BraveSpeaking: Going to School in the City

Phrase go somewhere on a bus

by bus
Some of my friends get to school by bus.

Phrase walk

by foot
These girls go to school by foot -- almost 10 kilometers a day!

Verb arrange with others to make a regular journey in a single vehicle

carpool
Some students carpool to school. Today Alexa's mom is driving. Tomorrow it will be Mary's mom.

Verb move the ball forward with light touches of the feet

dribbling
This guy has fun dribbling his soccer ball down the road to school.

Verb go by bicycle

rides
This girl rides to class even when it's cold outside.

Noun riding on a short narrow board with two small wheels on the bottom of either end

skateboarding
My friend loves skateboarding to class. He gets there really fast.

Phrase travel by underground electric train

takes a subway
My cousin who lives close to the metro takes a subway to school.

Phrase travel by motorboat that takes paying passengers across a river

take a water taxi
Me, I take a water taxi across the Hudson River. It's much faster than driving over the bridge!