
Travelling Verbs in the Present Tense
The three verbs, fahren, fliegen and reisen, are all used to describe some form of travelling.
• fahren - to drive, to ride a wheeled vehicle, to travel
• fliegen - to fly
• reisen - to travel
While fliegen and reisen are regular in the present tense, fahren has a vowel change in the second and third persons singular.
Therefore you have to remember to say and write: du fährst and er/sie/es fährt.
Can you choose the correct conjugation of each verb in the sentences below?
1 Mein Freund ein Elektroauto. - My friend drives an electric car.
2 Wir am Wochenende weg. - We are going away on the weekend.
3 Nächstes Jahr wir ins Ausland. - Next year we are going abroad / overseas.
4 Ich mit dem Zug zur Schule. - I travel by train to school.
5 Wir in den Ferien nach Amerika. - We are flying in the holidays to America.
6 du am Wochenende nach Frankfurt? - Are you driving / travelling to Frankfurt on the weekend?

Travelling Verbs in the Perfect Tense
Each of these three verbs makes its perfect tense with the auxiliary sein. While reisen has a regular past participle (gereist), fahren and fliegen are both irregular.
The past participle of fahren is gefahren.
The past participle of fliegen is geflogen.
Can you fill in the missing parts in these perfect tense sentences?
1 Mein Freund mit dem Elektroauto . - My friend drove an electric car.
2 Wir am Wochenende weg. - We went away on the weekend.
3 Letztes Jahr wir ins Ausland . - Last year we travelled abroad, overseas.
4 Ich mit dem Zug zur Schule . - I caught the train to school (or travelled by train).
5 Wir in den Ferien nach Amerika . - We flew in the holidays to America.
6 du am Wochenende nach Frankfurt ? - Did you drive to Frankfurt on the weekend?