London Underground Activity One: Rearrange the words below to find ten London underground stations: TS CRANASP TWEORLOA IGNK’S SROSC EONUTS RCANGHI COSSR TOARIVIC RFOODX USCICR STEWNRTMEIS DPATONDING 10 ONEMABLERY Activity Two: Now, look at the map and see if you can match the names of these underground lines with their coloured lines on the map? Think about their names as they are clues and look at the places on the map to help you A Circle Line Brown B Northern Line Yellow C Central Line Green D Victoria Line Black E Piccadilly Line Dark Blue F Bakerloo Line Red G District Line Light Blue Activity Three: Some useful phrases: • Excuse me please… • Can you tell me how to get to + + please? • How I get to + + please? • Take the + + line to… • Change at + • Change again at Using the map and the names of the different lines, tell these people how to get from (A) to (B) using the quickest underground route From (A) Charing Cross to (B) St Paul’s From (A) Cannon Street to (B) Covent Garden From (A) Leicester Square to (B) Regent’s Park From (A) Victoria to (B) Chancery Lane From (A) Fulham Broadway to (B) Highbury & Islington Answers: Activity One: ST PANCRAS WATERLOO KING’S CROSS EUSTON CHARING CROSS VICTORIA OXFORD CIRCUS WESTMINSTER PADDINGTON 10 MARYLEBONE Activity Two: A Circle Line Brown B Northern Line Yellow C Central Line Green D Victoria Line Black E Piccadilly Line Dark Blue F Bakerloo Line Red G District Line Light Blue Activity Three (Examples): Take the Northern Line to Holborn Change at Holborn and take the central line to St Paul’s Take the Circle line to Embankment Then change to the Northern line and go to Leicester Square Change again at Leicester Square and take the Piccadilly line to Covent Garden Take the Piccadilly line to Piccadilly Circus, then change onto the Bakerloo line to Regent’s Park Take the Victoria line to Oxford Circus, then change onto the Central line to Chancery Lane Take the District line to Victoria, change at Victoria and take the Victoria line to Highbury & Islington