A bus is a vehicle that carries people along a route.
The idea
Use a bus for one and buses for several. By bus describes the means of travel; on the bus can say that someone is aboard a particular bus.
Examples
- I go to work by bus.
- The bus stops near my home.
- Two buses leave at noon.
- She is on the bus now.
- We are waiting for the bus.
- Does this bus go to the station?
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Say by bus without the when naming the means of travel. On the bus refers to a particular bus.
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Choose the usual plural after two. Two ___ leave at noon. (bus / buses)
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buses
Buses is the usual plural after two.
Choose the means of travel. I travel ___ bus. (by / with)
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by
By bus names the means of travel.
She is aboard the particular bus. Choose the preposition. She is aboard; she is ___ the bus. (on / by)
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on
On the bus says she is aboard that bus.
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Choose the usual plural after two. Two ___ leave at noon. (bus / buses)
Choose the means of travel. I travel ___ bus. (by / with)
She is aboard the particular bus. Choose the preposition. She is aboard; she is ___ the bus. (on / by)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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