How Did You Get Here?
This transport ESL lesson teaches travel vocabulary and questions about how people reach places. Students mime vehicles, compare 'I go by...' with third-person forms and survey classmates about journeys to school. They write about a transport day and roleplay helping a customer choose travel at an information office.
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Lesson format
2 × 45 minutes
Level
Pre-Intermediate
Age group
Ages 10–13
Main focus
Speaking first
What students will learn
Lesson flow
Students mime flying and cycling for classmates to guess the transport, drill 'I go by car' / 'She goes by bus,' and watch a transport video answering 'Is it fast?'. The second lesson surveys classmates about how they get to school, writes 'My Transport Day' describing their dream transport, and roleplays a travel-office scene helping a customer choose transport.
Target language
- • 'How do you go to school?'
- • 'I go by ___'
- • 'She goes by ___'
- • Transport vocabulary
Key vocabulary
- plane
- train
- boat
- car
- bus
- metro
- taxi
- travel
- journey
- fast
Speaking questions students answer
- • How do you go to school?
- • How does your dad go to work?
- • What do they use?
- • Is it fast?
- • How do you want to go?
Recommended teaching contexts
Why this lesson works
The lesson follows a clear progression: Mime and guess transport types, ask 'How do you go to school?' in a survey, write about a transport day and roleplay a travel office. Teachers can open the materials and start immediately, while students move from supported vocabulary practice to purposeful spoken English.