Ready to Roll, Sail and Fly Through This Transport Crossword?

How to Play This Online Word Puzzle?

• 1Click on a picture, and enter the letters of the matching word! If you fill in the word correctly, it will be validated automatically!
• 2Click on the "Check grid" button to see if you made mistakes and to mark incorrect letters in red.
  
• 3Use the Tabulator key on your keyboard to move to the next word in the crossword puzzle grid.
  
• 4Use the arrow keys on your keyboard, to move to the next or previous cell.
  
• 5Use the Delete or Backspace keys on your keyboard to clear a filled cell in the grid.
  
• 6To accomplish your mission and reach the final victory, find all the words in this online crossword game! Good luck!

So Many Ways to Get Around

Getting from one place to another can involve very different kinds of transport. Some vehicles carry people through busy streets, others travel along rails or across water, and some leave the ground completely. Each has been designed for a particular purpose, environment or type of journey.

This picture crossword brings together eleven familiar and exciting examples. Children can use the illustrations to recognize each one, recall its English name and then work out how the letters fit into the grid. Some answers may come immediately, while crossing letters can help with the trickier spellings.

Road, Rail, Water or Sky?

One simple way to compare transport is to think about where it travels. Roads are shared by many different vehicles, while rail transport follows a fixed route. Boats and ships make journeys across water, and aircraft open up an entirely different way of travelling by taking to the sky.

Not every vehicle fits neatly into the same category. Some are designed mainly to carry passengers, some transport goods, and others perform particular kinds of work. Looking at what each vehicle does — as well as where it can go — helps children build connections between new English words and their meanings.

From Pedal Power to Powerful Engines

Vehicles also differ in what makes them move. A bicycle relies on human effort, while many larger forms of transport use engines or motors. Different technologies have been developed to move heavy loads, travel long distances or reach places that would otherwise be difficult to access.

Speed is only one part of the story. Size, capacity, terrain and the purpose of a journey can all influence which form of transport is most suitable. A short trip through town has very different requirements from crossing an ocean or travelling high above Earth.

Eleven Vehicles, One Crossword

The eleven colorful picture clues include transport that travels on land, across water and through the air. To complete the crossword, identify each vehicle, think of its English name and place the letters into the corresponding spaces. The words vary in length, giving players a useful mix of straightforward answers and longer spelling challenges. Want to explore even more ways of getting around? Our Transportation Word Puzzle features another selection of vehicles to identify and spell.