Reading and Writing Portfolio 12

Reading airport signs; a postcard

At the airport Writing useful phrases for a postcard
Review airport vocabulary; verb forms
A

E
C D

1 a Match signs A–E with places 1–5

in an airport.

1 B at passport control *departure lounge = the place where you wait for your flight
*EU = European Union
2 E at the check-in desk
3 A at the entrance to the departure
2 Look at boards A and B. Which board gives you information about:
lounge*

4 D on a public computer 1 Planes coming into the airport? BT651, KE907

5 2 Planes leaving the airport? AA091, PK788

C on a public phone
b Read the signs again. Answer A
these questions.
DEPARTURE FLIGHT TO BOARDING GATE STATUS
1 Do you need to pay for all internet 16.15 SK3851 VANCOUVER 15.15 46 GATE CLOSED
sites? No, you don’t. 16.30 TK1992 ISTANBUL 15.30 52 FINAL CALL
2 Where should you put your sharp 16.35 AA091 CHICAGO 15.35 34 BOARDING
16.35 AA131 NEW YORK 15.35 35 CANCELLED*
objects?
16.50 SK506 COPENHAGEN 15.50 59 DELAYED*
In my suitcase 17.15 PK788 KARACHI 16.15 49 GO TO GATE
3 Can you use a credit card to make
a phone call? B

No, I can ARRIVAL FLIGHT FROM STATUS

16.15 JL401 TOKYO BAGGAGE* IN HALL
4 Which sign should a Japanese tourist
16.25 SK509 OSLO LANDED
look for at passport control?
16.40 BT651 RIGA EXPECTED 16.54
In the sign B. 16.55 KE907 SEOUL EXPECTED 17.25
5 Can you pay for the internet in euros?
*cancelled = the plane isn’t going to fly
*delayed = the plane is going to be late
Yes, I can *baggage = luggage
6 Do you need to show your ticket to go
into the departure lounge?
Yes I need

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3 Look at boards A and B again. Are these sentences true (T)
 or false (F)?
HELP WITH WRITING A postcard
1 T You should go to gate 49 if you’re flying
5 a We often use these phrases when we write
to Karachi. postcards. Fill in the gaps with these words.
2 T The flight from Seoul is late.
3 T Flight TK1992 to Istanbul is going to leave soon.
4 T The flight from Tokyo hasn’t arrived.
1 I’m having a great/wonderful/fantastic
havinggoing spentSee time
5 F Flight SK506 is going to leave on time. instayingweather
(the USA). lots
6 T It’s too late to get on your plane to Vancouver. 2 I SPENT (two) days in (Boston).
7
T You can fly to New York at 16.35 today. 3 I’m STAYING in a place called (Hyannis).
8 Flight BT651 is early.
T 4 The WEATHER ’s good/beautiful/terrible.
9 F You can get on your plane to Chicago now. 5 There’s LOTS to do/see here.
4 Joe is on holiday in the USA. Read the postcard. 6 I’m GOING to (New York).
Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
7 SEE you soon/in a few days/next week.
1 F Joe spent three days in Boston.
b Underline phrases 1–7 in the postcard.
2 F He’s staying in New York at the moment.
TIP • We use a place called … when we think the other
3 F He travelled to Cape Cod by car. person doesn’t know this place:
I’m staying in a place called Hyannis. (Joe’s friends
4 F He went to New York before Cape Cod. don’t know this place.)
5 T He went whale-watching the day before he I’m going to New York. (His friends know this place.)

wrote the postcard.

6 a Imagine you are on holiday in a place you know.
6 F He doesn’t know anyone in New York. Make notes about these things.
7 T Ed and Lyn said goodbye to Joe at the airport. ● the place you’re staying
Roma
● the weather
Good
● places you went to and when you went there
Roman Colosseum.
Vatican Museum.
● what you did at these places
I visited the Roman Colosseum.
I visited the Vatican Museum.
● things you’re going to do
I'm going to visit the Trevi Fountain
I’m going to visit Santa Marinella beach

b Write a postcard to your teacher.

Use your notes from 6a.
●
Hi Lu and Jane
● Use five or more phrases from 5a in your postcard.
I am having a wonderful time in Rome; the people are a
good and friendly. The city is very beautiful
● Read and check and all the
for mistakes.
streets as well as the places where● Write
people
your resort are
teacher’s very
name and the school address
clean. I’m staying in a place called Vetni, besides
on the postcard.that there
is not much crime, people feel safe. Theoronly
● Send bad postcard
give your thing is to your teacher.
that things are very expensive here and for a person who
only goes to visit it can cost him a lot. Today I will visit
several beautiful places in Rome, and Tick the things you can do in English in the
I chose three these
Reading and Writing Progress Portfolio, p88.
are: The Roman Colosseum, which has an incredible
history, the Vatican Museum and the Catatumbas VIA
APPIA, I will take many photos to send them to you.
tomorrow I'm going to visit the Fountain Trevi and in the
afternoon I'm going to the beach of Santa Marinella with my
friend Luis, he's 23 years old.
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