Travel in FrenchVocabulary - modes of transport

Develop your French speaking skills with a role-play at the coach station, listen to people describing their journeys and read about transport of the future.

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Vocabulary - modes of transport

Vocabulary

Transport. Car, train, plane, coach, boat, bus and bus stop, person on motorbike, person walking, person cycling. En voiture, en train, en avion, en car, en bateau, en autobus, en moto, à pied, à vélo

Quand je vais aux États-Unis, je prends l’avion. – When I go to the United States I go by plane.

Je vais au collège en voiture. – I go to school by car.

Pour aller en ville, mes amis et moi prenons le bus. – To go to town, my friends and I take the bus.

L’année dernière, j’ai fait un voyage scolaire en Espagne. Nous avons voyagé en car. – Last year I went on a school trip to Spain. We travelled by coach.

Je vais aller en Angleterre cet été et je vais prendre le bateau. – I am going to go to England this summer, and I am going to take the boat.

Mon frère est venu nous voir à moto. – My brother came to visit us by motorbike.

J’adore voyager en train. – I love travelling by train.

Je vais chez mes amis à vélo. – I go to my friends’ houses on my bike.

Quand il fait beau, je me déplace à pied. – When the weather is nice I get around on foot.

At the airport

Le départ est à dix heures. – The departure is at ten o’clock.

Tu as tes bagages ? – Do you have your luggage?

J’adore prendre l’avion parce que c’est rapide. – I love to fly because it is quick.

Le vol va décoller à l’heure. – The flight is going to take off on time. (H)

Ov va atterrir avec trente minutes de retard. – We are going to land thirty minutes late. (H)

By car

Il faut s’arrêter pour acheter de l’essence. – We have to stop to buy petrol.

Je me suis garé à côté de l’église. – I parked next to the church.

C’est où, le bureau de location de voitures ? – Where is the car rental office?

Vous voulez louer une voiture ? – Do you want to hire a car?

J’ai besoin de mon permis de conduire. – I need my driving licence.

At the railway station

Je voudrais un aller-simple pour Versailles. – I would like a single ticket for Versailles.

Un aller-retour pour Bordeaux, s’il vous plait. – A return (ticket) for Bordeaux, please.

C ‘est le quai/ la voie numéro 8. – It’s platform number 8.

Où se trouve le guichet ? – Where is the ticket office?

Ça fait vingt euros. – That will be twenty euros.

Il faut payer un supplément. – There is a supplement to pay.

Where might you hear the following? Choose the correct location.

Question

AAt the airport
BAt a car rental desk
CIn a car
DAt a railway station
A
At the airport
B
At a car rental desk
C
In a car
D
At a railway station

Question

AAt the airport
BAt a car rental desk
CIn a car
DAt a railway station
A
At the airport
B
At a car rental desk
C
In a car
D
At a railway station

Question

AAt the airport
BAt a car rental desk
CIn a car
DAt a railway station
A
At the airport
B
At a car rental desk
C
In a car
D
At a railway station

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