Match the phrases 1-8 to the pictures A-C in listening exercise 53.

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Ex.54 Functional language: travel

Can I get a taxi anywhere round here?

Could you tell me the time of the next train to North Park?

Has the 11.40 for North Park left yet?

Could you tell us when we get to the bridge, please?

Does this bus go to the town centre!

Have you got change for a ten-pound note?

I'd like a cab for the Pizzeria Roma, please.

A single to the town centre, please.

2 Match the responses a-h to the phrases 1-8 in exercise 1.

a That'll be one twenty, please.
b Certainly, sir. We'll send one right away.
c Yeah, we go there.
d No, sorry love, exact change only,
e I'll let you know.

f Not if you hurry, it's still at the platform.
g Yes, madam. There's a taxi rank at the station.
h The next one's tomorrow morning, madam. I'm afraid that's it for tonight.

3 Replace the words in italics in exercise 1 with alternative words and phrases.

1 Can I get a bus anywhere near the airport?

4 Work in pairs. Prepare then practise short dialogues for the following situations.

You are in a city centre. Ask a passerby for the nearest taxi rank.

You are at home. Phone for a cab to take you to the station tomorrow morning.

You are a stranger in the town. You are getting on a bus. Ask the driver for tickets to the town centre.

You are getting off the bus. Ask the driver when the last bus leaves to get home.

You are on a train. Ask if you can sit in an empty seat.