Prepare: Choose the stop that serves the destination, not a place named in passing.
Find a travel video with a bus question or a clear stop announcement. Write route, destination, and exit stop on separate lines. A passenger may ask whether the bus serves a place while the driver answers with a nearby stop name. The names need not match. Use the relationship in the reply rather than wait for the destination to appear on a sign.
A worked Spanish exchange
This is an invented teaching example. Read the Spanish first. Use the translation to check meaning, not as a substitute for real listening.
| Spanish | English meaning |
|---|---|
| ¿Este autobús va al museo? | Does this bus go to the museum? |
| Pasa cerca. Baja en Plaza Mayor. | It passes nearby. Get off at Plaza Mayor. |
| ¿Es la próxima? | Is it the next one? |
| No, la siguiente. Después tienes cinco minutos a pie. | No, the one after that. Then it is a five-minute walk. |
| Avíseme, por favor. | Please let me know. |
Your turn / Evidence before guesses
Make your record
Identify the passenger's destination and the instructed exit stop. Count how many stops away it is, using the contrast in the reply. Decide whether the bus reaches the museum entrance. Then identify the remaining travel mode and its stated duration. Do not convert the walking time into a distance. The text gives no walking speed and no map.
Open the answer key
The destination is the museum, but the exit stop is Plaza Mayor. The driver contrasts the next stop with the following one, so the passenger should leave at the second upcoming stop in this exchange. The bus only passes nearby. A five-minute walk remains. Avíseme asks the driver for a warning; it does not prove the driver later gives one. The dialogue ends before that outcome.
Try a changed version
Draw two empty stop circles ahead of the bus. Label the second Plaza Mayor and add a walking arrow to the museum. Then write a clarification question: ¿La segunda parada?, meaning The second stop? This is useful because a short confirmation can resolve a counting problem. Cover the key and retell the route in English without adding a bus number, ticket price, or street name.
The detail that changes the meaning
Pasa cerca qualifies the initial yes-or-no question. It prevents you from treating the bus as a door-to-door service. Próxima and siguiente can both relate to what comes next, so listen to the contrast no, la siguiente in context. After the immediate next stop is rejected, the following one becomes the target. A pie means on foot, not a second vehicle.
Take the task to a real video
In the selected clip, note whether the speaker names a route, an exit stop, or a destination. Mark each separately. If an announcement includes a stop name you cannot spell, use a rough sound note until you can check the caption. Do not change a proper name into a familiar word. For real travel, confirm the stop with the driver or current operator information rather than this practice sheet.
Tool note / Our app
We make Jibber Jabber. Use the caption to check the stop instruction after you separate the museum from the named exit stop. Lookup may clarify a phrase such as a pie. The app does not provide live bus routing or confirm when you should leave a vehicle. This worksheet's stop diagram is a separate note.
Questions & answers
Does va al museo guarantee a stop outside?
No. The reply here says the bus passes nearby and gives a different exit stop.
Can I rely on the promised warning?
The passenger asks for one. The text does not show a promise or its completion.
What should I do with an unfamiliar stop name?
Record its sound and role first. Check the spelling later without losing the instruction to get off there.
Sources for this worksheet
The dialogue, task, variation, and key are original editorial teaching material. They are not a transcript, a quotation, or a report of a real transaction.
- Official Jibber Jabber sources — supports the tool description and plan limits, not a claim about learning results. Retrieved 9 November 2026; source reviewed 28 October 2026.
- Workbook method — explains the evidence labels and the limits of the written key.
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Cite this worksheet
Jibber Jabber. “On a Spanish bus: destination, stop, and the warning to get off.” Spanish Fieldnotes. Updated 9 November 2026. https://spanishcomprehensibleinput.com/bus-stop-and-destination/