Airport Vocabulary

Card One

Cases and bags

What are these cases and bags called? There are two names at the side of each picture.

Write the correct name for the case or bag underneath the picture, or highlight the word using a highlighter pen.

carrier bag

suitcase

duffel bag

briefcase

make-up bag

pencil case

rucksack

duffel bag

holdall

handbag

rucksack

carrier bag

handbag

briefcase

golf bag

golf bag

holdall

suitcase

Card Two

Making a list My List

anorak

ladder

book

magazine

CDs

pencil case

dress

postcard

envelope radio football

sun glasses

hat

toothbrush

jeans

umbrella

kite

wellingtons

Look at the list on the cupboard door and draw a circle around the words for the things you would take with you on holiday.

Now, write out a list of 10 things you would take on holiday. Now see if you can write it in alphabetical order.

Card Three

Holiday world

The planes in this picture are flying from Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted airports to some of the cities in the list below. Write the number of the plane next to the city you think it is flying to.

✈ ✈

✈ 1

7

Vancouver

New York

Kingston

12

✈

Moscow

9

✈ ✈ ✈ ✈

Vancouver Quebec New York Mexico City Kingston Santiago Madrid Moscow Cape Town Nairobi Cairo Jerusalem Delhi Dubai Beijing Bombay Tokyo Sydney Kuala Lumpar

3

✈ ✈✈ 8

10

2

Madrid

Cairo

11

Beijing

Tokyo

Delhi

6

Nairobi

5

✈ 4

Sydney Cape Town

You will need to look at an atlas to help you. Which plane has the longest journey?

Which plane has the shortest journey?

Card Four

Train stations and airports

Some of the words in the box are about train stations. Some are about airports.

pilot

buffet

ane

pl

train driver m r o f

t a l p

Gatwick

Draw a circle round each of the airport words. Underline each of the train station words.

runway car sk e d n i check

Stansted track

take off

coach BAA

Heathrow

Underground

air hostess cabin crew flight number

train signal

jet

timetable

passport

Card Five

Airport signs

You will see signs like these in an airport. Look at them carefully. What do they mean?

EXIT Can you think of any other places where you might see these signs - or any other signs?

Design your own sign. It could be a sign for school. Work with a partner.

Card Six

Airport people

The words in the sentences below are jumbled up in the wrong order. They do not make sense. Put them in the right order on the dotted lines. Then decide which person in the drawings each sentence belongs to. When you have decided, write the sentences in their empty speech balloon. (sentence one) years have ten a been I pilot for.

(sentence two) to cases job onto is plane load the passengers’ My.

(sentence three) check-in at tickets luggage I your check desk and the.

Tickets BALCONY

LONDON

ADMIT ONE

GRAND RAFFLE in aid of Hornby Junior School 1st PRIZE: Food Hamper PLUS

Lots more prizes, including: Games Console, Portable CD Player, Alarm Clock

✈

AIRWAY TOURS

P600964 PROMOTER: G. SMITH

TEL NO.

STAR WARS

NAME

March 7 2000 7.30 PERFORMANCE

ODEON CINEMA

SCREEN TWO

Card Seven

P600964

FLIGHT No: MAW 453

DESTINATION: MADRID

PASSENGER NAME: JONES J. L. DATE: 06/08/2000

DEPARTURE TIME:13.50

ADF 234871

YOU MUST BOOK IN AT THE DEPARTURE DESK 2 HOURS BEFORE YOUR FLIGHT TIME

Have you seen tickets like these before?

Can you describe what they look like and what is printed on them?

What are they for?

What happens if you lose your ticket?

Card Eight

Passports

This is a copy of a page from a passport. Look at the page carefully.

What does it tell you about the person?

N E

M I C

E P

S

Why do people have passports?

Card Nine

Arrivals and Departures ARRIVALS

DEPARTURES

Flight No.

From

Arrival Time

Flight No.

Destination

Depart

Arrive

DE 214

Dehli

10.12 Time

PA 549

Paris

07.55

09.55me

MAW 542

Madrid

11.03

ROM 76

Rome

08.05Ti

11.35 Time

SYD 998

Sydney

11.48 Time

MOW 541

Moscow

06.02Ti

12.47

MOW 54

Moscow

12.15

AYO 39

Athens

09.50Ti

15.50

BER 876

Berlin

12.57 Time

BA 908

Buenos Aires

10.00Ti

18.30

ORL 298

Orlando

14.03 Time

HK 409

Hong Kong

10.44

06.40

TKO 87

Tokyo

15.08 Time

NY 333

New York

15.08

17.08Time

You want to know what time your plane takes off.

You are leaving England on Flight AYO 39.

Q. Do you look at the Arrivals or Departures for information?

Q. Where are you going?

A.

A.

Your friend is flying back from Madrid on flight MAW 542.

Your plane takes off at 10.00.

Q. What time will her plane land at the airport?

Q. What is your flight number?

A.

A.

Flight number MOW54 will arrive at 12.15

You will arrive in New York at 17.08.

Q. Where is it from?

Q. What is your flight number?

A.

A.

Card Ten

Things to do at the airport Look at this picture of the inside of an airport.

People are waiting to get on their plane.

What can they do in the airport while they wait?

Card Eleven

Inside a plane

Use the words below to label the different parts of the inside of the plane.

seat, headrest, tray, seat belt, reading light, storage cupboard, window, toilet, TV, headphones

Card Twelve

Glossary

Look at the glossary in the big book, then make a glossary page like the one in the big book using the words in the list.

case holiday sad busy runway big fun

My Glossary