Why I love airports...

Before watching

1. Think of three words you typically associate with airports. Don't share
them with your classmates / teacher!

2. In pairs / small groups / with your teacher, take turns to define the
words in exercise 1 with your own words. Your classmate / teacher has
to guess them.

Use some of these phrases, if necessary:

It's a place where ...

It's an object that / which ...
It's a person that / who ...

3. Use the mind map below to discuss with one of your classmates / your
teacher. Make three open-ended questions using the question words.

Have you ever been to an airport?

YES NO

When ...? What ...?

Why ...? Where ...?

...? ...?
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4. You will watch a short video called "Why I love airports", made by
Gary Turk. List three reasons why he might love these places.

Why I love airports...

5. Compare your ideas with the class / teacher. How similar or different
are they?

6. In pairs / small groups / with the teacher, think of some adjectives to

answer these questions.

How can people feel before traveling by plane?

What is traveling by plane like?
Share your ideas with another pair / group / your teacher and explain
your choices.

People Traveling
can by plane
feel ... is

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While watching

7. Watch the video and complete these sentences with some ideas.

a. Some reasons why Gary likes airports: _______________________________

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________.

b. Something about his childhood: ____________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________.

c. Something he'd like to ask people: __________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________.

8. Watch again and answer these questions.

a. How does he describe strangers? What adjective does he use three

times?
b. What do the numbers 181 and 45 refer to?
c. What two comparisons does Gary use to describe airports?

After watching

9. Discuss these questions with your classmates / teacher.

a. How did you like the video?

b. Did you see / hear any of your ideas from exercises 1 and 4?
c. Do you agree with Gary's opinion about airports? Why (not)?
d. Do you like people watching? Why (not)?
e. How would you feel if a stranger asked you some questions?

10. Role-play: Talking to a stranger at the airport.

Think of three questions you'd ask a stranger at the airport.

Ask the questions to one of your classmates. Swap roles.
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Focus on lexis

11. Gary uses these adjectives in the video. What do they refer to?

stressed - exciting - nervous - amazing - scared - wondrous - excited

People's
Airports
feelings

a. Focus on the adjective endings. What are their similarities and

differences?

b. In pairs / small groups, complete these rules:

An adjective that ends in _____ is used to describe: the characteristic of a

person, a thing or a situation.
An adjective that ends in _____ is used to describe: a feeling (or how a
person feels) or an emotion.
Other adjectives end in _____. For example, nervous, wondrous, _______,

c. Gary says "Airports amaze me". Can you turn any of the adjectives above
into verbs? Use them in meaningful examples.

12. Compare the adjectives from the video with the ones you
brainstormed in exercise 6.

Do their endings follow any of the rules from exercise 11b?

Can you turn any adjective into a verb? If so, use them in examples.
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Follow-up task

13. Gary Turk loves airports. Think of a place you really like / love.

List some reasons why you love this place.

Write down what you can see, smell, hear and do there.

Think of how you feel when you are there.

Include other curious facts about this place.

14. Use the ideas you brainstormed in exercise 13 to write a paragraph,

poem, song or make a video / visual presentation to share with your
class.

Try to include some adjectives and

new vocabulary from this lesson!

MY IDEAS

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