🎯 Target: 5.0-5.5 Public Transport & Commuting ⏱️ 25 Minutes

Module 1

Build-up: Vocabulary, Patterns & Facts

Warm up with essential transport words, handy sentence frames, and two real-world trivia questions before you start speaking.

1 Vocabulary Check

Choose the best word

1. The morning tram was completely ______. There were so many commuters that no one else could step inside.

2. My daily bus ______ goes through the old town and stops right outside my university campus.

3. The city subway service is very ______; trains always arrive on time every three minutes.

4. There were no trains running yesterday because rail workers went on ______ to ask for better pay.

5. It is much cheaper for regular commuters to buy a monthly bus ______ instead of single tickets.

2 6 Common Collocations Matching

Matrix Grid

3 4 Natural Spoken Sentence Patterns

Useful Frames

1. Complete with the correct form of the verb: "I am used to (stand) on crowded buses during rush hour."

2. Fill in the missing linking word: "The metro ride was so noisy ______ I could not hear my podcast."

3. Choose the natural connector: "I prefer travelling by bicycle in spring ______ it gives me fresh air."

4. Complete the time expression: "It ______ me about half an hour to walk to the nearest railway station every day."

4 Trivia Time: Underground Railways

Historical Facts

A vintage London underground steam train arriving at an illuminated brick station platform in Victorian London, detailed

Historical illustration: Early days of the London underground system.

In what year did the world's very first underground railway open in London?

The City and South London Railway, the first deep-level tube railway, had 5.4 million customers in 1891. How many customers did it have in 1901?

Module 2

Speaking: Part 1 & Part 2

Practice answering conversational questions out loud, record your voice for AI feedback, and study the short spoken model answers.

Part 1: Quick Commuting Questions

30-40 words each

"What is the longest trip you make most weeks?"

[Bài tập luyện nói]

💡 Show Model Spoken Answer (34 words)

"Do you prefer to travel alone or with other people?"

[Bài tập luyện nói]

💡 Show Model Spoken Answer (36 words)

"What do you do to fill the time on a long bus or train ride?"

[Bài tập luyện nói]

💡 Show Model Spoken Answer (36 words)

"Would you like to live in a city with a metro system?"

[Bài tập luyện nói]

💡 Show Model Spoken Answer (34 words)

5 Part 2: Long Turn Task Card

60-90 Seconds Talk

A cheerful commuter sitting inside a modern bright city bus looking through the large window at morning city life, earph

Visual prompt: An everyday bus or tram journey through the city.

Describe a regular journey you make by bus, train, metro or tram.

You should say:

• where you go
• how often you make this journey
• what you do or see on the way
• and explain how you feel about this journey.

"I'd like to talk about my daily bus ride to my university in the city centre. I make this trip every weekday morning, usually around eight o'clock.

I always take the number 24 bus from the stop across the road from my apartment. The whole ride takes about thirty-five minutes. On the way, the vehicle passes through a lively market and several historic streets. I really enjoy looking out the window to watch shopkeepers open up and pedestrians hurrying by. When the bus gets packed with commuters, I just listen to music to relax.

Overall, I genuinely enjoy this journey. Even though heavy traffic can make it a bit tiring at times, it gives me a calm start before classes begin, and having a monthly bus pass makes it very cheap."