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Travelling by train Read the passage below and supply the missing words. Choose from the following list. One of the words will be used more than once.

1. buffet car 2. carriage 3. catch 4. change 5. compartments 6. departures board 7. inter-city express 8. left-luggage office 9. luggage rack 10. no smoking 11. platform

12. railway station 13. restaurant car 14. return 15. through train 16. ticket collector 17. ticket office 18. tickets 19. timetable 20. train 21. trolley 22. window seat

David Perry went to the (1) ______ to pick up a suitcase he had left there earlier in the day. Then he went to the (2) ______ and asked for a second-class (3) ______ to Hastings. Five minutes later he was checking his London-Hastings (4) ______ to see what time his (5) ______ left. There was one at 12.15 from (6) ______ 12. He checked his watch. It was 11.55. 'Good,' he thought. 'I can (7) ______ that one.' As he walked towards (8) ______ 12, an old lady stopped him. She was pushing a (9) ______ which contained two large suitcases. She asked him if there was a train to Southampton Boon. He looked up at the large (10) ______ above their heads. He soon found what he was looking for. "Yes, there's a train leaving in fifteen minutes from (11) ______ 6,' he said to her. 'It's an (12) ______.' The old lady thanked him, and David hurried along. The (13) ______ were quite full by the time he reached the (14) ______. He got into the second (15) ______ and, after putting his suitcase on a (16) ______ managed to find a (17) ______. It was a (18) ______ compartment. David was pleased as he was allergic to cigarette smoke. Ten minutes after the train had left the (19) ______, the (20) ______ came round to check people's (21) ______. 'Is this a (22) ______?' David asked. 'No, you'll have to (23) ______ at Eastbourne.' 'And can you get something to drink on the train?' 'Sorry, sir, there's no (24) ______ or (25) ______ on this service, I'm afraid.' 'Ah well, never mind,' David thought to himself. We'll soon be in Hastings.'

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Megoldsok: 1. left-luggage office 2. ticket office 3. return 4. timetable 5. train 6. platform 7. catch 8. platform 9. trolley 10. departures board 11. platform 12. inter-city express 13. compartments 14. platform 15. carriage 16. luggage rack 17. window seat 18. no smoking 19. railway station 20. ticket collector 21. tickets 22. through train 23. change 24. buffet car 25. restaurant car

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