Buying a Train Ticket in Bologna
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Read, listen, or speak your way through a realistic ticket-buying and train-station journey at Bologna Centrale. Choose or say the reply you would actually use in Italian.
Some replies are clear, practical, and natural. Others use literal English, confuse railway vocabulary, miss key travel details, or turn a manageable station problem into a bigger one.
When communication breaks down, repair it with phrases such as: “Mi scusi, non ho capito”, “Può ripetere, per favore?”, “Quindi devo cambiare a Firenze?”, “Il binario è cambiato?” and “Rischio di perdere la coincidenza?”. At the end, review your result and submit it to your teacher/tutor.
- You are at Bologna Centrale and need to travel to Arezzo. You have not bought your ticket yet.
- You need to buy the right journey, understand a change in Florence, choose a seat, pay, find the high-speed platforms, react to a platform change, show the right documents, and handle a delay that threatens your connection.
- Your goal is to communicate naturally in Italian, understand common station and train vocabulary, and repair misunderstandings quickly and calmly.
Guided Speaking
Listen to the other speaker and use your own words to achieve the goal. Tap Start speaking, wait for “Listening”, then tap Stop speaking. Review your transcription and tap Check my response. The task check may ask for a missing detail.
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