The Reading / Listening - Germany Ticket - Level 1

Public transport is important. We use it to go to work, visit friends, and for our daily business. Trains, buses and subways can be expensive. Transport companies created the Germany Ticket. This lets people use local and regional transportation for just 49 euros ($54) a month. The ticket is for all public transport in Germany except long-distance intercity trains. More than three million tickets have been sold.

The Germany Ticket is better for the environment. People will use environmentally-friendly trains and buses more. Germany's Chancellor was happy with the new ticket. He said it was easy and cheap. He added it would help Germany hit climate targets and be carbon neutral by 2050. A transportation analyst said more people should use trains and buses. Other countries may create a similar ticket.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Germany Ticket - Level 0 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
  2. We use it
  3. for our daily
  4. subways can
  5. local
  6. just 49 euros ($54)
  7. long-distance
  8. three million tickets
  1. intercity trains
  2. be expensive
  3. to go to work
  4. and regional
  5. business
  6. have been sold
  7. a month
  8. is important

Paragraph 2

  1. better for the
  2. use environmentally-
  3. Germany's
  4. happy with the new
  5. He said it was easy
  6. help Germany hit climate
  7. be carbon neutral
  8. more people should
  1. Chancellor
  2. by 2050
  3. friendly trains
  4. targets
  5. environment
  6. ticket
  7. use trains
  8. and cheap

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Public transport is important. (1) ___________________ to go to work, visit friends, and (2) ___________________ business. Trains, buses and subways (3) ___________________. Transport companies created the Germany Ticket. This lets people (4) ___________________ regional transportation for just 49 euros ($54) a month. The ticket (5) ___________________ public transport in Germany except long-distance intercity trains. More than three million tickets (6) ___________________.

The Germany Ticket is (7) __________________ environment. People will use environmentally-friendly (8) __________________ more. Germany's Chancellor was happy (9) __________________ ticket. He said it was (10) ___________________. He added it would help Germany hit climate targets and (11) ___________________ by 2050. A transportation analyst said more people should use trains and buses. Other countries may (12) ___________________ ticket.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Publictransportisimportant.Weuseittogotowork,visitfriends,andforo
urdailybusiness.Trains,busesandsubwayscanbeexpensive.Transpor
tcompaniescreatedtheGermanyTicket.Thisletspeopleuselocalandre
gionaltransportationforjust49euros($54)amonth.Theticketisforallp
ublictransportinGermanyexceptlong-distanceintercitytrains.Moret
hanthreemillionticketshavebeensold.TheGermanyTicketisbetterfort
heenvironment.Peoplewilluseenvironmentally-friendlytrainsandbu
sesmore.Germany'sChancellorwashappywiththenewticket.Hesaidit
waseasyandcheap.HeaddeditwouldhelpGermanyhitclimatetargetsa
ndbecarbonneutralby2050.Atransportationanalystsaidmorepeople
shouldusetrainsandbuses.Othercountriesmaycreateasimilarticket.

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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