Dialogue
The London Underground raił system is known as the underground or the tubę. The system in New York. USA is called the subway.
1 ^ .08 Ss look at the photo,
saying who they can see and where they are. tnsure bus and tubÄ™ are mentioned. Encourage Ss to guess, using the present continuous tense. what is happening: They are looking at a map. Play the recording once. Ss listen and read to answer the guestion.
Grammar
Function
Wh- questions (present simple and present continuous)
Ask for help with words in English
Answer key
The concert starts at 7 p.m. and they have twenty minutes to get there.
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2 Play the recording again.
Ss work individually and cornplete the answers. They can compare in pairs before checking.
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Dialogue
Listen
1 . ós Listen and read. Why are the friends in a hurry?
4 cÅ Look at the tubÄ™ map and listen. Answer the guestions.
Answer key
2 7 p.m. 3 underground (tubÄ™)
4 bus 5 bus
<JSolve it!
3 Ss may need to read again to find the answer.
Answer key
6.40 p.m.
Listen
The tubÄ™ has coloured lines which intersect at stations so that people can change (trains). We usually refer to the lines by their names - the brown linÄ™ = Bakerloo linÄ™.
4 1.09 Ask Ss to look at the map and identify lines. Ask questions about the map: Where is Regent'$ Park? On the Bakerloo LinÄ™. Ss then listen and study the map.
Polly: the concert , Ryan?
Ryan: Seven o’clock. We've only got twenty minutes. the bus ?
Polly: It takes ages at this time of day.
Ryan: OK. Lefs take the tubÄ™.
Mia: ‘the tubę'? Is it the subway?
Polly: Yes. We cali it the tubÄ™, or the underground. Ryan: Come on, you two! you
for? Lefs go!
Mia: OK. Wait for us!
Comprehension
2 Cornplete the information.
The friends are going to a concert. It starts
at?_. They decide to go by 3_and not
by11_. because the 5_takes a long time.
C7 Solve it!
3 Read the dialogue again. What time is it now? 14
1 Which station are they going to? Marylebone
2 How many stops are there9
3 Which linÄ™ do they need?
4 Solve it! Where do they start their journey?
Answer key
2 five 3 Bakerloo (brown) linÄ™ 4 Charing Cross
Draw Ss’ attention to the notice above the ticket machinę in the photo (Buy tickets here before boarding). Ask them if they understand what it means. Explain that you will read aloud a few other typical notices that can be found on buses or on the underground. Their task will be to choose where the notices can be found:
1 Enter through the front door only.
2 Mind the gap.
3 Show your travel card to the driver.
4 Press here before vour stoo.
Grammar
Ask individual Ss to read the questions aloud. Ss listen and repeal chorally. Remind Ss that we use do/does to form present simple questions and is/are for present continuous questions.
Now ask Ss to look at the question words. Check they understand whose = ofwho(m). Ask Ss to choose three of the question words and write their own guestions.
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