What was the world’s first scheduled flight like?

Answer each question with 2–3 sentences.

1. How do you usually travel: by plane, train or bus?
2. Do you like flying? Why or why not?
3. Do you arrive early at the airport or station?
4. What do you do on a long journey?
5. Do you prefer a window or an aisle seat?
6. What is the most useful thing in your hand luggage?

Read each word and the example. Then say a sentence about travelling.

Choose the word that fits.

1. Show your at the gate.
2. I have only one piece of .
3. opens three hours before the flight.
4. Your flight leaves from 12.
5. The train is at 3.
6. Look at the to see the time.
7. My flight is for two hours.
8. I'd like a to Lviv, please.

Choose the right answer, then press Check answers.

1. departure ↔
   securityarrivalgate
2. A ticket for one direction only is a
   boarding passreturn ticketsingle ticket
3. A ticket for going and coming back is a
   single ticketreturn tickettimetable
4. on time ↔
   boardeddelayedpacked
5. to get on a plane = to
   delayboardpack
6. A person who travels by plane is a
   platformguidepassenger

Use these phrases at airports and stations.

• Can I have a ticket to...?Можна квиток до...?Can I have a ticket to Lviv, please?
• Could you tell me...?Не могли б ви сказати...?Could you tell me where gate 5 is?
• What time does it leave?О котрій воно відправляється?What time does the train leave?
• Which platform / gate?Яка платформа / вихід?Which platform does it leave from?
• I'd like a window seat.Я хотів(ла) б місце біля вікна.I'd like a window seat, please.
• My flight is delayed.Мій рейс затримується.My flight is delayed by an hour.
• Is this seat free?Це місце вільне?Excuse me, is this seat free?
• Have a good trip!Щасливої дороги!Thank you! Have a good trip!

Read the text. Hover over the dotted words for help.

1. The first scheduled flight was in 1914.
   TrueFalse
2. It flew from St. Petersburg to Tampa.
   TrueFalse
3. The plane carried a lot of passengers.
   TrueFalse
4. The flight took about 23 minutes.
   TrueFalse
5. The text says the idea of regular flights died.
   TrueFalse

1. Would you like to fly in a small open plane? Why or why not?
2. Why do you think the first passenger paid a lot of money?
3. Do you prefer short or long flights?
4. How is travelling today different from travelling in 1914?

Common mistakes: Could you + base verb and does + base verb. ✗ Could you to help me? → Could you help me? ✗ What time does it leaves? → What time does it leave?

1. Could you
   to helphelp
   me, please?
2. Can I
   to havehave
   a window seat?
3. What time
   doesdo
   the train leave?
4. The flight
   leavesleave
   at nine.
5. Excuse me,
   you could tell mecould you tell me
   where gate 5 is?
6. I'd like
   ana
   return ticket to Lviv.
7. My flight
   isdoes
   delayed.
8. What time
   does it arriveit arrives
   ?

Each sentence has one mistake. Type the correct words.

1. Could you to help me? →
2. What time does it leaves? →
3. Can I to have a ticket? →
4. The train leave at nine. →
5. My flight are delayed. →
6. What time the train leaves? →

Answer in detail. Use Can I...? Could you...? and Present Simple for times.

1. How do you usually travel: by plane, train or bus?
2. What do you do at the airport before a flight?
3. Do you arrive early or late? Why?
4. Do you like flying? Why or why not?
5. What do you do on a long train journey?
6. What is the most useful thing to have in your hand luggage?

Three people need to travel. Say how each person can travel and why. Who needs more help at the station or airport?

Your teacher will time you.

1. Plan for one minute, then speak for one or two minutes.
2. Part 1: where you went and how you travelled.
3. Part 2: what you did at the station or the airport.
4. Part 3: what was good or bad about the journey.

1. How do you usually travel?
2. Do you like flying?
3. Do you arrive early at the airport?
4. What do you take in your hand luggage?
5. Do you prefer a window or an aisle seat?
6. What do you do on a long journey?
7. Do you prefer trains or buses?
8. What is your favourite station or airport?

1. How do your parents travel?
2. Who takes you to the station?
3. Who in your family hates flying?
4. Who always arrives late?
5. Who packs the luggage in your family?
6. How do your friends travel to work?

1. Is it better to travel by train or by plane?
2. Are airports boring places?
3. Should flights be cheaper?
4. Is it important to arrive early?
5. Why do some people love trains?