Speaking questions - transport role-play - Foundation
Role-play – At the coach station
Practise taking part in a conversation at the coach station. Read the instructions and prepare what you will say.
Scenario
You are at a coach station and would like to buy a ticket. Respond to the questions the coach station employee asks and address them as vous. They will start the conversation.
The bullet points give an idea of what might be asked, so use these to prepare. Where there is an exclamation mark (!) a surprise question will be asked. Where there is a question mark (?), you will need to ask a question yourself.
Vous parlez avec un(e) employé(e) dans une gare routière en France.
- Destination.
- Quand vous voulez partir.
- !
- ? Combien.
- Comment vous payez.
Listen to this example role-play.
Transcript:
Coach station employee: Bonjour. Je peux vous aider ?
Customer: Oui, je voudrais aller à Toulouse.
Coach station employee: D’accord. Quand voulez-vous partir ?
Customer: Je voudrais partir à dix heures.
Coach station employee: Bon. Voulez-vous un aller-retour ou un aller simple ?
Customer: Un aller-retour, s’il vous plait.
Coach station employee: D’accord. Un aller-retour.
Customer: Ça fait combien ?
Coach station employee: Ça fait vingt euros. Comment payez-vous ?
Customer: Je paie en espèces.
Coach station employee: Bon, merci.
Translation:
Coach station employee: Hello. Can I help you?
Customer: Yes, I’d like to go to Toulouse.
Coach station employee: OK. When would you like to leave?
Customer: I’d like to leave at ten o’clock.
Coach station employee: Good. Do you want a return ticket or a single?
Customer: Return, please.
Coach station employee: OK. A return ticket.
Customer: How much is that?
Coach station employee: That’s twenty euros, please. How are you going to pay?
Customer: I’m paying in cash.
Coach station employee: Good, thanks.
