Fill in the gaps. Remember to conjugate the verbs in the correct tense.

Drop off Check in Check out Pick up Set out Take off Get in

Get away Get on Look around Hurry up Go back See off Look forward

Summer break in the USA

The day I left for the USA, my family (1)____________ me_________. We had breakfast at the airport
but we had to (2)_________ ___ so that I wouldn't miss my flight. It was a teary goodbye, but I was
(3)____________ ___________to a new experience in the USA. After I (4)___ ____________the plane
I made myself comfortable and sent a few last minute goodbye text messages. I thought of how much I
wanted this holiday and that I just needed to (5)______ ______ from it all.

A short while later the pilot announced that all electronics were to be switched off, as we were preparing to
(6)______ ________.

When our plane (7)____________ at JFK Airport in New York there was already a taxi waiting to
(8)___________ me ___________. The taxi (9)____________ me _____________at the Holiday Inn
where I would meet up with my friends. After I (10)____________  to the hotel we all went to Time
Square, where we (11)______________ for the rest of the day. The next day we got up in the early hours
of the morning and did some sightseeing. That night we were exhausted and went to bed early. The next
morning we (12) ___________ after breakfast, rented a car and (13)________________ on a cross-
country road trip. It would be another 3 months before I would
(14)____________________ home.

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Key answers

Saw off , Hurry up, Looking forward, Got on, , Get away , take off, Got in, Pick up , Dropped off

Checked in, Looked around , Checked out, Set out, went back .