Task 1. Listen to the audio and answer true (T) or false (F).

a. ( ) There are two people talking. A woman and a taxi driver.

b. ( ) The woman doesn’t have baggage.
c. ( ) The woman is going downtown.
d. ( ) The ride will take 15 minutes.
e. ( ) The traffic is very good.
f. ( ) The taxi driver takes the woman to the hotel.
g. ( ) The woman prefers to take the subway.

Task 2. Listen again and complete the gaps with the words given.
take suitcases how long
subway downtown bad
luggage taxi where

Taxi Driver: Hello Miss, do you need a ___________________?

Woman: Yes.
Taxi Driver: Do you have any ___________________?
Woman: Just these two ___________________.
Taxi Driver: OK, I’ll put them in the back for you. ___________________ are you going?
Woman: The Comfort Inn.
Taxi Driver: I think there are two in Boston. Which one are you going to?
Woman: The one ___________________.
Taxi Driver: Is this your first time in Boston?
Woman: No. I’ve been here many times. I come here for work all the time. Do you know
___________________ it’ll take?
Taxi Driver: It shouldn’t ___________________ long. Probably about 15 minutes.
Woman: Wow, it looks like the traffic is really ___________________.
Taxi Driver: Yeah, there might be an accident up ahead.
Woman: OK, then stop at the next intersection. I’m going to get out there and take the
___________________.

Task 3. Answer the questions.

a. Does your city have bad traffic?
b. How long does it take from your house and your work?
c. Is the public transportation good?
d. Do you enjoy driving?
e. What do you do when there is heavy traffic?

TRAVEL ENGLISH –
UNIT 1
_____________________
_____
Task 5. Complete this conversation using am, is or are.
Taxi Driver: Hi! Where to?
Passenger: The Hilton, please.
Taxi Driver: Hey, are you here on business?
Passenger: Well, I was on business last week, but now I __________ here on vacation. My
husband __________ here, too.
Taxi Driver: Where __________ you from?
Passenger: We __________ from Minnesota.
Taxi Driver: Hey, I __________ from Minnesota, too. Which part?
Passenger: Rochester.
Taxi Driver: __________ you really? My wife and I were in Minneapolis until last year.
Then we came here.

Task 4. Write a dialogue between a person and a taxi driver.

__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

Audio source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRg4cMJVJs8

TRAVEL ENGLISH –
UNIT 1
_____________________
_____
 ANSWER KEY

Task 1. Listen to the audio and answer true (T) or false (F).
a. ( T ) There are two people talking. A woman and a taxi driver.
b. ( F ) The woman doesn’t have baggage.
c. ( T ) The woman is going downtown.
d. ( T ) The ride will take 15 minutes.
e. ( F ) The traffic is very good.
f. ( F ) The taxi driver takes the woman to the hotel.
g. ( T ) The woman prefers to take the subway.

Task 2. Listen again and complete the gaps with the words given.
Taxi Driver: Hello Miss, do you need a taxi?
Woman: Yes.
Taxi Driver: Do you have any luggage?
Woman: Just these two suitcases.
Taxi Driver: OK, I’ll put them in the back for you. Where are you going?
Woman: The Comfort Inn.
Taxi Driver: I think there are two in Boston. Which one are you going to?
Woman: The one downtown.
Taxi Driver: Is this your first time in Boston?
Woman: No. I’ve been here many times. I come here for work all the time. Do you know
long it’ll take?
Taxi Driver: It shouldn’t take long. Probably about 15 minutes.
Woman: Wow, it looks like the traffic is really heavy.
Taxi Driver: Yeah, there might be an accident up ahead.
Woman: OK, then stop at the next intersection. I’m going to get out there and take the
subway.

Task 5. Complete this conversation using am, is or are.

Taxi Driver: Hi! Where to?
Passenger: The Hilton, please.
Taxi Driver: Hey, are you here on business?

TRAVEL ENGLISH –
UNIT 1
_____________________
_____
Passenger: Well, I was on business last week, but now I am here on vacation. My husband is
here, too.
Taxi Driver: Where are you from?
Passenger: We are from Minnesota.
Taxi Driver: Hey, I am from Minnesota, too. Which part?
Passenger: Rochester.
Taxi Driver: Are you really? My wife and I were in Minneapolis until last year. Then we
came here.

TRAVEL ENGLISH –
UNIT 1
_____________________
_____