Planning a Journey

A.

Travel Plans

• I have to take a trip by air next week.
• Do you like to fly?
• I don’t know because I’ve never flown before.
• You’ll probably like it very much.
• I have to go home next week.
• How will you go-by car?
• I’ll probably go by air.
• You’ll get there very fast then.
• How will you travel to Los Angeles?
• We’ll go by plane.
• How long will it take?
• It’ll take about five or six hours to get there.
• What time will you leave your house>
• I’ll leave around seven thirty.

B.

Asking about public transport

• What time is the (next train) to London?
• Is there a plane to Bonn tomorrow evening?
• What time are the (services) to (Boston)?
• Is there a frequent service?
• How often do they go?
• How long does it take?
• When does it arrive/get there?
• What time/When does it leave?
• Where does it leave from?
• Does that go via Astound?

C.

Asking about road travel

• What’s the best road to Boston?
• Which is the best route to Milan?
• How long does it take to York?
• How many miles/kilometers is it?
• Is it a good road?
• How much time should I allow?
• How far is it to York by car/by road?
• What’s the road like to Antwerp?

D.

Suggesting plans

• Let’s take the morning plane.
• Let’s drive up via Leeds.
• We can get a meal/stop on the way.
• We can stop over/break the journey in Aix.
• What about driving there via (Brussels)?
• It’ll be quicker to go by train.
• It would be more comfortable (by train)
• I think the best route is through Belguium.
• I think the (coast road) is better.
• I think we should start at about 9.
• I don’t want to cross London.
• I want to be there before it gets dark.
• If I leave at (7) I’ll be there by 12.
• If we catch the (3:30), we’ll be in time.
• If we go via (Aachen) we can be there by 4.
• What do you think?
• What would you suggest?

E.

Trips and Sight- seeing

• Did you have a nice time over the weekend?
• I had lots of fun.
• What did you do?
• I did a lot of sight-seeing.
• How long were you out of town?
• I was away for two weeks.
• When were you away?
• I took time off in August.
• How did you go to India last month?
• We went by plane.
• What kind of plane did you take?
• It was a jet.
• Have you ever been in Italy?
• No. I’ve never been there.
• Have you ever been in France?
• Yes. I was there last summer.
• Did your parents stay in Rome for very long?
• Yes. They stayed there for two months.
• Did they describe their trip to you?
• Yes, and they showed us a lot of photographs