Buying Tickets for Public Transportation - Innovative English

imagine you and your family want to go someplace but you need to take a bus to

get there do you know how to buy tickets in English hi Alicia here five tickets

in English is easy in this lesson you'll learn how the stavos family has just

arrived in America and Gustavo and Jorge have met them at the airport let's watch

five tickets to Times Square please okay will that be five adults uh how young do

you have to be to get discounted tickets children under ten years old are

eligible for child tickets children ten years or older need adult tickets got it

Sophia you're eight years old right right and Lucas is over ten so four

adults and one child okay four adults and one child - Times Square

your total is seventy three dollars and 95 cents

Jorge I'll pay don't worry about it I got it everybody welcome to the United

States

now the lesson focus here's how to buy tickets ready

do you remember what George said to purchase tickets to Times Square

five tickets to Times Square please first is the phrase five tickets next is

a phrase that includes a place to Times Square last is the word please

together it's five tickets to Times Square please

structure is number plus tickets two plus please now you try

imagine you want two tickets to Atlantic City what would you say to the ticket

clerk

two tickets to Atlantic City please now imagine you want four tickets to Grand

Central Station what would you say to the ticket clerk

four tickets to Grand Central Station please do you remember how George told

how many adults and children would need tickets four adults and one child

first is the phrase for adults next is the word

and and last is the phrase one child together it's

adults and one child keep in mind that the age range for children's tickets

varies widely so you might have to ask the ticket clerk to be sure now you try

imagine you are buying tickets for yourself to adult friends and an infant

what would you say to the ticket clerk

three adults and one child now imagine you are chaperoning a group of six

elementary school students on a trip to the zoo what would you say to the ticket

clerk

one adult and six children do you remember how George told Gustavo that he

was going to pay for the tickets I got it this is a phrase that is used to tell

someone else that you will pay the total bill including their portion

now you try you are on a date and you want to pay for the meal what do you say

when the check comes

I got it now imagine you are sharing a cab with a friend and you want to offer

to pay for the ride what would you say

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