🚇 How Do I Get There? — Buses, Lines & Travel Time
Let's travel around town! Today you will ask "How do I get to the museum?", give transportation advice (go by bus · take the train · walk), talk about the number 17 bus and the blue line, explain where to get on, change and get off, and say how long the trip is: "It takes about 20 minutes."
A Cousin In The Big City
Leo's cousin Yasmine is visiting the city for the first time. Read the little scene below.
🤔 How do you get to school: by bus, by car or on foot?
🚌 Asking For And Giving Transportation Advice
Ask someone how to get to a place. Then tell them which transportation to use.
❓ Asking
- How do I get to the museum?
- How do I get there? (no "to" before there!)
- How long does it take?
💡 Advice
- go by + transportation: You should go by bus.
- get there by + transportation: You can get there by subway.
- take the + transportation: Take the bus. It's raining. · You can take the train to the beach.
After by, no "the": "go by bus" ✅ — not "by the bus" ❌. After take, use "the": "take the bus" ✅. And without transportation, you go on foot — or simply say "walk".
🧺 By, The Or On?
Complete the advice with the right little word. 9 sentences.
🚇 Bus Numbers, Lines And Stops
Buses usually have a number. Subways, metros and trains have lines, with a name, a number or a color.
Take the number 17 bus to the subway station.
You're going there by subway? Take the blue line.
Get on Line 4. Get off at the second stop.
Change at Central to Line 2. (= take a different train)
It takes about 30 minutes.
🚏 The Bus Stop Board
Read the board and answer the question with "Take the number … bus." 6 trips.
🗺️ The Metro Route Planner
Choose where you are and where you want to go. The planner gives you the way with get on, change, get off — and how long it takes!
Listen And Repeat!
Click 🔊 Listen to hear the phrase, 🐢 Slowly to hear it slower, then 🎙️ My turn and say it out loud into your microphone!
✍️ Practice Time!
Exercise 1 — True Or False?
Exercise 2 — Complete The Dialogue
Fill in the missing word in each line of the conversation.
🎭 Create & Record: Help A Visitor
A friend from another town asks you how to get to a place in your town. Write the dialogue: give transportation advice (go by / take the), say where to get on, change, get off, and how long it takes.
🎙️ Now, Record It!
Read your dialogue out loud like a helpful guide. Then listen back!
🎯 Final Quiz — Getting Around Town
Answer 7 questions to test everything you learned in this lesson!