Wider World 1 Unit 9 Vocabulary Check (Transport and travel)

1. Complete the text using only ONE word in each gap.

The ¹           in the city where I live is very good. It’s best to go ²    bus to most places in the city. There’s a big bus ³         in the city centre. You can get buses to many places from there. I study at the university so I take a bus there every weekday. Some of my classmates ⁴      a bike there, but I don’t have a bike. Anyway, there’s a bus ⁵      just outside the university so I can ⁶     off the bus there and walk to my first lesson – it’s very easy. I have a car too, but there aren’t any car ⁷       near the university that students can use so the bus is much easier. The city isn’t big enough to have an ⁸             , but maybe one day we can have one here, like the Metro in Paris – I love going on that.

2. Complete the sentences using the verbs and prepositions. Do not use them more than once. There are four extra words.

1) Can you ______________ a car?

2) When did you learn how to ______________ a bike?