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At the Railway Ticket Office




A: Good morning. Can I help you?

B: Yes, please. I want to go to Edinburgh. Whens the next train?

A: Let me see. Theres one at 10.42. You change at Doncaster. And theres another at 11.15.

B: Is that direct, or do I have to change?

A: Thats direct.

B: What time does it arrive?

A: It gets in at... 14.10.

B: Right. Ill have a return ticket, then, please.

A: When are you coming back? Are you coming back today?

B: No, tomorrow.

A: Ah, so you dont have a day return. You need a period return. Thatll be ₤8.40.

B: Can I pay by credit card?

A: Yes, certainly.

B: Here you are. Which platform does it leave from?

A: Platform 3.

B: Thanks a lot.

A: Goodbye.

b) Put the lines of the conversation in the correct order and role-play the dialogue.

A: Hello. Id like a ticket to Newcastle, please.

A: I want to come back this evening, so a day return.

C: How do you want to pay?

A: Return, please.

C: Heres your change and your ticket.

C: Single or return?

A: Twenty, forty, sixty pounds.

C: Day return or period return?

A: Cash, please.

C: Forty-eight pounds fifty, please.

A: Thank you.

c) Work in pairs. Imagine it is 11a.m. Student A works in a railway ticket office. Give Student B the information he/she wants.

 

Trains to Bristol
Depart   Arrive
11.25 Change at Derby 12.35
11.50 Direct 12.50
Tickets
Single ₤13.50 Day return ₤19.00 Period return ₤22.40

 

WORD BUILDING

 

Noun suffixes: -er (-or), -ion (-sion, -tion, -ation), -ance(-ence), -ist, -ant

Adjective suffixes: -ant (-ent), -able (-ible)

Adverb Suffix: -ly

Exercise 54 Translate the following groups of words paying attention to the suffixes.

a) Discuss discus sion; combine combina tion; introduce introduc tion; conduct conduct or conduc tion;calculate calculat or calcula tion; produce produc er produc tion; compete competi tion competit or; invent inven tion invent or; load load er

b) Differ - differ ence differ ent; depend depend ence depend ent; assist assist ance assist ant; attend attend ance attend ant; exist - existe nce exist ent

c) Respond respons ible, account - account able, convert - convert ible, divide divis ible, compare compar able, change change able, access access ible, depend depend able, comfort comfort able.

Eat eat able, teach teach able, understand understand able, buy buy able, recommend recommend able, punish punish able, read read able, break break able, win winn able, work work able.

Exercise 55 Try to build as many derivative words as possible from the root verbs using the suffuxes of nouns and adjectives.

Construct, prefer, exhibit, combine, load, resemble, transport, demonstrate, appear, connect, follow, consider, educate, depend, change, break, run, invent, impress, develop, carry, account, travel.

 





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