Cover of the textbook Outcomes Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 3 - I missed my flight for the textbook Outcomes Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Work in groups. Based on what you read and on your own experiences, explain why you think the author.

Answer

  1. When he got a tablet, he could read, watch films, etc. (maybe didn’t have time for this normally).
  2. Probably it was expensive and he didn’t realise the bus would take so long.
  3. It was very early and he was tired and didn’t set his alarm. No-one woke him. (Airlines often don’t call if you only have hand luggage and have checked in online, which the author does.)
  4. He didn’t realise the airport was so big (and maybe the ticket was cheaper). Perhaps he didn't want to have to wait a long time for a connection.
  5. He normally goes to that particular airport and he didn’t check his ticket carefully enough.
  6. He arrived so early that the boarding gate wasn’t listed on the departures board.