Unit 2: Travel and Transport Vocabulary

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering phrasal verbs, collocations, phrases, word patterns, and word formations from Unit 2: Travel and transport.

catch up with

Reach the same point/level as

pull in

Stop by the side of the road in a car

check in

Register at a hotel or an airport

check out

Leave a hotel; investigate

drop off

Let someone get out of a vehicle; fall asleep

get back

Return from a place

go away

Go on holiday

keep up with

Stay at the same point/level as

make for

Go in the direction of

see off

Go to a train station, etc to see someone leave

take off

Leave the ground

turn round

Go back in the opposite direction

accident (collocations)

have an accident; be involved in an accident; do sth by accident

advance (collocation)

in advance

ahead (collocations)

go straight ahead; ahead of sth/sb

direction (collocations)

a change of direction; in the direction of sth; in this/that direction

head (collocations/idioms)

off the top of your head; head for/towards a place; head over heels (in love)

holiday (collocations)

go/be on holiday; have/take a holiday; bank holiday

left (collocations)

go/turn/etc left; on the left; on the left-hand side; in the left-hand corner; left-handed

route (collocations)

plan your/a route; take a route

sights (collocations)

sightseeing; go sightseeing

speed (collocations)

at (high/full/etc) speed; a burst of speed; speed limit

tour (collocations)

go on/take a tour of/(a)round somewhere; tour guide

trip (collocations)

business trip; school trip; go on a trip; take a trip

way (collocations)

lose/make/find your way; in a way; on the way; go all the way to sth/somewhere

afraid (patterns)

afraid of sth/sb/doing; afraid to do

appear (patterns)

appear to be

arrange (patterns)

arrange sth (with sb); arrange for sb to do

continue (patterns)

continue sth/doing; continue to do; continue with sth

differ (patterns)

differ from sth/sb

dream (patterns)

dream about/of sth/sb/doing

invite (patterns)

invite sb to do

keen (patterns)

keen to do; keen on sth/sb/doing

live (patterns)

live in/at a place; live on/for sth; live here/there

regret (patterns)

regret (not) doing; regret sth; regret to tell/inform you

think (patterns)

think of/about sth/sb/doing

write (patterns)

write about sth/sb/doing; write (sth) (to sb); write sth down

arrange (word formation)

rearrange, arrangement

broad (word formation)

breadth, broaden

culture (word formation)

cultural(ly), (un)cultured

direct (word formation)

indirect, direction, director, (in)directly

distant (word formation)

distantly, distance

inhabit (word formation)

inhabitant

recognise (word formation)

(un)recognisable, recognition

time (word formation)

timetable

tour (word formation)

tourism, tourist

world (word formation)

worldwide