Урок з теми: Different ways of travelling
Цілі уроку: - вивчити нові слова і використовувати їх в мовленні;
- удосконалювання основних навичок та вмінь учнів (читання,
аудіювання, мовлення, письма), удосконалювати
орфографічні навички;
- розвивати діалогічне мовлення учнів, фонетичний слух;
- сприяти виробленню комунікативної компетенції, культури
мовної поведінки в діалогах;
- виховувати інтерес до навколишнього світу;
- формувати такі риси характеру, як толерантність,
працьовитість, уміння працювати у парі, у групі.
Обладнання: наочність з теми: «Подорож», картки для роботи в групах,
парах, мультимедійний проектор, тексти для читання, аудіо запис пісні.
Teacher. Good morning, dear friends.
Pupils. Hello, hello, hello,
We are glad to meet you.
We are glad to greet you.
I’m pleased to see you at our lesson. I hope you are fine and we’ll have wonderful
minutes of communication.
Before we start the lesson let’say the motto of our lesson: ”Every departure has an
arrival.”
Introduction. Warming up.
І. Pronunciation drill.
We go by car
We go by land
And we go by train.
And sea and air,
II. Song “Little red caboose”
Travelling
We go by boat,
We go, go, go
And we go by plane
From here to there
Look at the window. What a fine day we are having today. Do you like our today’s
weather?
Pupils. Yes, we do.
Teacher. Why do people talk so much about weather?
Pupils. Weather influences our mood and health.
Pupils. We dress according to the weather.
Pupils. The weather forecast is important if we want to spend time outdoors or to
travel.
Teacher. Good for you. And we are going to continue the topic “Travelling”. Our
theme today is
Different ways of travelling.
Main part.
Vocabualary practice.
Teacher. Review of previous words.
Task 1. Translate:
Travelling
By plane
By train
On foot
By taxi
By ship
By business trip
Пішки
Кораблем
Подорож
Відрядження
Поїздом
На таксі
Літаком
Task 2. Divide the words into three groups: by land, by air, by water
a submarine, an airship, a canoe, a rocket, a plane, a liner, a jeep, a tram, an
aircraft, a helicopter, a double-decker, a yacht, a truck, a bike
Сomplete these sentences with your ideas using the means of transport from the
above task
 In my opinion, the fastest mean of travelling is__________________.
 If I want to travel for pleasure, I’ll choose _____________________.
 To my mind, the most dangerous mean of travelling is ___________.
 The old-fashioned mean of travelling is _______________________.
 The most romantic one is __________________________________.
 The cheapest one is _______________________________________.
 For military purposes people use _____________________________.
Speaking. Group work.
Teacher. Why do people travel? What attracts them in travelling? Take the cards
and make your own solving the problem.
Card 1
To
travel
Card 2
on
business
as
hobby
to rest
To
travel
interesting
to visit
to rest
it’s
popular
I group. People travel sometimes on business and sometimes to rest and as a
hobby if they have enough money. And we think it is the best way to rest.
II group. People travel because it is very interesting to see new places and it is
popular nowadays. And sometimes they want to visit their relatives and friends.
And often they travel because they want to rest.
Teacher. All people are fond of travelling. They travel for different reasons. In any
case it’s always interesting to travel. But:”Every departure has an arrival.”
Proverbs.
Teacher. Match the parts of the proverb. Who will be the first?
He that travels far
Poor man’s luggage
There is no place
East or West,
Dry bread at home is better
is always light.
than roast meat abroad.
knows much.
has an arrival.
the heart is
When in Rome,
Home is where
Every departure
A great ship asks
Make haste
In sports and journeys
like home.
do as the Romans do.
home is best.
slowly.
deep waters.
men are known.
Look at the screen!
Introducing new vocabulary
Teacher
What is the difference between the following words which have got the similar
meaning,
Travelling is the act of going from one place to another, especialy outside your
own country.
Journey is used to talk about going from one particular place to another:
Trip is used to talk about journey somewhere as well as the time you spend in that
place: or it can be a business trip.
A voyage is a long journey, especially by water or air.
Tour is a a journey, an excursion made by land or water for pleasure.
Cruise is a sea-voyage from port to port, especially a pleasure trip.
Hitch-hiking is travelling by getting free rides in passing cars and walking between
rides.
Practising the vocabulary
I.
Odd out:
1. bus, car, voyage, ship.
2. voyage, business, trip.
II. Give the synonym
Tour – trip, voyage, route, flight.
Voyage – trip, journey, cruise, travel.
By plane – by ship, by air, by train, by car.
Reading
III. Complete the sentences with the vords from the box:
travel, journey, voyage, trip, tour, cruise, hitch-hiking
1. I’d delighted to go on a sea___ , but my wife has never been a good sailor.
2. Last week we made a wonderful ___ to the mountains. It took us four hours
by coach.
3. The Italian ___ was very exciting. We visited a number of wonderful towns
and then returned to Rome.
4. The ___ back to L’viv by railway took us three days.
5. It is delightful to come ashore after a long ___ and to feel a solid ground
under one’s feet.
6. Young people are naturally fond of ___ as it is cheap and gives a feeling of
freedom.
