Conversational practice

Exercise 57 a) Work in pairs. Practise the dialogue.

At the Railway Ticket Office

A: Good morning. Can I help you?

B: Yes, please. I want to go to Edinburgh. When’s the next train?

A: Let me see. There’s one at 10.42. You change at Doncaster. And there’s another at 11.15.

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

A: That’s direct.

B: What time does it arrive?

A: It gets in at ... 14.10.

B: Right. I’ll have a return ticket, then, please.

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

B: No, tomorrow.

A: Ah, so you don’t have a day return. You need a period return. That’ll 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. I’d 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: Here’s 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), -ist, -ant

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

Exercise 58 Translate the following groups of words paying attention to the suffixes.

a) Conduct – conductor – conduction; calculate – calculator – calculation; produce – producer – production; excavate – excavator – excavation; conclude – conclusion; load – loader.

b) Difference – different; resistance – resistant; existence – existent; efficiency – efficient; permanence – permanent.

Exercise 59 Translate the derivative words and find the root words.

Constructor, exhibition, transporter, demonstrator, demonstration, appearance, connection, limitation, follower, consideration, education, dependant, changeable, breaker, runner, invention, impression, violation.

Exercise 60 Read and translate the words.

Respond – responsible, expand – expansible, extend – extensible, divide – divisible, comprehend – comprehensible, resist – resistible, exhaust – exhaustible.

Eat – eatable, teach – teachable, understand – understandable, buy – buyable, recommend – recommendable, punish – punishable, read – readable, break – breakable, win – winnable.

Exercise 61 Add one of the suffixes to the following words to name a person’s profession. You will have to change some of the words a little.

Noun suffixes to name a person who does a job

-er farmer

-ian

-ist

-ant

Music, art, farm, manage, photograph, garden, science, politics, electric, drive, mend, academy, physics, mathematics, chemistry, magic, account.

b) Let’s play a guessing game. Think of one of the jobs, but don’t tell the rest of the group. They should ask you Yes/No questions to find out what the job is.

Model: Do you ... (work inside, earn a lot of money, work regular hours, in shifts)? Do you have to ... (wear a uniform, use your hands, answer the phone)?