Transportation (A1 Vocabulary)

A car, a bus and a taxi all travel on the road. A bus is long and carries many people. A taxi takes you where you want to go, and you pay the driver.

On the road

• Try it: Choose the word: (car / bus / taxi) Answer: bus — It is long and carries many people. That is a bus.

Word	Pronunciation	Example
car	/kɑːr/	a fast car
bus	/bʌs/	a big bus
taxi	/ˈtæk.si/	a yellow taxi

On rails

A train and a subway both run on metal rails. A train travels between towns, out in the open. A subway runs under a city, below the streets, so you see no sky from it.

• Try it: Choose the word: (subway / train / bus) Answer: subway — It runs under the city streets, and you see no sky. That is the subway.

Word	Pronunciation	Example
train	/treɪn/	a long train
subway	/ˈsʌb.weɪ/	the subway

How do you get there?

To say HOW you travel, put by in front of bus, car or train, with no the: by bus, by car, by train. Walking has its own phrase: on foot.

• Not "I go to school by the bus." — say "I go to school by bus.". After by, say just bus, with no the.
• Try it: Choose the words: (by taxi / by bus / on foot) Answer: on foot — She is on her own two feet on the sidewalk. No bus has stopped for her and no driver is waiting at the curb. She is going on foot.

Word	Pronunciation	Example
by bus	/baɪ ˈbʌs/	I go by bus.
on foot	/ɑn ˈfʊt/	I go on foot.