school bus — student transport
collocationB1IELTS 4+neutralcommon
A large vehicle that takes children to and from school, usually following a regular route.
Say it like a native
Textbook The pupils are conveyed by a dedicated educational transport vehicle.
Native The kids take the school bus.
'School bus' is plain; the formal description is comical.
Pattern: noun (countable): a/the school bus; school buses
In use
- Every morning, the school bus picks up children from my neighborhood.daily life
- In my country, many students rely on the school bus because their parents are busy in the mornings.IELTS speaking
Common mistake
✗ She goes to school by school bus.
✓ She goes to school on the school bus.
You go somewhere ON the bus — 'by school bus' sounds odd.
Common collocations
school bus + verb— take the school bus, miss the bus, catch the bus, the school bus
Don't confuse it
Different from a public bus, which anyone can use.