Exercise: Vocabulary

let's practice some vocabulary that you would need when traveling on the underground. I'll give you a description. Then you will hear two words or phrases A and B. In the pause, choose the word or phrase that best matches the description I gave afterwards. You will hear the correct answer andan example of how the word or phrase is used in a sentence. They will then be a pause for you to repeat the sentence. Let's start the place where you buy your ticket. A. The ticket hall. Be the ticket lobby. A is correct. You buy your ticket in the ticket hall, listen and repeat. There are ticket machines in the ticket hole. Okay, next one, a credit card sized smart card that can hold tickets a A rover card. Be an oyster card. B is correct. Annoy Stir card is a smart card that can hold tickets. Listen and repeat. I need to top up the money on my oyster card. Next one. London is divided up into these for the purposes of calculating fares. A travel zones be travel areas. A is correct. London transport divides London into travel zones to calculate the fares, listen and repeat, it's expensive to travel from Zone one out to Zone six. Okay, next one, a moving staircase, a an escalator. Be a travel later. A is correct. On escalator is a moving staircase. Listen and repeat, stand on the right when using the escalators and the next one. The warning phrase used to tell passengers to be careful of the opening between the train and the platform. A mind the space Be mind the gap B is correct. Mind the gap is the warning phrase used to tell passengers to be careful of the opening between the train and the platform. Listen on. Repeat, mind the gap between the train and the platform. Next one the place where you show or insert a ticket to get onto the platform. Hey, the ticket barrier be the ticket gate A is correct. You show or insert your ticket at the ticket barrier. Listen and repeat, make sure you have your ticket ready at the ticket barrier. Okay, next one to get off a train A to a light, be to lighten up. A is correct to a light is to get off a train or vehicle. Listen and repeat. He was the only passenger toe A light from the train. Okay, next one. Another word for the underground A The tunnel. Be the tube. B is correct. Most Londoners call the underground the tube. Listen and repeat, the tube is much quicker than the bus. Huh? Okay, last one to get on a train. A to embark. Be to board B is correct. To get on a train is to boarded. Listen and repeat. I boarded the train at Oxford Circus. How did you get on? Did you get most of them, right? If not, go back and try them again.