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Coach tickets for a parent and child

Real life · Buying tickets

Coach tickets for a parent and child

Your goal: Buy an adult and a child ticket and find out where to get on.

  • A1
  • 7 turns · about 5 min

You talk to: Coach station clerk

Phrases you will need

  • Two tickets to ..., please.
  • One adult and one child.
  • pay in cash
  • Where do we get on the coach?

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 are travelling with your daughter by coach. Buy two tickets at the coach station.
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.