4 Local transport

What are these?

This unit is about travel. You will learn how to:

Listening and speaking

■ Ask for and give travel information Sc/E1.1a, 3b, 4a; Lr/E1.2a, 2b

■ Listen to travel information Lr/E1.2b, 2d, 2e

■ Buy a ticket Sc/E1.2a, 3d; Lr/E1.2b

Reading and writing

■ Read a timetable Rt/E1.1b; Rw/E1.2a, 3b

■ Read signs in the station Rw/E1.1a; Ww/E1.2a

■ Read about travel arrangements Rt/E1.1a; Rs/E1.1a

■ Write about travel arrangements Wt/E1.1a; Ws/E1.1a, 2a; Ww/E1.1a, 1b

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Transport
Activity A ● New words
1 Look at the pictures. What are they?

a .................................................. b .................................................. c ..................................................

d .................................................. e ..................................................

2 Write the words under the pictures. taxi car bus train bike

Activity B ● Travelling to class

1 Listen and match the people and the pictures.

Vincent

Zareen

Qadir

2 Your teacher will give you a form.

How do you come to class?
Ask people in the group how
they come to class and tick (✓)
I come to class by bus.
the picture.
I walk to class.

Page 2 Unit 4 E1 ESOL Sc/E1.4a; Lr/E1.2a; Rw/E1.1a

Time
Activity A ● Looking at the time
1 What time is it?

a ............................................ am b ............................................ pm c ............................................ pm

d ............................................ am e ............................................ am f ............................................ pm

2 Write the times under the watches.

Remember!
8:10 14:45 6:50 21:20 10:15 13:30 ● Sometimes we use

a 24-hour clock.
● 4 o’clock in the
Activity B ● Listening to the time afternoon is 16:00.
Listen and tick (✓) the time you hear.
a 8:15 ■ 8:20 ■ 8:30 ■
b 15:25 ■ 15:55 ■ 15:45 ■
c 7:13 ■ 7:30 ■ 17:30 ■
d 9:00 ■ 21:00 ■ 22:00 ■

Activity C ● Asking questions about the time

Work in pairs. Your teacher will give
What time does Maria
you some information about Maria.
get up? At 7 o’clock.
She works in the ticket office of a
railway station.

Ask and answer questions about

Maria’s day.

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Timetables
Activity A ● Looking at timetables
Qadir is at a bus stop in the city centre. He is going to visit his friend.

Excuse me. What time

is the number 48 bus
to Downend, please?

1 Listen to Qadir. What time is the bus?

2 Look at the timetables. Write in the time of the bus to Downend.

Bus timetable number 48

number 6A
destination time
Bus timetable
City centre time
destination
Old Market 10:21 13:50
City centre
Eastville 10:32 13:56
Old Market
Fishponds 10:45 14:10
Whitehall
Downend 10:55 14:20
Hillfield
14:30
Kingswood

3 Are the sentences true or false?

True False
a The bus to Kingswood is at 14:30. ■ ■
b The number 6A goes to Old Market. ■ ■
c The number 48 bus goes to Whitehall. ■ ■
d The bus to Fishponds is at 10:45. ■ ■

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Activity B ● Asking questions about buses
1 Match the questions and the answers.

What time is the bus

to Kingswood, please? To Downend.

What number is the bus to

Fishponds, please?
1:50.

Where does the number

48 bus go, please?
Number 48.

2 Practise asking the questions. Make your voice go down at the end
like Qadir.

3 Ask and answer. Use these words to help you.

What time / Fishponds / ? What number / Eastville / ?

Where / number 6A / ? What time / Kingswood / ?

What number / Whitehall / ? Where / number 48 / ?

Activity C ● Asking for information

Work in pairs. Your teacher will give you some information about buses.
Ask and answer questions to complete the information.

