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Kinds of transport
Textbook Part 2, pp. 16–18
GoalTell apart kinds of transport (land, water, air) and know what makes them move.
New words
transport · transportbus · avtobusship · kemaaeroplane · samolyot
Explanation
Long ago people travelled on horses, donkeys and camels. Today there are three kinds of transport: land (car, bus, train, bicycle), water (boat, ship) and air (aeroplane, helicopter). Most transport runs on petrol, gas or electricity, but we pedal a bicycle with our legs. The fastest transport is the aeroplane.
Worked examples
The Afrosiyob train goes quickly from Tashkent to Samarkand.
An aeroplane flies in the sky, a ship sails on water.
Class activity
Experiment: fill a basin with water and put in a paper boat, a lump of plasticine and a wooden stick. Which float and which sink? Then sort transport pictures into three groups: land, water, air.
Practice
1
Give 2 examples of water transport.
boat, ship
2
Which is the fastest transport?
the aeroplane
3
What makes a bicycle move?
a person pedalling with their legs