The word 'travel' is used to talk about going from one place to another.

It can be a verb, a noun or an adjective.

Travel ♦ verb : Tom travels a lot in his job.
♦ noun : Travel nowadays is faster and less expensive than before.
♦ adjective : There is a travel agency beside the bank.
The word 'trip' is used to talk about a short journey somewhere for a
purpose, business or pleasure.
Trip ♦ For our wedding anniversary, we went on a trip to Venice.
♦ My boss is often away on business trips.
♦ During our holiday, we took a boat trip to the islands.

A journey is the distance covered in travelling from one place to another.

'Journey' can refer to a long distance or a short regular one.
Journey
♦ Did you have a good journey? Yes, it was quite pleasant.
♦ How long is your journey to work? Just about 20 minutes.

A tour is a journey during which several places are visited, especially on

Tour a holiday.
♦ We went on a tour of Italy.

A voyage is a long journey by sea or in space.

Voyage ♦ Before the 20th century, long sea voyages were common.
♦ A spacecraft will take you on a voyage through space.

Fill in the gaps in the sentences with the following words:

travelling trip flights

journey tour

• The job involves a certain amount of___________.

• It was a long train _____________to St Petersburg.

• It’s only a three-hour __________by plane to Seattle.

• The ___________includes stops in Salzburg and Vienna.

• All to Tokyo were delayed because of bad weather.

Match the words to their definitions:

1. journey
2. tour
3. travel
4. trip
5. excursion
6. voyage

a) going to a place and back, especially for a short visit

b) general word which means moving from one place to another (is used more
often as a verb)
c) the time and distance moving from A to B, often regularly
d) it's going to several places (often includes excursions), organized for
pleasure
e) it's when you travel by sea or space for a long time
f) it's a very short organized journey when you visit a place (to learn more
about it),, usually for a group

Fill in the gaps in the sentences:

travel journey trip tour voyage excursion

1. I have an easy ________________ to work.

2. I'm going on a day _____________to France
3. On that wonderful ______________ to the Tower of London we have learnt a
lot of interesting.
4. Air ____________is not cheap these days.
5. The ____________ back from Egypt was terrible.
6. We had a great ____________ by the Mediterranean Sea.
7. He is away on a business __________________.
8. We decided to go on a _______________which included visiting capitals of
several European countries which we would really enjoy to see.
9. How much time would a _________________to Mars take?
Work in pairs. Make up an advertisement of:

A journey to work in rush hours A tour around the biggest dumps of

the world
A trip to Hatsepetovka village An excursion to Hell

A voyage by the Arctic Ocean Your own choice