Cover of the textbook Identity B1+

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Vocabulary Extension Unit 5 (cont.) for the textbook Identity B1+ with authors Elizabeth Sharman from Oxford University Press

Question

In pairs. Ask and answer the questions.

Answer

Q.1

Places:

  • Arrivals
  • Bag drop
  • Baggage claim
  • Check-in desk
  • Departures
  • Gate
  • Passport control
  • Security

If you are flying, you typically visit these places in the following order:

  1. Bag drop (to check in your luggage)
  2. Check-in desk (to receive your boarding pass)
  3. Security (for screening)
  4. Passport control (if traveling internationally)
  5. Departures (waiting area before boarding)
  6. Gate (for boarding)
  7. Arrivals (upon landing, for baggage claim and exiting the airport)

Q.2

  • Departing: Board (v.), delay (v.), departures, land (v.), take off (v.).
  • Arriving: Arrivals, delay (n.).

Q.3

Person:

  • Flight attendant.

Other words for people related to air travel:

  • Pilot
  • Passengers
  • Airline staff
  • Ground crew
  • Airport personnel