| 1. Catching Buses & Trains | 2. How Questions |
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1. CATCHING BUSES & TRAINS |
| To find out if a bus or train is going where you want (the beach) you can ask: Does this bus go to the beach? |
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| ANNE Does this bus go the University? |
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If you are asking at a station or a bus stop for the bus or train you want, you say: On the bus or train: At the station or bus stop. Single, return or daytrip? |
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| BUS DRIVER Single or day trip? |
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A single is a one-way ticket. It only takes you to where you are going. It doesn’t take you back again. A return ticket takes you to where you want to go and back again to where you started.Some single tickets can be used for a period of time, so you can ask: How long does the ticket last? Two hours. |
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BUS DRIVER ANNE BUS DRIVER ANNE BUS DRIVER ANNE A single will do. You can use the same ticket to come back. |
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A daytrip is a ticket you can use all day and go to a number of places. To find out what stop or station you need, you ask:Where do I get off? |
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2. HOW QUESTIONS |
| Her are some common questions using how. How long will you be? This means how much time you will spend doing something. How long will you be? About an hour. |
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BUS DRIVER I’m not sure. An hour perhaps. |
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| How long can also ask about the length of something. How long is this rope? Three metres. |
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| How long is this box? It’s eighty centimetres long. or Its length is eighty centimetres. |
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| How wide is this box? It’s forty centimetre wide. or Its length is forty centimetres. |
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| How high is this box? It’s twenty centimetres high. or Its height is twenty centimetres. |
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We don’t ask how high or how long a person is. Instead we say: You can use how in front of any adjective that can be measured or compared with other things. How thick are your walls? |
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More Information: How Often? Episode 17 |
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