2017-01-10 Daily Life: transportation experiences

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework: answer the questions (1-6) at the end of this page
(Number 2 should be: “Where do you travel from?”)
In pairs, ask and answer the questions. Ask follow-up questions for more information.
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Why did you push the car?
The car didn’t start.
The battery was dead.
It was out of gas. / It was empty. / There was no gas.
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“Means of Transport Vocabulary” handout page - With your partner, write the names of each type of transportation. Then tell your partner if you have used this kind of transportation.
1 caravan (British English) / camper (US English)
2 jeep
3 ferry (For a short trip, maybe 1-2 hours maximum.)
4 scooter (Ride on a scooter.)
5 train (Ride on a train.)
6 police car
7 pickup truck
8 bus (This one is a double-decker bus, because it has two levels.)
9 tricycle
10 sled
11 snowmobile
12 space shuttle (The Space Shuttle program was finished in 2011.)
13 motorboat (in a motorboat, because it’s pretty small)
14 van
15 submarine
16 helocopter
17 plane
18 bicycle
19 ship (More or less, the big ones are ships and the smaller ones are boats.)
20 ambulance
21 car
22 truck (semi or semi-truck) / lorry (British English)
23 fire engine / fire truck
24 subway
25 tractor (on a tractor)
26 jet
27 motorcycle (on a motorcycle)
28 taxi
29 balloon (in a hot-air balloon)
30 skateboard (on a skateboard)
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Grammar: present perfect (to talk about life experiences)
Have you been in a fire truck?
Have you ridden on a motorcycle?
Have you driven a tractor?
Have you flown a helicopter?
perfect = [have] + past participle (verb 3)
I have flown in a helicopter, but I haven’t flown in a jet.

simple past (to talk about specific times in the past)
I flew in a helicopter when I was in Australia.