Phrasal Verbs Related to Travel

Circle the phrasal verbs:

We’ll set off for Madrid at

9 o’clock and arrive at 10
I had a really nice time on
o’clock.
holiday. I didn’t want to
come back.

Take off and touch down

are the most dangerous
parts of a flight.

My parents go away to the

Canary Islands every
winter to escape the cold.

Whenever I go on a long
journey, my parents come and
see me off at the airport.

I’m hungry. Let’s have

lunch before we look
around the town.

They spent hours in the

hotel bar and ran up a huge
bill.

Thank you for booking a

room at the Grand Hotel.
You can check in after 2 pm.
Check out is before 11 am.
 Phrasal Verbs Related to Travel
Match the phrasal verbs with their definitions:
Phrasal verb Definition
1. check in ____ A. land
2. go off ____ B. explore
3. look around ____ C. start your journey
4. run up ____ D. end you stay at a hotel
5. touch down ____ E. start your stay at a hotel
6. check out ____ F. return
7. set off ____ G. say goodbye
8. come back ____ H. accumulate
9. see off ____ I. leave

Complete the text:

check in look around run up touch down go off
check out set off come back see (somebody) off

Angela and I went to Puerto Rico last year. We _____________ at 7am and my parents
______________at the airport. There was a huge queue when we ____________but
fortunately we boarded the plane on time. As soon we _______________we went to the
hotel, got out our bikinis and ________________to the beach. During the week we had
plenty time to___________________. We saw the Bacardi Rum Plant, the Ermita Espinar
Ruins and the Punta Borinquen Lighthouse. When we ________________we had a shock.
We’d _____________a £100 bill at the hotel bar. Oh, well it was worth it. We had so
much fun that we didn’t want to ____________________.

Your turn:
1. Do you like it when people see you off at the airport / bus
station or is it embarrassing? Why?
2. Have you ever run up a big hotel bill? What did it include?
3. When you go on holiday do you like to look around the area or
relax by the pool?
4. When you go on a daytrip do you like to set off early? Why?
5. Do you get nervous when your plane takes off and touches
down?
6. Have you ever gone on holiday and not wanted to come back?
7. What do you need to do before you set off on a holiday?
8. What’s the most annoying thing about checking in and out of a
hotel?