Cambridge TH!

NK A1

UNIT-12
MOVING
ABOUT
THINKING
Get Watch the video and think: what kinds
of transport do you use?
Reading
1. Match the words in the list with the photos.
Write 1–5 in the
1 a bike | 2 a boat | 3 a bus |
boxes. 4 a car
5 an underground train

a boat a bike a car

A 2
A B 1A C 4A
Reading
1. Match the words in the list with the photos.
Write 1–5 in the
1 a bike | 2 a boat | 3 a bus |
boxes. 4 a car
5 an underground train

an a bus
underground
train
D 5A E 3
A
Reading
Speaki
2. ng Work in pairs. When do you use the
types oftransport
in Exercise 1?
I go to my friend’s house by bike. I go to school by bus.

3. Put the types of transport in Exercise 1 in order of

speed: 1 =
slow, 5 = fast.
1 a bike 2 a boat 3 a bus
4 an underground train 5
a car
Reading
4. Read and listen to the article and write the type
of transport
under each medal.

1___________
bike 2___________
speedbo 3_____________
public transport car
4____________ at (underground and bus)
Reading
5. Read the article again and match the questions
with
0 the
Why answers.
did the TV show presenters have a race? d
a
1 Why did they choose different types of transport?
2 Why was there a surprise? f
3 Why weren’t the presenters happy? b
4 What did the presenters say about the bike? e
5 Why is the bike good to use in a city? c
a To find the best one. d To find the best way to get across
b Because they wanted the car to London.
win. e It was dangerous
A lot of big cities, like London, have got many traffic
problems. Sometimes a journey of a few kilometres
can take more than an hour. So what’s the best way to
get across London? For a very short journey, it’s
probably a good idea to walk. But what happens when
you want to go further?
The presenters of a popular TV show about cars decided to
find out. Each of the presenters chose a different type of
transport to make the same 27-kilometre journey. One
presenter went by bike. One went by car. Another chose
public transport – the underground and bus – and the last one
travelled by speedboat up the River Thames. They all started
at the same time and the same place in West London, but
who got to City Airport in East London first?
The results were a surprise. The bike came first. In second
place was the speedboat. Public transport came third and the
car was last.
So the presenters had an answer. The bike was quicker than
all the other types of transport and the car was slower. They
weren’t very happy with the result because they wanted the
car to win. They made a joke and said the bike wasn’t a real
winner because it was more dangerous.
But, of course, the bike is the real winner. It’s the best way to
get about. It’s cheaper than public transport and it is healthier
than going by car. It’s also better for our cities because bikes
don’t make the air dirty. So next time you need to travel
THINKvalues Transport and the
environment
6. Choose the title that best sums up the article.
a Cars are great

b The great race

c Get on your bike

d Be careful on your bike

Speaki
7. ng Tell your partner what title you
chose and why.
THINKvalues Transport and the
environment
8. How friendly to the environment do you think
these types of
transport are? Write 1–6 in the boxes: 1 = best, 6
= worst.
bus car
plane

bike motorbike
Speaki
9. train
ng Work in pairs and compare your
answers.
Vocabulary
Transpor
t Match the words in the list with the photos. Write
1.
1–6 in the
1boxes.
ferry | 2 Listen and
helicopter check. 4 plane | 5 taxi
| 3 motorbikel
| 6 train

taxi
plane motorbike
A 4
A B 3A C 5A
Vocabulary
Transpor
t Match the words in the list with the photos. Write
1.
1–6 in the
1boxes.
ferry | 2 Listen and
helicopter check. 4 plane | 5 taxi
| 3 motorbikel
| 6 train

train ferry
helicopter
D 2A E 6A F 1A
Vocabulary
Transpor
t Look at the photos in Exercise 1 and answer the
2.
questions.
Which types of transport
travel …

1 on roads? 2 on rails? 3 on water? 4 in the

taxi,
air? train ferry plane,
motorbike
________________ __________________ helicopter
_______________
Vocabulary
Transpor
t Speaki
3. ng Can you add any other types of
transport
to the lists?
Gr a m m rap!
ar
Grammar
Comparative adjectives
4. Look at the article on page 111. Tick (✓) the sentence
that isn’t true.
Then complete the table and the rule.
1 Bikes are cheaper than public transport.