7. Many times on his long ___ in the jungle of the Amazon he faced danger,
starvation and death.
Key: 1) voyage 2) travel 3) tour 4) trip 5) cruise 6) hitch-hiking 7) journey
Post-reading
What means of transport are in the sentences below about?
Train ___
plane _____
car_____
ship ______
If you do morning exercises every day, you will be strong and
healthy and be able to travel a lot. Let’s stand and show how we can
do. (фізкультхвилинка).
Now let’s listen to your classmate Anna. She has prepared some interesting
information from the history of transport. Be attentive, please!
Presentation “Travelling in time”.
And now try to remember what have you seen and heard and answer the
questions.
 How many years ago the main forms of transport was walking?
(250 years ago)
 What animals did people use as a transport? (horses, donkeys, camels)
 What centuries have become the beginnings of modern transport?
(18th, 19th)
 What means of transport did people use in 19th century?
(horses pulled railway coaches, hot-air balloons, steamboats, trains,
underground trains, cars)
 When was the first space flight?
 Where was the first motorway built?
(1961)
(in Germany)
GRAMMAR
It’s nice to travel. And when you travel you meet a lot of people and have to
communicate with them. But it’s not an easy thing to speak English and to
communicate with foreigners when you don’t know grammar well. So, Let’s
practise a little.
I.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Questionnaire. To put words in the correct order to form questions. To
ask and answer questions about travelling.
by /you/ car/ travelling/ do/ like?
favourite/ your/ what’s/ car?
you/ good/ passenger/ a/ are?
like/ motorway/ do/ food/ you?
listen/ you/ to/ music/ your/ in/ car/ usually/ do?
Correct questions:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Do you like travelling by car?
What’s your favourite car?
Are you a good passenger?
Do you like motorway food?
Do you usually listen to music in your car?
II.
Complete these sentences using the verbs in brackets in Past Simple or
Present Perfect
My uncle ___ (go) to Africa in 2000.
Matt ___ (fly) to Australia three years ago.
I ___ never ____ (be) in New Zealand.
Fred just ___ (come back) from Egypt.
They ____(go) windsurfing in Australia.
_____ you ever ___ (ride) a camel?
The Englishman Sir Everest ____ (climb) the highest mountain Kilimandjaro many
years ago.
But the rest of you do the tests
III.
Complete
1. Travelling by plane is …way.
a) fast b) the fastest c) the most faster
2. Cars are … than planes.
a) cheaper b) the most cheap c) the cheapest
3. Train tickets are … than bus tickets.
a) more expensive b) the expensiviest c) the most expensive
4. The children did the exercises … .
a) easy
b) easily
5. Bob plays the piano … .
a) good
b) well
6. I had to speak … .
a) fast
b) fastly
7. There is … salt in the soup.
a) too much
b) too many
8. They don’t have … food.
a) too
b) enough
9. She is old … to go to school.
a) too
b) enough
Group work. Dialogues.
Plan a trip.
Directions: work with a partner. Plan a trip together. Take turns choosing places
on the map below. You have to work quickly. You have only ten minutes.
Questions
Where do you want to go
(first/next/now)?
Answers
Let’s go to _____.
How about _____?
How do you want to get there?
Let’s (fly/ take a bus/ walk/ ride horses/
ride bicycles/ take a boat)
We could ____ ,
I want to _____.
What do you want to do there?
 Where do you want to go?
 Let’s go to Europe countries’ tour. I want to visit the biggest cities of
Europe.
 Where do you want to go first?
 How about London?
 Oh, it’s beautiful. How do you want to get there?
 Let’s fly. It is the fastest way of travelling.
 What do you want to do in London?
 I’d like to have a sightseeing tour.
 I think it will be great!
My big trip.
You are planning to go on a big trip next month. Your travel plan is shown on the
map below. Your partner is also planning to go on a trip. Your partner’s trip is
different from your trip.
Directions: Look a t your map and learn about your trip. Then ask questions about
your partner’s trip.
Questions
Where are you going (first/next/after
that)?
Answers
I’m going to go to ____ .
How are you going to get there?
I’m going
 by plane/ ship/ bus/ car/
motorcycle/ camel
 on foot.
What are you going to do there?
I’m going to (fly/ drive/ walk/ ride a
horse/ ride a bike/)
I’m going to __ .
 Where are you going first?
 I’m going to go to Norway.
 Oh, it’s fantastic. I have listened many interesting things about it. How are
you going to get there?
 First I’m going to drive by car to Germany then by ship to Norway.
 What are you going to do there?
 I’m going to see interesting people. .
Summarizing.
Teacher.
Do you like today’s lesson? What have we done at the lesson?
You were very good pupils and your answers were like wonderful melody for my
ears. You worked well because you helped one another. Your marks are ....
Children, please open your diaries and write down the home task:
Write a composition:
I team: “My last trip”
II team: “My future trip”
Home work.
See you later. Have a rest. Good-bye!
Game “Telephone.”
I give the first pupil a small sentence or phrase. You whisper the phrase to the ppil to his left.
The last person announces to the others what the phrase is.
1. to go on a sea voyage
2. enjoy your trip
3. hitch-hiking is cheap
4. very exciting tour
5. Cruise is for pleasure
6. long journey to school