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Unit 03 Far from home - LESSON 5A LISTENING AND VOCABULARY

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LESSON 5A LISTENING AND VOCABULARY

Airport Vocabulary & Travel Experiences 

Airport Vocabulary and Travel Experiences Exercises

💬 Exercise 1: Travel Feelings Discussion

SPEAKING: How do you feel when you travel (e.g. relaxed, bored, nervous)? Why? Discuss in pairs.

Students' own answers

📖 Exercise 2: Airport Vocabulary

In pairs, match the airport vocabulary with the definitions.

1. a bag or case that you take onto the plane with you
hand luggage

2. a company that sells cheap flights
budget airline

3. a thing that you put your bags on
trolley

4. a thing that you need to get on the plane
boarding pass

5. a place with lots of shops and restaurants
departure lounge

6. the place where they check you and your luggage
security

7. the place where you first show your ticket
check-in (desk)

8. the place where you go after you land
arrivals

9. the place where you wait to board the plane
gate

10. to buy a plane ticket
book a flight

11. bad news: your flight is late
delayed

12. worse news: your flight is not taking off
cancelled

Exercise 3: Complete the text with the correct forms of the words from Exercise 2.

I 1. booked my flight to Amman online with a 2. budget airline. It was a bargain! I printed my 3. boarding pass at home, so I didn't need to go to the 4. check-in desk. I just went straight to 5. security. I checked a monitor in the 6. departure lounge and saw that my flight was 7. delayed by half an hour. I wasn't happy but at least it wasn't 8. cancelled! My 9. hand luggage was heavy, so I got a 10. trolley and went round the shops. I bought a present for my mum. Then I went to the 11. gate to board the plane. The flight was fine. I went to sleep thinking about my mum waiting for me in 12. arrivals at Queen Alia.

🎧 Exercise 4 & 5: Listening Comprehension

ACTIVE LISTENING | Predicting

✅ Look at the visuals to help you decide what the context of the audio recording is.

✅ Try to guess what the people are talking about. That will help you activate the vocabulary you need.

✅ Listen for keywords from the questions. They can confirm that your predictions are right or wrong.

Choose the correct answers in the summary:

This is a conversation between three people on a plane. They're talking about the problems you can have when you travel.

Listen to the conversation again and choose the correct answers:

  1. Why did Imad almost miss the flight?

    b) He had a problem at security.

  2. Why did he miss his flight to New York?

    b) He got to the airport late.

  3. Fawzi's dad was flying to

    c) Frankfurt.

  4. His dad missed his flight because he

    a) was talking on the phone.

  5. How much did Imad's ticket cost?

    b) £115

  6. Where is the plane going?

    c) We don't know.

🗣️ Exercise 6: Problem Solving

SPEAKING: In pairs, discuss how to avoid/solve the travel problems below.

• it's fully booked

• it's too crowded

• you can't find your ticket

• you can't get a seat

• you feel ill

• you miss your train

• your flight/bus is delayed

Students' own answers

🔗 Travel Resources

🌐 Airport & Travel Guides:

✈️ Airport Security Guidelines:
https://www.tsa.gov - Travel Security
🎯 BBC Travel English:
https://www.bbc.co.uk - Travel Language
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