Transport conversation questions
Transport comes in many forms and helps people and products move across land, the sky, water, and even into space. Nearly everyone owns some form of transport, which makes it a wonderful topic to talk about.
Here we have 3 sets of vehicle and transport questions along with picture description activities. These worksheets and lists are great for general conversation as well as for IELTS preparation and English discussion classes.
The first questions are quite easy, and the following ones are more challenging and suitable for older learners.
For some related activities, try these transportation vocabulary matching worksheets and the transport crossword printable.
Difficult terms and phrases on this handout include – dangerous, ridden, accident, petrol, gasoline, tram, ferry, and distance.
The transport questions are –
1 – Is there a bus stop near your home? Where do the buses go?
2 – Do you own a bicycle? Where do you ride it?
3 – How many different kinds of transportation have you been on?
4 – What do you think is the most dangerous form of transportation? Why?
5 – Have you ever missed a bus or a flight? What happened?
6 – Can you ride a motorcycle?
7 – What kind of public transportation is there where you live? Do you use it?
8 – What is your favorite kind of transportation?
9 – Which transportation do you prefer – air, sea, or road?
10 – What is your favorite kind of car?
11 – Are cars expensive in your country?
12 – Have you ever ridden a horse?
13 – Have you ever been in a traffic accident?
14 – Do you use a smartphone app to call a taxi, such as Uber?
15 – How many plane flights have you been on?
16 – Are there speed limits in your country? What are they?
17 – How much does petrol/gasoline cost in your country?
18 –What do you usually do when riding a train or a bus?
19 – Have you ever been on a tram or ferry?
20 – What water transport have you used?
21 – Are there traffic jams where you live?
22 – Have you ever been stopped by traffic police? Why were you stopped?
23 – How do you travel to work or school each day?
24 – What is the longest distance you have ever traveled?
25 – How do you feel about electric vehicles? Are they better for the environment?
Conversation questions about transport 2
Here is the second set of transport questions, which are more difficult than those above. The most difficult terms in this speaking activity include – associate, services, damaged, safety requirements, broken down, industry, frustrated, mode of transport, fare, and avoid.
1 – What are 5 words that you associate with transport?
2 – If you could own any kind of transport, what would you choose and why?
3 – How often do you use public transport? Are there good services in your local area?
4 – What would you say is the fastest speed that you have traveled at on land transport?
5 – When was the last time you were caught in bad weather using transport and stopped?
6 – Have you ever damaged a vehicle or had one damaged by someone else?
7 – How do you feel about visiting airports? How do you pass the time when you are at one?
8 – What is a kind of transport that has many wheels? How many wheels does it have?
9 – What are some safety requirements related to transport in your home country?
10- Have any natural disasters in your country caused problems for transportation?
11- Which kind of transport would you say creates the most pollution? Why so?
12- What do you think is the safest and most reliable model of car? Why do you think so?
13- Has any form of transport ever broken down on you? What happened and where?
14- When was the last time you used a boat or ferry? Where did you go and why?
15- Do you know anyone who works in the transport industry? What do they do at work?
16- Have you ever ridden an animal? What was it, and where did you go on it?
17- When was the last time that you rented a vehicle? Why did you rent it?
18- How would you feel about sailing around the world? Does the thought scare you?
19- What would you say is a very difficult country to travel across using land transport?
20- Have you ever felt frustrated because a mode of transport was moving too slowly?
21- Do you plan on buying any forms of transport in the near future? What will you buy?
22- Have you ever bought transport or paid a fare for another person? Why did you do it?
23- What things do you need to do in order to get a driving license where you live?
24- How do you feel about people using mobile phones while driving transport?
25- What is a kind of transport that you try to avoid using when possible? Why is that?
Questions about transport 3
Finally, we have a third set of discussion questions about transport, which are again more challenging than the ones at the top of the page
The most difficult words here include- speed limit, repair, infrastructure, modern, mechanical, abilities, stranded, available, cable car, physically fit, military, major, accident, and mechanic.
1 – How many kinds of transport can you name in 30 seconds?
2 – Have you ever missed a plane, train, or bus? What happened to make you miss it?
3 – Are there many electric vehicles where you live? Would you like to own one?
4 – If you had to work in the transport industry, what kind of job would you like to have?
5 – What kinds of transport don’t have speed limits? Why don’t they have them?
6 – Is your town or city repairing or building any new transport infrastructure? What is it?
7 – What is a bad experience that you have had using transport? Why did it bother you?
8 – Do you believe that modern transport is having an effect on global warming? Why so?
9 – Is it possible to live where you are without owning any form of transport at all?
10- What is an exciting kind of transport that you would love to try? How does it work?
11- Do you have any mechanical abilities to fix a vehicle? What are you able to do?
12- Have you ever been stranded somewhere because there was no available transport?
13- How do you feel about traveling by cable car? Do you fear heights at all?
14- What kinds of transport require people to be physically fit to use them?
15- Would you like to travel in a submarine? What do you think it would be like?
16- How do you feel about self-driving vehicles? Would you trust one if you fell asleep?
17- Have you ever used transport to move an animal? What did you use to do this?
18- When do you expect people to be using flying cars? How could they be dangerous?
19- What are some kinds of military vehicles that you can think of? How are they used?
20- How much would it cost you to travel 1000 miles? What transport would you use?
21- Have you been fined or gotten into trouble with authorities while using transport?
22- What is the last major transportation accident that you read or heard of in the news?
23- Is there any kind of transport that you would never use? Why not?
24- What kinds of transport do you enjoy using when you go on holidays?
25- When was the last time you had to visit a mechanic? What did you need to do there?





