Transport word search
A ute on a gravel road, the ferry across Cook Strait and a jet boat spinning on a river. Twenty ways to get around New Zealand, from the bus to the gondola.
- Ambulance
- Bike
- Bus
- Campervan
- Car
- Ferry
- Fire engine
- Gondola
- Helicopter
- Jet boat
- Plane
- Scooter
- Taxi
- Tractor
- Train
- Tram
- Truck
- Ute
- Waka
- Yacht
This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.
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Name
| O | G | R | Y | G | F | O | T | G | S | C | H | R | R |
| W | E | S | T | N | R | D | E | U | F | G | A | A | W |
| M | G | T | I | N | M | A | B | I | K | E | C | F | O |
| X | M | A | H | I | S | C | O | O | T | E | R | N | D |
| T | R | H | E | G | O | N | D | O | L | A | E | R | F |
| T | R | L | L | G | G | O | M | R | E | M | H | E | Y |
| T | V | U | I | L | T | E | T | P | R | B | S | P | O |
| R | N | K | C | F | D | E | M | L | T | U | A | T | Y |
| A | W | G | O | K | E | A | T | A | R | L | U | I | Y |
| C | A | M | P | E | R | V | A | N | T | A | T | N | A |
| T | K | H | T | T | I | A | X | E | N | N | E | R | C |
| O | A | T | E | U | H | P | I | K | L | C | E | B | H |
| R | F | I | R | E | E | N | G | I | N | E | O | S | T |
| S | J | E | T | B | O | A | T | C | H | O | R | E | S |
Find these words
- Ambulance
- Bike
- Bus
- Campervan
- Car
- Ferry
- Fire engine
- Gondola
- Helicopter
- Jet boat
- Plane
- Scooter
- Taxi
- Tractor
- Train
- Tram
- Truck
- Ute
- Waka
- Yacht
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About this word search
Getting around New Zealand often means a bit of everything on this list. A ute on a gravel road, a campervan heading for the South Island and the ferry across Cook Strait between Wellington and Picton. In Queenstown and Rotorua a gondola carries you up the hill, and on rivers like the Shotover a jet boat spins you round in a cloud of spray.
The grid is fourteen by fourteen and words run across, down and diagonally, never backwards. Start with Helicopter and Fire engine, ten letters each, then Campervan and Ambulance with nine. The three-letter words Car, Ute and Bus are the sneaky ones, and Waka, Taxi and Tram with four are not much easier. Look for the Y in Yacht and Ferry and the J in Jet boat. Fire engine and Jet boat sit in the grid as one block, without the space.
On a long drive, give everyone in the back seat a copy and a pen, and tick off each word for real when it passes the window. A ute and a bus come along quickly, a helicopter takes a bit longer, and a waka is a real prize.
Ways to use this word search
In the classroom
Print it as a task for early finishers, or to open a lesson on this topic. With the QR code on the sheet, students check their own answers.
At home and on the go
Pack a few printed sheets for the car, the ferry or the bach. A pen is all you need, no screen required.
Play together
Print the sheet twice and race each other. Whoever finds all the words first wins. Or play it online and see who is fastest.
Try it in Spanish too
The same theme also exists in Spanish, French, German and Italian, each with its own word list in that language. Handy if you are learning a language: you already know the topic, now just the words.
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