Talking points

1.Remember the following speech patterns.

At the Enquiry Office

When’s the next train to (Bournemouth), please?

Is there anything a bit later/earlier, please?

Is there a train to (Oxford) at about (9 o’clock), please?

Is it the same service on Sundays?

What time does it get to (Edinburgh), please?

Is there a buffet/restaurant car on the 7.15, please?

Which platform does the 8.13 go from, please?

Buying a ticket

A day return to London, please.

A single to Birmingham, please.

Two day returns to Oxford, please.

An ordinary return to Cambridge, please.

And which platform is it , please?

Speaking to another passenger

Remember! If you speak to a stranger, you usually begin with Excuse me…

Is this seat taken?

Are these two taken?

Do you mind if I move your bag, please?

Could you keep an eye on my things for a moment, please?

Do you mind if I close/open the window, please?

Is this (York) we’re coming to?

Do you know if there’s a buffet car on the train?

2.Read, learn and act.

Dialogue A.

-Third class return to Exmouth, please.

-Here you are, sir.

-Thank you. Which platform for the Exmouth train?

-Platform 3. You’ll have to hurry up. It goes at nine o’clock.

Dialogue B.

-One first to Glasgow, please.

-Single or return?

-Single…Do I have to change anywhere?

-No, no change. It’s a through train.

-Thank you.

Dialogue C.

-Excuse me, don’t you think it is very stuffy in the compartment?

-Yes, rather.

-What about having the window open?

-I don’t mind. Can you manage it?

-I’ll try to… Is that all right?

-Yes, fine.

-Our train is going very well. Will it keep the same speed all the way?

-It will slow down on the railway bridge while crossing the river.

-Oh, you know the route very well, don’t you?

-I travel this way once a month on an average.

-No one travels that often for pleasure.

-You have said it. I’m going on business.

3.Put the dialogue between the passenger and ticket clerk in the correct order.

Single, please.

That will be 18 pounds.

Thank you.

If you get there 10.54 train, you’ll get to London at 14.14.

London, please.

What time will I arrive in London?

Single or return?

Role play the dialogue with your partner.

4. Make up your own dialogues:

-buying a ticket at the booking-office;

-a talk in the compartment.

UNIT 3

Grammar: Perfect Tenses (Active Voice) Topic: Travelling by Air Reading: Text A. A Tragedy in the Air Text B. Talking Points

Grammar perfect tenses (active voice)

I. The Use of Perfect Tenses.

• The Present Perfect is used:

1. to express an action which took place before the present moment, when the speaker’s aim is to emphasize the present result of this action;

e.g. My friend hasn’t come yet. Мій друг ще не приїхав.

2. to express an action which began before the present moment and continued up to it. In this case the preposition for mostly used to indicate the period of duration. The starting point of the action is indicated by means of the word since.

e.g. I have known her for 10 years. Я знаю її вже десять років.

• The Past Perfect Tense is used:

1. to express an action which took place before another past action or before a definite moment in the past indicated by such expressions as by 5 o’clock, by that time, by Saturday, by the 15^th of December, by the end of the year …

e.g. I had done my work by 8 o’clock. Я зробив роботу до 8 години.

2. to express an action which began before a definite moment in the past and continued up to that moment.

e.g. I had not received the telegram Коли він приїхав, ми when he arrived . ще не одержали

. телеграми.

• The Future Perfect Tense is used:

to express an action completed before a definite future moment or before the beginning of another future action.

e.g. He’ll have read the story by the Він прочитає time you come back оповідання, поки ти

. повернешся.