Unit 4 · Finding your way · A1

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Every morning Alex takes the bus to work. The stop is on the corner, in front of a bakery. The bus comes every ten minutes, but today it’s late. Alex waits twenty minutes. In the end he takes a taxi. “To Kolonaki Square, please,” he tells the driver. There’s a lot of traffic and Alex gets to work late.

Words in this story

πρωί: morning
παίρνει: takes
λεωφορείο: bus
δουλειά: work
στάση: bus stop
γωνία: corner
μπροστά: in front
φούρνο: bakery
έρχεται: comes
δέκα: ten
λεπτά: minutes
σήμερα: today
αργεί: is late
περιμένει: waits
είκοσι: twenty
Τελικά: in the end
ταξί: taxi
πλατεία: square
παρακαλώ: please
λέει: says
οδηγό: driver
δρόμος: the road
κίνηση: traffic
φτάνει: arrives, gets to
αργά: late

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Where is the bus stop?
On the corner, in front of a bakery · Next to the station · In the square
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On the corner, in front of a bakery
How long does Alex wait?
Ten minutes · Twenty minutes · Thirty minutes
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Twenty minutes
How does he get to work in the end?
By bus · On foot · By taxi
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By taxi

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