Buying A Bus Ticket

Listen to the conversation and fill in the chart below:

Clerk: How may I help you?

Costumer: I would like a ticket to Boston.

Clerk: We have a VIP bus leaving at 9:00 pm and one at 11:00 pm and we
have a first class bus at 12:00 pm, 4:30 pm and at 8:00 pm.

Costumer: When does the 12:00 bus arrive in Boston?

Clerk: It arrives at 3:00 pm

Costumer: And the 9:00 pm VIP bus?

Clerk: That one arrives at 11:45 pm.

Costumer: OK, I will take the 12:00 pm bus. How much is that?

Clerk: The first class bus is 100 dollars.

Costumer: Here you are.

Clerk: Ok, here is your change and ticket. The bus will leave from
platform 3.

Destination Type of Bus Time Arrival Price Platform

Boston First class 12:00 pm 3:00 pm $ 100 3

Information sheet clerk:

Los Angels
Type of Bus Departure Arrival Price Platform
First class 07:00 am 3:00 pm $ 120 3
First class 09:00 am 5:00 pm $ 125 3
First class 1:00 pm 7:00 pm $ 130 5
VIP 9:00 pm 04:30 am $200 7
VIP 11:00 pm 06:30 am $250 5

New York
Type of Bus Departure Arrival Price Platform
First class 08:30 am 1:00 pm $ 55 1
First class 11:30 am 4:00 pm $90 2
First class 2:30 pm 5:00 pm $ 100 7
VIP 8:00 pm 12:00 am $ 120 3
VIP 11:30 pm 04:00 am $ 150 3

Type of Bus Departure Arrival Price Platform

Second class 07:30 am 09:00 am $ 70 2
Second class 12:00 pm 1:30 pm $ 60 4
First class 8:30 am 10:00 am $ 80 6

First class 11:00 am 12:30 pm $ 110 6

First class 4:00 pm 5:30 pm $ 105 4

Chicago

Costumer cards:

You want to go to Los Angles You want to go to New York You want to go to Chicago

You have to be there before: You have to be there before: You have to be there before:
4:00 pm 6:00 pm 12:00 pm

You want to go to Los Angles You want to go to New York You want to go to Chicago

You have to be there before: You have to be there before: You have to be there before:
Tomorrow 08:00 am 8:00 pm 2:00 pm
Instructions:

1 student plays the part of clerk and gives information to another student who plays the costumer
wanting to buy a ticket.

The students playing the clerk get the information sheet clerk part and the 6 costumers get each one
of the costumer cards.

For the role play students have to change the underlined words in the conversation to match their
own situation.

The other students in the class have to listen to the conversation and write the information in the
table at the bottom of the page.