Taking the Bus & Train (A2 Vocabulary)

The fare is the money for a ride. A transit card pays the fare. A round-trip fare takes you there and back.

Paying for a ride

• Try it: Lani: How do I pay here? Farid: Use your ___. Look at the picture. Choose what Farid says. (transit card / fare / platform) Answer: transit card — She holds her card up to pay, so she uses her transit card.

Word	Pronunciation	Example
fare		The bus fare is $2.50.
transit card		I have ten dollars on my transit card.
round-trip		A round-trip fare is $4.50.

At the station

You wait for the train on the platform. The Blue Line is one of the train lines here. The number 7 line is another. To transfer is to get off one train and get on another.

• Try it: Lani: Where do we wait for the train? Farid: Down there, on the ___. Look at the picture. Choose what Farid says. (sidewalk / fare / platform) Answer: platform — People stand next to where the train comes, so they wait on the platform.

Word	Pronunciation	Example
platform		Wait on platform 2.
the Blue Line		We're on the Blue Line.
transfer		Transfer to the number 7 line at Ghafwick Station.

On and off

You get on a bus or a train, and you get off at your stop. When you are late, you miss it.

• Try it: Farid: Here's the number 5 bus. Lani: Great. Let's ___. Choose what Lani says. (get off / miss / get on) Answer: get on — Their bus is here, so they get on.

Word	Pronunciation	Example
get on		Get on at the front of the bus.
get off		I get off at the library.
miss		Don't miss the last bus tonight.