Airports

Activity 1
At an airport where do we go to do the following? Complete the table.

Information desk ↑
Duty-free shop ↓
Restaurant ↑
Check-in →
Departure lounge ↑
Arrivals →
Customs ↑
Bank →
Post office →
Snack bar ↑

declare taxable goods__________________customs____________________

meet a friend who has just arrived __________________________________
wait to board the plane ___________________________________________
buy tax-free goods ______________________________________________
get the seat number for a flight ____________________________________
have a meal ___________________________________________________
have a sandwich _______________________________________________
find out about sightseeing _______________________________________
change some money ____________________________________________
send a postcard ________________________________________________

Activity 2
You will hear sentences containing some of the places below. Number the places
you hear from 1-7.
_______ departure gate ________departure lounge _______telephone booth
_______ post office ________ immigration _______information desk
_______restaurant _________ post box

Now underline the stressed syllables. Listen again to check you marked them
correctly.

Activity 3
Listen to airport announcements for the people below. Match each name with the
correct announcement.
 1. Fiona Johnson 4. Linda Kennedy
2. Yau Chit Man 5. Henri Bourassa
3. Hisashi Uematsu 6. Jean Halpern

________ report to information desk ________ go to Singapore Airlines desk

________ a telephone call for you ________ go to Japan Airlines ticket counter
________ message at Air France desk _______ go to immigrations and customs
________ go to the meeting point ________ go to Cathay Pacific check-in counter

Activity 4
Listen to these airport announcements and complete the missing information about
each flight.

flight departure time gate

1 BA 445 20.35 16
2 BA 116
3 15.25
4 12
5 JAL 176
6 3
7 11.15

Activity 5
The people below have just arrived at the airport. They want different kinds of
hotel accommodation. They each dial a hotel and receive a recorded message. Listen
to the message and tick what you think each caller will do next.

1 make a reservation
try a different hotel
2 make a reservation
try a different hotel
3 make a reservation
try a different hotel
4 make a reservation
try a different hotel
5 make a reservation
try a different hotel
6 make a reservation
try a different hotel
Activity 6
You will hear people who have just arrived at an airport phoning friends. Their
friends are out. They leave a message on their friend’s answering machine. Tick the
messages they leave.

1 will call again today 4 in town for a day

wants a place to stay
called to say ‘Hello’
2 wants a place to say
staying at a hotel
staying with friends
3 call me at my hotel
visit me at my hotel
will call you later at the hotel
in town for three or four days
in town for a week
5 will meet you tonight
will meet you tomorrow night
wants to meet you at the weekend
6 will have dinner with you at your home
invites you to the hotel for dinner
invites you out to dinner

Immigration

Activity 1
You will hear questions asked by a customs or immigration officer at the airport.
Tick the best answer to each question.

1 No, I haven’t.
For a month.
2 To see friends.
I’m a technician.
3 $18.000 a year.
$1.500.
4 With friends.
For a month.
5 At 2.30.
SQ 250.
6 No, I’m alone.
Yes, we were.
7 No, Thanks.
Here it is.
8 No, it isn’t.
The brown one.