Transportation

car/taxi

bicycle/bike

hot air balloon

ship boat

canoe

airplane/plane/jet

train/high-speed rail

bus

MRT/underground/tube/metro

Mass Rapid Transit

subway

scooter

motorcycle

on foot

camel

elephant

horse

carriage

cable car/ropeway

sleigh

How many transits do you remember?

Let’s give it a try!

I go to (the)…by…

• I go to school by bus. • I go home by bicycle.• I go there on foot.

I go to the…on a(an)…

on a bus

on the ship

on an airplaneon the scooter

on my bike

on a train

I go to the…in a(an)…

in a taxi

in the car

in a carriage

S1: How do you go to school?S2: I go to school on foot. S3: How do you go home today?S4: I go home by bus. S5: How do you go to the library?S6: I go to the library by bicycle.

S6: How do you go to the Green Island? S1: I go to the Green Island by ship.

take-took

• I take a train to school every day.

• I took an airplane to Japan last week.

• I flew a plane to Japan last week.

drive-drove

• I drove my car to Taipei yesterday.

ride-rode

• The old woman rode her motorcycle home ten minutes ago.

• She rides her bicycle to the park today.

sail-sailed

• We sailed a ship to the USA ten years ago.

walk/on foot

• I walked to the beach yesterday.

• I went to the beach on foot yesterday.

S1: How did you go home yesterday?

S2: I walked home yesterday.

S3: How did you go to school this morning?

S4: I took the MRT to school this morning.

S5: How did you go to the museum last week?

S6: I rode my bike to the museum last week.

S6: How did you go to the park two days ago?

S1: I drove my car to the park two days ago.

How do you go to school every morning?

How do you go home every day?

How do you go to the library on weekends?

How did you go to the night market last night?

How did you go to the…?

Answer questions in different ways.

• I went to … by…• I went to … on…• I went to … in…• I took a(n)/the/my … to…• I rode a(n)/the/my … to…• I drove a(n)/the/my … to…• I walked to…• I flew a(n)/the/my … to…• I sailed a(n)/the/my … to…