2 Going by bike is healthier than going by car.

3 Cars are more dangerous than bikes. ✓

4 Bikes are better than other types of transport.
Grammar
Comparative adjectives

adjectiv comparative RULE : Short adjectives: We usually

e add -er. If the adjective ends in
i
consonant + -y, change the y to
quick quicker
cheaper
9
______ e.g. easy – easier.
big bigger
5 healthie
Iftheadjectiveends in vowel +
cheap ______________easi
consonant, double the consonant,
easy err
6 more e.g.more
big –bigger. Long adjectives: We
healthy _______________
dangerous add the word 10________ before the
expensiv +than
e more expensive adjective.Irregular adjectives:
worse We
better
dangerou 7
__________________ use a diff erent word, e.g. good –
s __ better, bad – 11___________ .After
Grammar
Comparative adjectives
5. Write the comparative form of these adjectives.
1 exciting 2 slow 3 difficult
more slow more
exciting er difficult
4 happy 5 safe 6 small
happi saf small
er er er
7 funny 8 hot 9 fast
funnie hotte fast
r r er
Grammar
Comparative adjectives
6. Look at the types of transport on this page.
Write four
sentences
Speaki
to compare them.
7. ng Work in pairs. Read your sentences to
your partner,
but don’t say one of the types of transport. Your
partner
They are quicker
guesses what it is
than buses. cars!
Listening
8. Kate wants to travel to Windsor. She’s at the train
station. Listen
to the conversation and complete the details of her
10.30
journey am

15
£12.70
Listening

9. Listen again. Answer the questions.

1 Why doesn’t Kate want to take the earlier train to

She doesn’t want
to run.
Windsor?
today/ the same
day
2 When does Kate want to return to London?
her
friend
3 Who does Kate want to meet in Windsor?
tw
o
Function
sAt the train station
10. Look at these sentences. Who says them? Write
SA (sales assistant)
or C (customer) in the boxes.
0 How can I help you? S
A
1 What time is the next train to London? c
2 What time does the 10.30 arrive in Windsor? c
3 Do you want a single or a return? SA
Function
sAt the train station
Speaki
11. ng Work in pairs. Use this information and
prepare a
similar dialogue. Act out your dialogue.
Train
THINK Comparing
to
12. Write the words in the list in the correct place in
the diagram.
cheap | dangerous | drive | engine |
healthyllights
quick | radio | ride | wheels
Car
s
drive, engine, radio

cheap, healthy,
ride
dangerous, lights, quick,
wheels Bik
Train
THINK Comparing
to
13. Think of more words to add to the diagram.
Speaki
14. ng Work in pairs. Compare the two forms
of transport.
Use comparative adjectives.
In London, bikes are quicker than cars.
Reading
1. Read and listen to the magazine article. Write the
names under Adam | Max | Rebecca |
the photos.Rose

A _____________
A
Max B _____________
A
Rebecca
_ _

C _____________
A
Adam D _____________
A
Rose
_ _
Reading
We all love going on a journey. Here are
some of your favourites. Thank you for
sharing them!
Adam Posted 5 minutes ago
I love boats and my favourite boat journey is the one by ferry across the
Danube River. My grandma lives in Budapest. When I visit her, we often
go on it together. It’s not a long journey – it’s only ten minutes. The ferry
just takes you across the river to the other side of the city. We don’t get
off the boat – we just go there and back again.
Rose Posted 10 minutes ago
I really love steam trains. There’s one in Scotland. It goes from Fort
William to Mallaig on the west coast, and it’s called the Jacobite Steam
Train. It’s the famous one you see in the Harry Potter films. The one that
takes Harry and his classmates to Hogwarts. But that’s not why I like it. I
like the sound it makes and I like the view from the window. It travels
Reading
Rebecca Posted 40 minutes ago
What’s my favourite journey? My journey to school. We live in a village
and my school is in the next village. Every morning I walk across the
fields and then along the river until I’m at school. It’s a really beautiful
walk. I love looking for birds. There are some lovely ones. And sometimes
if I’m lucky, I see a rabbit. I love my walk to school … but I love the walk
home more!
Max Posted 50 minutes ago
My favourite journey is a very fast bike ride. My grandparents have a
house in the mountains. There is a road down the mountain to the town.
It goes down very fast, and it goes through a big forest. Every morning,
we ride down to the town to get bread. It only takes ten minutes to ride
down, but it takes a lot longer to ride back up again!
Reading
2. Read the article again. Correct the wrong
information in these
0sentences. a river
Adam’s favourite journey is a boat journey across the sea.
___________ ten hours
tenminutes.
1 His boat journey takes ten hours. __________________________
2 forests
Rose canand
seemountains
forests and lakes, mountains
mountains from the and
window of the train.
(beautiful) beaches
She likes the walk home more than the walk to
_______________________________________________________________________
3 school.
Rebecca walks by the sea to school.
by the seaacross the fields and (then) along the
_______________________________________________
4 river.
She likes the walk to school more than the walk home.
fifteen minutes to ride up ten minutes to ride
__________________________________________________________
Grammar
one / ones
4. Look at the examples from the article on page 114.
What do the
words one and ones refer to? Then complete the
rule
1 Iwith
really plural a steam
love steam trains. There’s one in Scotland.
and singular. train
bird
2 I love looking for birds. There are some lovely ones.
s
RULE : To avoid repeating a
noun,
we often use one in place of
singular
3 plural nouns and ones in
____________
place
4
Grammar
one / ones
5. Write one or ones in the spaces to replace the crossed
out0 words.
A Do you want to watch this film?
B No, I’ve seen that film one
___________ one before.
1 A Do you want to try on these jeans ones___________?
B No, I’d like to try on the jeans behind them.
2 A What bus can we take?
on
B Any bus ___________ that’s got ‘City centre’ on the front of it.
e children. The oldest child
3 I’ve got three one _________ is a boy and the
younger ones
children___________ are girls. one
4 There’s a bank in theoneHigh Street and there’s another bank______in
Geographical
places the words with the first and last letters.
6. Complete
Use the article
on page 114 to help you.

