How to Talk About Transport and Driving in English - Spoken English Lesson

In this lesson, you can learn how to talk about transport and driving in English.
What’s the best way to get around your hometown? Do you drive often? What public transport do you use regularly? In this lesson, you’ll see how to answer these questions—and many others—in clear, correct English.
How do you get around your hometown? What are the advantages or disadvantages of different forms of transport where you live? Don't forget to let us know in the comments!

Contents:
1. Getting Around 1:02
2. Talking About Public Transport 4:14
3. Talking About Driving 8:40
4. Talking About Air Travel 13:24

This lesson will help you:
- Understand useful phrases to express how you travel around.
- Learn how to talk about public transport in English.
- Get vocabulary to talk about driving in English.
- Talk about air travel in English using clear, useful phrases and vocabulary.
- Improve your English conversation to be able to talk about transport and driving in English.

[Oxfordonlineenglish]

How do you get around your hometown? What are the advantages or disadvantages of different forms of transport where you live? Don't forget to let us know in the comments!

[josuealexandersanchezesqui]

WOW, IT'S TERRIFIC, I'M LEARNING WITH YOU, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, I'M PERUVIAN, I WANT TO LEARN MORE THAN I KNOW, THANK YOU.

[mohamedrebbah]

Hi English teachers .
Thank you so much for correcting my mistakes .
I am really glad to receive your helpful and great reply.
I am absolutely fascinated in following your oxford online English videos.they are clear and easy to understand.thanks again.

[NguyenAnh-lqrh]

I live in a small city in Vietnam where there are a lot of public transport such as motorbikes, cars, buses, ... They help people save time in commuting over long distances and help people be more active in daily life. But they cause many disadvantages such as global warming, environmental pollution and traffic congestion, etc. Therefore, we need to know how to use them properly.

[yissethgonzalez]

I usually commute in a bus to get to university but I get to work in my car. I mostly use in my car, sometimes I commute walking to get to supermarker and near places. I like commute the transmilenio because si very fast.

[plutonio]

Transport and driving

I live in a small city. People usually drive their own cars or use public transportation to get around. There aren't so many options to choose from since my city is not big, but we have motorcycles, buses, and shared taxis. Some people even cycle or walk when the places they have to go aren't too far. As for my family, most of them have cars or motorcycles. My father uses his car, which is a secon-hand one. A particular thing about my father's car is that runs on petrol and gas. I don't have a car yet, but if I have one it would be a Volkswagen Beetle Convertible.

[TamNguyen-rpqn]

I usually go around by using my bike, the city is quite a sleepy place so u will never be stuck in any traffic jams and u can also enjoy the fresh air when driving as well as some beautiful sceneries.
-there are many buses in my city but the space inside is so dirty and sometimes smell.

[thituyetnhungnguyen]

Hi Daniel and Lori. Thanks for so much this lesson. Im from Vietnam.

[TamTran-kvfc]

Hi, I live in Ho Chi Minh city - the biggest city of Viet Nam. I mostly ride the motorbike. Sometimes I either take a bus or taxi. Riding motorbike has lots of advantages: it's the fastest way to get my destination, and I don't worry too much about parking. But there are also some disadvantages like: there is a lot of noise when I ride and I can get stuck in traffic when having heavy rain.

[Elizabeth]

I usually get around our city with my husband and child in our car. When I go somewhere alone I use public transport because I don't have a driving licence. However the system of public transport is not very convenient in our city. It is easy to get to the city centre but you have to wait for an hour for a bus which goes to certain districts. In addition, buses run from the city centre to the place where I live until 10 pm. Before we bought a car we used to take a taxi when we were returning from the theatre. Also there are a lot of traffic jams in our city which can be avoided by taking a different road by car. So I'm going ta study at a driving school and pass my driving test.
There are a lot of places where I walk, for example, à supermarket, parks and the seaside. And the school where I work is very close so I can walk in twenty minutes.

[zeerak-ucxd]

The cronan's time we just study in house.

[quynhnguyen-emfw]

In my country, I often use bybike go the everywhere.An account of its every convenience, particularly its as soon as possible beneficial to health

[ngavu]

I usually go around my hometown by motorbike. The place where I live has advantages such as convenient roads for many means of transportation, easy and large roads, but there is a disadvantage that many vehicles move up or cause traffic jams and environmental pollution.

[haroldsaavedra]

Hi teacher
I usually get around the city in police car.
I am policeman

Sometimes I get to work by bus

I almost never get to work in trasmilenio

[brokenabir.]

I get around town for wandering often I used cab metro taxi but it's uneasy because of some reason due to crowd my body feel restless frustrated

[RealEstateEnglishAcademy]

Transportation is always a key factor, both in the city and out. You always need to get around - and be able to do it in English. Thanks for the tips!

[Stupidmousetom]

public transporation. the city i am living now has the metro, bus and taxi. my hometown so far is just bus, taxi.

[huevu]

In Vietnam, there are many popular means of transport such as electric bicycles, taxis, buses, motorbikes. But I often use a motorbike because it's convenient, less damaged, and easy to use. Although it is not eco-friendly, it is very convenient

[johnnytran]

Thank so much your. Helpful lesson ! I love Oxford online English. I learned some phrases verbs to express about public transport, cycle, car, subway, metro... And understand more about traffic culture in some First time I know more some new words such as legroom, layover....

[cavietnam]

I am Vietnamese living in Taiwan, and learning ENGLISH by myself now! Thanks