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transportation                       appeared boats                                       Londoners

ships                                       air trams                                      train

underground                         fields through windows

People use various means of transportation________ to get from one place to another. In the old days people had to travel several days, weeks and months to get to the place they needed. They either went on foot, by coaches driven by horses or on horseback or by boats_________ and ships . Then trains, underground, cars, buses, airplanes, and other means appeared_________.

Many people like to travel by air_________as it is the fastest way of travelling. A lot of people like to travel by Train_________because they can look at passing villages, forests and fields through windows_________. Some people like to travel by car. There they can go as slowly or as fast as they like. They can stop when and where they want.

People who live in big cities use underground_________to get from one place to another. Do you know what means of transportation Londoners_________ use? Londoners use the underground railway . They call it ‘the tube’. London’s underground is the oldest in the world. It was founded in 1863.

Londoners also use buses. The first bus route was opened in London in 1904. Today there are hundreds of routes there. The interesting thing is that some of the routes are the same as many years ago. London’s buses are double-decked buses.

Londoners do not use trams , though London was the first city where trams appeared. And now it is one of the biggest cities in the world where there are no trams. The last tram left the streets of London many years ago. Londoners use cars very often. You can see a lot of cars in London streets. When Londoners leave the town, they use

in London streets. When Londoners leave the town, they use trains, ships or airplanes.

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• In the old days people used planes and buses to get to the place they needed.
• Travelling by air is the fastest way to get somewhere.
• Londoners call their underground railway ‘the metro’.
• Londoners use a special model of buses.
• There are a lot of trams in London.

Future forms and Past Simple Translation

It was raining when we came out from shoping mall.