Getting around - Lesson 1 - 

Self-evaluation Quiz:

En la Estación de Trenes

(At the Train Station)


(photo by  marcp_dmoz used under terms of Creative Commons license.)
Estación de Trenes


 






PART 1

SITUATION 1: Having just arrived in Madrid, you want to find the Plaza Hotel. Ask a passerby if he can tell you where it is.

SITUATION 2: A man has been kind enough to help you. You want to thank him. In Spanish, say: "Thank you very much."

SITUATION 3: You want to go by train from Madrid to Zaragoza. Tell the ticket agent: "A round-trip ticket to Zaragoza."

SITUATION 4: You are at a bus station where you want to buy a one-way ticket to Toledo. What would you say to the ticket agent?

SITUATION 5: You have asked for a ticket to Valladolid. Now you want to know how much it is. How do you ask that?

SITUATION 6: You have forgotten your watch, and you need to know what time it is. How would you say: "Can you tell me what time it is"?

SITUATION 7: Someone has asked you what time it is. Tell that person that it's ten past eleven.

SITUATION 8: You want to fly to Valencia. How would you ask at what time the next plane leaves for Valencia?

SITUATION 9: Before notifying a friend about your arrival at Torrejón, you need to find out when the bus will get there. How would you ask the ticket agent at what time the bus arrives at Torrejón?

SITUATIONS 10-14: AUDIO ONLY.

 

PART II

Match the following signs with their English equivalents.

 

1. SALA DE ESPERA

a. CUSTOMER CLAIMS SERVICE

2. HORARIO DE TRENES

b. LUGGAGE ROOM

3. SERVICIOS

c. EXIT

4. RECLAMACIONES

d. WAITING ROOM

5. ENTRADA

e. TRAIN SCHEDULE

6. LLEGADAS

f. DEPARTURES

7. SALIDAS

g. ENTRANCE

8. SALIDA

h. ARRIVALS

9. CONSIGNA

i. REST ROOMS


Key to Self-evaluation Quiz

 
PART I

1. ¿Puede (usted) decirme dónde está el Hotel Plaza?/ ¿Puede (usted) decirme dónde gueda el Hotel Plaza?

2. Muchas gracias.

3. Un billete de ida y vuelta para Zaragoza.

4. Un billete para Toledo. / Un billete de ida para Toledo.

5. ¿Cuánto cuesta?

6. ¿Puede decirme qué hora es?

7. Son las once y diez.

8. ¿A qué hora sale el próximo avión para Valencia?

9. ¿A qué hora llega el autobús a Torrejón?

10. At the next street, turn right and continue straight ahead. (En la próxima calle, tuerza a la derecha y siga derecho.)

11. First or second? (¿Primera o segunda?)

12. It's a quarter to one. (Es la una menos cuarto.)

13. It's twenty past nine. (Son las nueve y veinte.)

14. It leaves at twenty-five past four.  (Sale a las cuatro y veinticinco.)

 

PART II

1. (d) 2. (e) 3. (i) 4. (a), 5. (g) 6. (h) 7. (f) 8. (c) 9. (b)