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At the railway station
Activity A ● Looking at signs
1 Look at the pictures of places at the station. Match the pictures with the
signs below.

a b c

d e f

ticket office toilets buffet

taxis platform 2 information

2 Listen to six people. Where are they? Match each person with one of the pictures.

1 c 2 3 4 5 6

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Buying a ticket
Activity A ● Buying a ticket

1 Look at the tickets.

2 Listen. Which one is Zareen’s ticket? ..........................

3 Listen again. What time is the train? ..........................

A B

4 Complete the sentences.

Zareen is going to .......................... . She is travelling by .......................... .

She has got a .......................... ticket. It cost £ .......................... .

The train is at .......................... .

Sc/E1.2a, 3b, 3d; Lr/E1.2a, 2b; Ws/E1.1a E1 ESOL Unit 4 Page 7

Activity B ● Asking for a ticket
1 Look at Zareen’s questions and match them with the reply.

Can I have a ticket

£48.50.
to Cardiff, please?

How much is it? It’s at 11:15.

What time is the

Single or return?
train, please?

2 Listen to the questions and practise saying them.

3 Look at this.

Is that a day return?

Sorry?

Remember
● When we don’t understand a question we

say Sorry? and our voice goes up.

4 Your teacher will give you some information about trains. In pairs,
practise buying a ticket. Remember to use Sorry? if you don’t
understand.

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Information at the station
Activity A ● Finding information
1 Look at the picture.
Where is Zareen?
What is she doing?

2 Look at the information board at the station.

What time is the train to Cardiff?
What platform does the train go from?

3 Listen to the announcements and fill in the missing times and platform
numbers.

Activity B ● Asking for platform information

1 Listen. What information does Zareen want?

2 Listen to Zareen’s voice going up and down. Practise asking the

question.

3 Look at the information board again. Work in pairs and practise asking
for platform information.

Remember
● We say Excuse me to make a question polite.

Excuse me. What platform does the Liverpool

train go from, please?

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Travel arrangements
Activity A ● Reading an e-mail
1 Vincent is going to visit his brother, Eddie.

Read the e-mail that Vincent sends to Eddie.

My visit
<[email protected]>
Eddie

Hi Eddie

Just to let you know that Saturday 20th May is fine for my visit.

I am travelling to Coventry by coach. It arrives at the bus station at

10:25 am.

Can you meet me? See you then.

Vincent

2 Are the sentences true or false?

True False
a Vincent’s brother lives in Coventry. ■ ■
b He is travelling on Sunday 20th May. ■ ■
c He is travelling by coach. ■ ■
d The coach arrives at 10:25 in the evening. ■ ■

Activity B ● Writing an e-mail

1 Qadir is going to visit his friend, Peter, in Sheffield.

Look at the information about his train journey.

2 Write an e-mail from Qadir to Peter to tell him about his visit.

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✓ Check it
Activity A ● Buying a ticket
Put the conversation in order. Number the boxes.

It’s £27.50.

Single or return?

1 Can I have a ticket to Hull, please?

At 11:45 from platform 4.

Return, please. How much is it?

What time is the train?

Activity B ● Travel words

Find these words.
ticket toilets
platform
single
return station
timetable
taxi
r y k h r e t u r n

t i c k e t r n q c

i m p l a t f o r m

m k r u u d h e b s

e u i n e a t s w i

t p h y m x b i t n

a s t a t i o n d g

b n e z o r c g x l

l t t o i l e t s e

e r s h t a x i p l

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Mini-projects
▼

▼
< E1.ESOL.4.12.a photo of person
making enquiries at info booth at train
or bus station>

Activity A ● Plan a day out

Work with other learners in your group. Plan a day out.
Your teacher will give you the name of the place you will visit.

Go to the bus or railway station to get the information you need for your
visit.

Activity B ● Read a timetable

Go to your local bus station and ask for a bus timetable. Practise reading
the timetable. Look at how the bus times change on Saturday and Sunday.

