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Weighing up a season ticket

Real life · Buying tickets

Weighing up a season ticket

Your goal: Question the season ticket conditions and find the one that suits you.

  • C1
  • 8 turns · about 7 min

You talk to: Ticket office supervisor

Phrases you will need

  • get my head round the conditions
  • up in the air
  • I'd rather not lock myself into ...
  • On what grounds?
  • mull it over

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 commute a few days a week. Find out which ticket suits you before you commit.
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.