The Reading / Listening - Germany Ticket - Level 0

Public transport is important for work and for visiting people. It can be expensive. Transport companies in Germany are selling a new ticket. It lets people use local and regional transportation for 49 euros a month. People cannot use it for long-distance intercity trains.

The new ticket is better for the environment. People will use trains and buses more. Germany's Chancellor said the ticket was cheap. He said it would help Germany hit climate targets. Germany wants to be carbon neutral by 2050. Other countries may create a similar ticket.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Germany Ticket - Level 1 Germany Ticket - Level 2   or  Germany Ticket - Level 3

Sources
  • https://apnews.com/article/germany-public-transit-cheap-ticket-trains-metro-3d83f1a35ab8e3945b8034b9bd511c29
  • https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-29/germany-sets-the-new-standard-for-cheap-national-mass-transit
  • https://www.huffpost.com/entry/germany-public-transit-ticket_n_644f94c9e4b0408f3e5a76a5


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. Public transport is
  2. for work and for visiting
  3. It can be
  4. selling a new
  5. local and regional
  6. 49 euros
  7. People cannot
  8. long-distance
  1. ticket
  2. use it
  3. transportation
  4. important
  5. intercity trains
  6. expensive
  7. a month
  8. people

Paragraph 2

  1. better for the
  2. People will use trains
  3. Germany's
  4. the ticket was
  5. help Germany hit climate
  6. Germany wants to be carbon
  7. Other
  8. create a
  1. neutral
  2. cheap
  3. similar ticket
  4. Chancellor
  5. countries
  6. targets
  7. environment
  8. and buses more

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Public transport (1) ___________________ work and for visiting people. (2) ___________________ expensive. Transport companies in Germany (3) ___________________ new ticket. It (4) ___________________ local and regional transportation for 49 (5) ___________________. People cannot use it for long- (6) ___________________.

The new ticket (7) ___________________ the environment. People will use trains (8) ___________________. Germany's Chancellor said the (9) ___________________. He said it would help Germany (10) ___________________. Germany wants to (11) ___________________ by 2050. Other countries may create (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Publictransportisimportantforworkandforvisitingpeople.Itcanbeexp
ensive.TransportcompaniesinGermanyaresellinganewticket.Itletsp
eopleuselocalandregionaltransportationfor49eurosamonth.Peoplec
annotuseitforlong-distanceintercitytrains.Thenewticketisbetterfo
rtheenvironment.Peoplewillusetrainsandbusesmore.Germany'sCha
ncellorsaidtheticketwascheap.HesaiditwouldhelpGermanyhitclimat
etargets.Germanywantstobecarbonneutralby2050.Othercountries
maycreateasimilarticket.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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Free writing

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Answers

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