Skills - Speaking - Dialogues - London Airports

Exchanging information about London Airports

First, the info, then the worksheet
Printer-friendly version (1 page) (to cut it out in three slips of paper)

Candidate A
Info on the Heathrow Express

Candidate B
Info on the Gatwick Express

Candidate C
Info on the Stansted Express

Worksheet - London Airports
Printer-friendly version (1 page)

Work in pairs or groups of 3. Each person will get a slip of paper with info about one of the London airports (see links below, or their printer-friendly version). In turns, read aloud the questions in this worksheet. Then, acting out real-life dialogues, find out all the information you need to learn about all the London airports. Use the tables below to jot it all down. Remember it is a Speaking exercise. When you finish collecting the information, practice asking the complete questions and giving relevant answers.

Practice questions, answers, comments, communicative strategies.

We've got information about ...
Which airport do you have info about?

Excuse me, how far is ... from central London? (direct question)
Could you tell me (direct question) how far ... is from central London (indirect question)?
Could you help me? I need to find out how to get to ...
Could you help me? I need to know how long it takes from ... to ...?
Do you know how long it takes from ... to central London?
Which are the airports you can fly to (when you want to get to London) from there?
Which is nearest to central London?
How far are they from central London?
How far is that in kilometers?
How long does it take to get to central London by train?
How much is the ticket?
How much is that in euros? And in pounds?
What train station do you get to?
Which is nearest to the city center (e.g. Trafalgar Square)?
Do trains run every single day?
How much does a taxi cost from each of those airports to central London, and how long can the journey take?
Find out how much are tickets from Madrid to London and which airports the flights get to. Add the cost of the train ticket to London from those airports and see how much it is.

Tables for jotting down the information you gather

Airports	Distance from central London	Train travel time	Price – 2nd class 1-way/single			Station you get to
Heathrow
Gatwick
Stansted

Airports	Distance from central London	Taxi travel time	Price of taxi
Heathrow
Gatwick
Stansted