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A bus ticket to the city centre

Real life · Buying tickets

A bus ticket to the city centre

Your goal: Buy a single ticket to the city centre from the driver.

  • Pre-A1
  • 6 turns · about 3 min

You talk to: Bus driver

Phrases you will need

  • The city centre, please.
  • Single, please.
  • How many stops?
  • Can you tell me when to get off?

A spoken scene: sound plays only when you press a speaker.

  1. Before you start, read the scene's goal and the useful phrases.
  2. Read the other person's speech bubble.
  3. Choose the most natural reply, or complete the missing word in it.
  4. After a wrong reply you see why at once; at the end you can read the whole conversation again.
How to play? Scoring and details
In this set
You get on a bus. Talk to the driver and buy your ticket.
This game reads words aloud
This scene can be read aloud: Emma (British accent) reads the other person, Heart (American accent) reads the natural reply. Sound plays only when you press a speaker button, at a pace that suits your level.

The other person's line comes as sound only at first. Press the speaker, listen and reply; show the words if you need them.

Scoring
Your answers are checked; at the end you see your score, your mistakes and the right answers.
With a keyboard
Keys 1, 2 and 3 choose a reply; Enter continues the conversation.