How am I doing?
I can Yes I need more practice
Ask for and give travel information ■ ■
Listen to travel information ■ ■
Buy a ticket ■ ■
Read a timetable ■ ■
Read signs in the station ■ ■
Read about travel arrangements ■ ■
Write about travel arrangements ■ ■

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More reading and writing

How do you come to class?

Activity A ● Letters and sounds

Complete the crosswords.

Activity B ● Sentences
1 Read this.

My name is Zareen. I am ‰rom

Pa‡istan. I am a student.
I come to class by car.

2 Complete the sentences about yourself.

My name is ..................................... . ........ am from ..................................... .

........ am a ............................... . ........ come to class ............. ............................... .

Rs/E1.1a; Rw/E1.2a; Ws/E1.1a; Ww/E1.1b, 2a E1 ESOL Unit 4 Page 13

 More reading and writing

At the station

Activity A ● Looking at signs

Match the words.

Activity B ● Sorting words

1 Read these words.

platform train information taxi bus

ticket office buffet bike car

2 Write the words in the correct space.

Transport Railway station

bus Both

train

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More reading and writing

Reading: transport in other countries

Activity A ● Reading
1 Look at the pictures. What can you see?

2 In class Safia wrote

cars and taxis but there
about travel in Somalia. In Somalia there are buses,
Read her work. aren’t any trains.
of cars and buses but in
In the cities there are a lot ck.
villages the pe ople travel by car, on foot or by tru
the
mels.
Some farmers travel on ca
city by bus. It is very cheap
People travel from city to
buses ar e usua lly full. So metimes boys sit on top
so the
e slow because some of the
of the buses. The buses ar
buses stop a lot.
roads aren’t good and the

3 Read these sentences and circle the correct answer.

a In Somalia there aren’t any buses / trains / taxis.

b People travel from city to city by camel / on foot / by bus.

c The buses are expensive / cheap / empty.

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 More reading and writing

Writing: transport in other countries

Activity A ● Spelling and punctuation Remember

● We use capital letters
Look at the sentences. Find the mistakes. to start a sentence and
for names.

In somalia there are buss, car, and taxis. in the ● We use full stops at the
end of sentences.
cities there are a lot of cares. In the villages the
People travel by truck

People travel between citys by bus. Some roades

aren’t good.

Activity B ● Writing about transport

Think about travelling in another country that you
know and write some sentences.

Use this to help you.

 on foot.
 by car.
In ................................ people travel
 by truck.
by ................................ .

 a lot of cars.

There are/aren’t trains.

taxis.

 cheap.

The buses/trains are

 expensive.
 fast.
slow.

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 Audio scripts
Page 2 Transport Pages 7 and 8 Buying a ticket
Activity B Activity A/B
Teacher: How do you come to class, Vincent? Ticket clerk: Next, please.
Vincent: I walk to class. Zareen: Can I have a ticket to Cardiff, please?
Teacher: And what about you, Zareen? How do you Ticket clerk: Single or return?
usually come to class? Zareen: Return.
Zareen: Um, well, I come to class by car. Ticket clerk: Is that a day return?
Teacher: And you, Qadir? Zareen: Sorry?
Qadir: By bus. Ticket clerk: Are you coming back today?
Zareen: No, I’m coming back on Monday. How
Page 3 Time much is it?
Ticket clerk: £48.50.
Activity B
Zareen: Here you are.
a The children go to school at 8:30. Ticket clerk: There’s your change and ticket.
b The train leaves at 15:55. Zareen: What time is the train, please?
c The market starts at 7:30 in the morning. Ticket clerk: It’s at 11:15.
d The last bus is at 9 o’clock in the evening.
Page 9 Information at the station
Page 4 Timetables
Activity A
Activity A
The next train to arrive at platform 2 is the 14:25 to
Qadir: Excuse me. What time is the number 48 Birmingham New Street.
bus to Downend, please?
Woman: It’s at 10:15. The train approaching platform 7 is the 15:10 to
Qadir: 10:50? Liverpool Lime Street.
Woman: No, 10:15. Will passengers waiting for the delayed 16:05 to
Qadir: Aah, 10:15. Thanks. Glasgow Central please go to platform 3. Platform 3
for the delayed Glasgow train.
Page 6 At the railway station
This is a change of platform announcement. The
Activity A 16:43 train to Southampton will now depart from
One platform 1. Platform 1 for Southampton.
Taxi driver: Where are you going?
Passenger: The Park Hotel. Activity B
Taxi driver: OK. Jump in. Zareen: Excuse me. What platform does the
Cardiff train go from, please?
Two
Station officer: Platform 5. It’s over there.
Woman: One coffee, one tea and two biscuits,
Zareen: Platform 5. Thanks.
please.
Three
Man: A return to Newport, please.
Four
The next train to arrive at platform 2 is the 14:25 to
Birmingham New Street.
Five
Woman: Excuse me. Can I have some information
about Family Railcards, please?
Six
(Sound effects)

