Transports of Delight

Compose sentences about each of these modes of transport, picturing the vehicle, any goods or passengers, and how it all moves.

Introduction

Make a sentence about each noun in the list below, naming users, occupants or contents, and using a suitable verb of motion.

1. Aeroplane. 2. Ambulance. 3. Bicycle. 4. Boat. 5. Broomstick. 6. Bulldozer. 7. Bus. 8. Car. 9. Carriage. 10. Cart. 11. Chairlift. 12. Chariot. 13. Coach. 14. Dray. 15. Fire engine. 16. Flying carpet. 17. Helicopter. 18. Hot air balloon. 19. Jumbo jet. 20. Lifeboat. 21. Lorry. 22. Motorbike. 23. Pickup truck. 24. Parachute. 25. Police car. 26. Racing car. 27. Ship. 28. Sidecar. 29. Sleigh. 30. Spaceship. 31. Taxi. 32. Tram. 33. Train. 34. Trap. 35. Tumbril. 36. Wagon. 37. Wheel-barrow. 38. Rowing boat. 39. Open-top bus.

For example

Wheel-barrow

At that moment, Farmer Giles came round the corner of the barn trundling a battered wheel-barrow in which a large ginger Tom rode like a king in his carriage.

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