autoroute as a result of poor weather and traffic blockage.
109
A) 59
B) 109
C) 159

22. Both the horse and donkey were domesticated for
transportation about _______ BC; the horse in Mesopotamia
and the donkey in Egypt.
4000
A) 1000
B) 2000
C) 4000

23. London is famous for its ____ taxi cabs and
_____ double-decker buses.
black
red

26. The world’s fastest train is the Maglev – in Shanghai – which
can cover 30.5km in _____ minutes. It runs with ‘magnetic
levitation’, meaning there is no friction so the vehicle makes
virtually no sound when travelling.
8
A) 8
B) 28
C) 48

27. Until ____ anyone riding a bike in the UK had
to legally ring the bell all the time.
1930
A) 1930
B) 1950
C) 1970

28. Car Is The Most Recycled Product In The World:
Roughly ___% of the cars that have stopped working are
recycled. Roughly 27 million cars are reprocessed every year.
95
A) 55%
B) 75%
C) 95%

30. • He thinks transport in London is better because the buses
are not very efficient in Colombia and there aren’t any
tubes or trains.

32. 1. B
2.B
3.A
4.A
5.C

33. 1. buses
2.trains
3.tubes
4.taxis
5.people
1. + s = trains, tubes, taxis
2.+ es = buses
3.Irregular = people

34. don’t stop at all the bus stops.
there are a lot of people on them.
people can sit down.
than in China.

37. Part 4
Describing photos
Look at the photo
and describe what
you see.

40. Part 4
Describing photos
Look at the picture
You partner will ask
you some questions.