My train has been cancelled
Real life · Buying tickets
My train has been cancelled
Your goal: Find another way to travel after your train is cancelled.
- B1
- 8 turns · about 6 min
You talk to: Station assistant
Phrases you will need
- My train has just been cancelled.
- Is there another way I can get there?
- Will my ticket still be valid?
- I'd better go now.
A spoken scene: sound plays only when you press a speaker.
- Before you start, read the scene's goal and the useful phrases.
- Read the other person's speech bubble.
- Choose the most natural reply, or complete the missing word in it.
- 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
- Your train has just been cancelled. Ask a member of station staff for help and find another way to travel.
- 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.