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A Answers
Page 2 Transport Page 6 At the railway station
Activity A1/2 Activity A1
a bus Ticket office – a
b train Toilets – f
c bike Buffet – d
d taxi Taxis – c
e car Platform 2 – e
Information – b
Activity B1
Vincent – walk Activity A2
Zareen – car 1 c 2 d 3 a 4 e 5 b 6 f
Qadir – bus
Pages 7 and 8 Buying a ticket
Page 3 Time
Activity A2
Activity A1/2
Ticket C
a 10:15
b 14:45 Activity A3
c 21:20
The train is at 11:15.
d 8:10
e 6:50 Activity A4
f 13:30
Zareen is going to Cardiff. She is travelling by train.
Activity B She has got a return ticket. It cost £48.50. The train
is at 11:15.
a 8:30
b 15:55 Activity B1
c 7:30
Can I have ticket to Cardiff, please? – Single or
d 21:00
return?
How much is it? – £48.50.
Pages 4 and 5 Timetables
What time is the train, please? – It’s at 11:15.
Activity A1
The bus is at 10:15. Page 9 Information at the station
Activity A3 Activity A1
a false Zareen is at the station. She’s looking for information
b true about trains.
c false
d false Activity A2
11:15
Activity B1 Platform 5
What time is the bus to Kingswood, please?
–1:50.
What number is the bus to Fishponds, please?
– Number 48.
Where does the number 48 bus go, please?
– To Downend.

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A
Activity A3 Page 13 How do you come to class?
14:25 / Birmingham / platform 2 Activity A
15:10 / Liverpool / platform 7
16:05 / Glasgow / platform 3
c b u s
16:43 / Southampton / platform 1
a i
Activity B1
The platform for the Cardiff train. t r a i n k
a e
Page 10 Travel arrangements
x
Activity A2
a true
i
b false
c true Page 14 At the station
d false
Activity A
Page 11 Check it STATION – station
DANGER – danger
Activity A INFORMATION – information
Can I have a ticket to Hull, please? LADIES – ladies
Single or return? PLATFORMS – platforms
Return, please. How much is it? TICKETS – tickets
It’s £27.50.
What time is the train? Activity B2
At 11:45 from platform 4.
Suggested answers:
Activity B Transport: bike, bus, car
Railway station: buffet, information, platform,
r y k h r e t u r n ticket office
Both: taxi, train
t i c k e t r n q c
Page 15 Reading: transport in other
i m p l a t f o r m countries
m k r u u d h e b s Activity A3
a trains
e u i n e a t s w i b by bus
c cheap
t p h y m x b i t n

a s t a t i o n d g Page 16 Writing: transport in other

countries
b n e z o r c g x l
Activity A
l t t o i l e t s e In Somalia there are buses, cars and taxis. In the
cities there are a lot of cars. In the villages the people
e r s h t a x i p l travel by truck.
People travel between cities by bus. Some roads
aren’t good.

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