Your learning goal
Describe transport, plan everyday journeys, understand timetables and ask for directions.
Notice and understand
Read the examples aloud. Notice the target vocabulary or grammar and connect each sentence to its meaning.
I go to school by bus.
The journey takes half an hour.
Learn and practise
Work through the core lesson first. Use the remaining lessons to extend or revisit the same topic. Your original pathway lessons remain available for independent revision.
Start here · Transport: Types and How We Travel
Compare transport and explain how you travel.
Continue learning · Tickets, Timetables and Journey Duration
Use tickets, timetables and journey duration.
Continue learning · Giving Directions: Signs, Streets and Maps
Ask for and give directions.
Continue learning · Modes of Transport — Advanced Vocabulary and Formal Descriptions
Extend transport descriptions and comparisons.
Quick self-check
Choose your answer, then reveal the explanation. You can repeat this check after completing the linked lessons.
Which expression means “by bus”?
Aبِالْحَافِلَةِ
Bفِي الْحَافِلَةُ
Cإِلَى الْحَافِلَةِ
Show answer and explanation
Answer A: بِالْحَافِلَةِ
The preposition بِـ can express the means of transport.
Apply and review
Write four to six connected sentences about this module's topic, or prepare a one-minute spoken response. Use at least two target expressions from the examples and extend your answer with a reason, comparison or time expression where appropriate.