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# Journey

## Verb + journey

* set off on a journey
* make a journey
* break your journey
* complete your journey
* the journey takes (an hour)

## Adjective + journey

* a **long / short** journey
* a tiring journey
* a safe journey
* the return journey
* an awful journey
* an *uneventful* journey

## Exercise

### 1. Verb + journey

1. My journey to school ***takes*** from 40 minutes to an hour, depending on the traffic.
2. Why do so many car drivers ***make*** the journey to work alone?
3. Our train broke down and we had to ***complete*** the journey by coach.
4. Harry ***set*** off on his journey across Asia about a month ago, but nobody has heard from him yet.
5. It's always a good idea to ***break*** a long car journey. It reduces the risk of having an accident.

### 2. Adjective + journey

1. Have a ***safe*** journey. We hope to see you again soon.
2. *Our house* is only a ***short*** journey from the airport. *It's only a five-minute drive away*.
3. You'd better save some money for the ***return*** journey.
4. The journey home was very ***tiring***. The roads were so busy I had to concentrate all the time.
5. It's quite a ***long*** journey. It takes about 12 hours by bus or 9 by train.
6. We arrived in Oslo after an ***uneventful*** journey - no delays, no problems whatsoever.
7. We had an ***awful*** journey. First, there was heavy rain and then the car broke down.

## Notes

1. **Note these common expressions:**

* *How was the journey home?*
* *We're still in touch with friends we made on the journey back from Stockholm.*
* *The journey to work in the rush-hour is a nightmare.*
* *The last stage / leg of the journey was by helicopter.*

1. **Note the expression “journey time”:**

* *Bad weather could add another hour to your journey time.*
* *These new trains are much faster. They are going to cut an hour off the journey time.*