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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S A Horrible Flight

Activity Type Introduction

Vocabulary, Reading, In this air travel vocabulary worksheet, students learn and practice
and Writing Exercises: words related to air travel.
matching, gap-fill, writing
and presenting a short Procedure
story, freer practice
Give each student a copy of the two-page worksheet.
Speaking Activity: asking
and answering questions, Students begin by discussing three air travel-related questions.
communicative practice
(pair work) Students then match sentence halves to create sentences
containing air travel vocabulary.

Focus Exercise B - Answer key

Air travel vocabulary
1. g 2. d 3. b 4. j 5. c
6. e 7. i 8. f 9. h 10. a
Aim
Next, students match the air travel words in bold in the sentences
To learn and practice air to their definitions.
travel vocabulary.
Exercise C - Answer key

Preparation 1. flight 5. check in 9. land

Make one copy of the 2. international 6. seat 10. engine
two-page worksheet for 3. take off 7. fare 11. pilot
each student. 4. depart 8. fly 12. customs

After that, students use air travel words from a box in their correct
Level forms to complete a story about a horrible flight.

Pre-intermediate (A2) Exercise D - Answer key

1. international 5. took off 9. customs

Time 2. check in 6. pilot 10. seat
45 minutes 3. flight 7. fly
4. depart 8. landed

Students then use the vocabulary from the box to write a true or
false short story about a horrible flight.

Finally, students read their stories to the class, who decide if each
one is true or not.

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 AIR TRAVEL

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S A Horrible Flight

A. With a partner, discuss the questions below.

1. How often do you travel by air?

2. What do you like and dislike about air travel?
3. How do you prepare for a flight?

B. Match the sentence halves together.

1. For an international trip from France to ...... a. plane perfectly.

2. The very large plane has two ...... b. present your ticket and passport.

3. When you check in at the airport, you ...... c. now it will depart at 9 a.m.

4. Sometimes, you have to open your bags ...... d. engines on each wing.

5. My plane was going to leave at 8 a.m., but ...... e. landed in Paris.

6. The plane took off in Amsterdam and ...... f. expensive during Christmas.

7. My seat on the plane was ...... g. Spain, you should take a flight.

8. Fares are usually very ...... h. fly a plane.

9. It must be difficult to ...... i. not very comfortable.

10. The pilot controlled the ...... j. when you go through customs.

C. Match each air travel word in bold above to its definition.

1. A trip made by a plane. ....................

2. A trip that starts in one country and ends in another. ....................

3. When the plane leaves the ground and starts flying. ....................

4. To leave. ....................

5. To go to a desk at the airport and give them your bags and get a seat number. ....................

6. The place where you sit on a plane. ....................

7. The price that you pay to travel on a plane. ....................

8. To control the plane in the sky. ....................

9. When the plane touches the ground to finish its trip. ....................

10. The part of a plane that uses energy to make it move. ....................

11. The person responsible for flying the plane. ....................

12. The place in the airport where they check bags for illegal objects. ....................

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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S A Horrible Flight

D. Complete the story with the air travel words from the box in their correct forms.

check in pilot flight depart customs

international land seat fly take off

Let me tell you about my trip last week. It was horrible. I was so

excited because it was my first (1) ....................... trip. I was

going from New York to London to visit my sister, who is

studying there. I arrived at the airport at 8 a.m. and went to

(2) ....................... They told me that the (3) ....................... was late and would

(4) ....................... at 4 p.m. I waited all day, but the plane finally (5) ......................., and

I fell asleep. Two hours later, I woke up because I heard a loud noise. The (6) .......................

was telling everyone that there was a lot of wind, and it was difficult to (7) .......................

The plane began to move a lot, and I felt sick for the rest of the flight. When the plane

(8) ......................., I was happy that we had arrived. But, when I got to (9) .......................,

they asked for my passport. I suddenly remembered that I had left it on my

(10) ....................... I had to go back to the plane and look for it. I didn't get to my hotel

until 11 p.m. It was a very long day.

E. Use the words from the box in Exercise D to write a true or false short story about
a horrible flight. Then, read your story to the class, who decide if it is true or not.

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