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Ask about departure and arrivalاسأل عن المغادرة والوصول

Travel and everyday servicesLesson 2 · A2 · 10 minutes

In this lesson

Ask when a trip leaves and arrives.

The idea, simply

Use What time does … leave/arrive? for timetables. With trains and flights we use the present simple for fixed timetables. A platform is for a train and a gate is for a plane.

Examples

  • What time does the train leave?

  • The flight arrives at eight.

  • Which platform does it leave from?

Lesson words

  • departيغادر
    The train departs at six.
  • arriveيصل
    We arrive at eight.
  • gateبوابة
    Go to gate five.
  • platformرصيف
    The train is at platform two.

Lesson exercises

  1. Put the words in the correct order.
  2. Complete the gap: When does the bus ___?
  3. Choose the correct English sentence.
  4. Where do you wait for a train?
  5. Ask when a trip leaves and arrives.