0 m__ o __ n b 1 __ e
o u__t __i __ h a c__ r r2__i v e__ s a
3__e__
Geographical
places the words with the first and last letters.
6. Complete
Use the article
on page 114 to help you.

f i e dl__
4 __ l 5 __ea k __ b n6__a r __ f t
7__o r e s__
Geographical
places
Speaki
7. ng Work in pairs. Make a list of famous …

a beaches b rivers

c seas d lakes

8. Think about your favourite journey. Make notes.

Where to
How
Who with
Geographical
places
Speaki
9. ng Tell your partner about your journey.

My favourite journey is to
How do you get there?
the mountains to go skiing.

We go by car.
Culture

THE AMFIBUS, THE

NETHERLANDS
The big, blue Amfibus certainly makes a big
splash! It’s in Rotterdam and it takes people
on tours of the city. It’s cool. It can travel on
land and in the water. It is more expensive
than water taxis, but it is more exciting, too.
It is slower in the water than on land. It goes
at 8kmph in the water and 96kmph on land.
The tour lasts for an hour and it costs 27.50
euros.
Culture

MOVING WALKWAYS AND ESCALATORS,

HONG KONG
The Central-Mid-Levels Escalator is 800 metres
long. Escalators are usually inside a shopping
centre or an airport, but not this one! It’s outside.
It’s a great way to travel round this city of hills.
And it’s free! There are 14 places where you can
get on and off. The escalators travel down the hill
from 6am to 10am so people can travel to work.
They travel up the hill from 10am to midnight.
Culture

THE URBAN CABLE CAR,

TURKEY NETHERLANDS
Ankara’s cable car is cheaper than other
forms of public transport and it is healthier
because it doesn’t pollute the air. It is also
easier and quicker than travelling by car
because there are no traffic jams in the
sky! It travels 60 metres above the ground
and passengers can get great views of the
city.
Culture

SUBMARINES, LANZAROTE AND

TENERIFE NETHERLANDS
Now you can travel in a submarine! This
submarine carries tourists. It is a safe and
comfortable way to see the colourful fish
and the plants and rocks under our seas.
The submarine can carry 48 people and it
has 11 large windows on each side. It
travels down 60 metres under the sea.
Culture
1. Read the dialogues. What are Tom, Nadia and
Lara afraid of?
a bus | a cable car | a city | an escalator | a
submarine | water

1 _____________
a A
,wate wat A
_____________ a cable car
_____________ 4 an A
_____________
2 3 A
_bus r er,submarine
_a _a city _escalator
Culture
3. Read the article again and tick (✓) the correct boxes.
urban
the Amfibus cable car escalator
submarine
1 You have a great view of the city. ✓
2 You often see these in a shopping ✓
centre or an airport.
3 It travels on water and on land. ✓
4 It is a quicker way to travel than ✓
by car. ✓
5 It’s a safe and comfortable way
Culture

Speaki
4. ng Discuss these questions with
a partner.
1 Which of these types of transport would you most like

to travel on?

2 Are there any unusual types of transport in your

country? Where?
Writin
gUnusual forms of
transport
INPU
1. T Read the text. What’s the name of the
transport?
the Ice
Angel
ANALY
2. SE Read the text again and answer the
questions.
1 Where can you see it?on Lake Superior in
Wisconsin
2 What type of transport is a
it?(very special)
bus
3 Why is it unusual?it can travel on water, snow
and ice
Writin
gUnusual forms of
3. transport
PLA
Choose one of these unusual types of
N
transport or one
that you already know about. Look on the internet
for information.
The Chiva
Make bus, Colombia
notes to answer the questions in Exercise 2.
The Coco Taxi, Cuba

The Hovercraft, Isle of Wight, UK

Writin
gUnusual forms of
4. transport
PRODUC
Use your notes to write a short text
E
about your form
of transport from Exercise 3. Write 60–100 words.

your form of
transport
Writin
g

Wisconsin is a state in the US. There are large lakes in Wisconsin.

One of the lakes is called Lake Superior. In winter, it is very cold
and the water in the lake turns to ice. When the ice is hard, cars
can drive across it. But sometimes the ice is very thin. Then, only
the Ice Angel can cross it. The Ice Angel is a very special bus. It
can travel on water, snow and ice. In summer, it travels on water,
and in winter, it travels across the ice. It takes people from
Wisconsin’s Madeline Island to Bayfield.