A journey is the act of travelling from one place to another, especially over a distance.
The idea
Journey is countable: a journey, two journeys. Use from ... to ... for endpoints and a train journey for travel by train.
Examples
- The journey from home to the station takes twenty minutes.
- Our train journey was comfortable.
- She wrote about her journey to the coast.
- We took a break during the long journey.
- Both journeys began in the morning.
- Have a safe journey home!
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Journey often emphasizes the travel itself; trip can also include the whole visit and activities. Their meanings overlap.
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Choose the plural after two. We made two ___. (journey / journeys)
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journeys
Journeys is the plural after two.
Choose the word introducing the starting point. The journey ___ home to the station took twenty minutes. (from / to)
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from
From introduces the starting point.
Choose the word introducing the destination. The journey from home ___ the station took twenty minutes. (to / from)
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to
To introduces the destination.
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Choose the plural after two. We made two ___. (journey / journeys)
Choose the word introducing the starting point. The journey ___ home to the station took twenty minutes. (from / to)
Choose the word introducing the destination. The journey from home ___ the station took twenty minutes. (to / from)
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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