ESL WORKSHEET - Talking about commuting to work

LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

COMMUTING

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Jul. 22, 2015

Level: Elementary (A1-A2)
Type of language: Business English
Tags: Cars and Vehicles; Transport; Vocabulary and Grammar; Prepositions
Publication date: 07/22/2015

In this lesson, students learn key prepositions and useful adjectives for talking about commuting to work. There’s also a vocabulary exercise about car parts. The worksheet explores activities about some grammar topics, like the simple present tense with adverbs of frequency and comparative forms of adjectives.

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AUDIO TRANSCRIPT

Speaker: I usually go to work by car.
It takes me about 45 minutes to get to work because of the traffic.
When I arrive at the office, I don't usually have a problem parking the car because there is a company parking lot.
But when the parking lot is full, I park in the street, and it can take me 20 minutes to find a good place to leave my car.
If it's a sunny day, I sometimes go to work by bicycle.
It takes about 30 minutes to get to work by bike, and it's much healthier and more ecological.
It's also possible to take the train but I never go by train.
The train is uncomfortable. It's always crowded and because there's no air conditioning, it's hot and sweaty.
My country's railway system is also very unreliable. The trains are often late and sometimes they do not arrive at all!
If I want to go by public transport, I take the bus.
It's slow but it's more reliable than the train and more relaxing.
I enjoy looking out of the window, reading a book or just listening to some music on my smartphone.
I never walk because it takes too long and it's too tiring.
And I hardly ever go by taxi because it's too expensive.

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