Vocabulary exercises

I. Match these terms with their definitions

1. airport a) a belt attached to the seat of a car or plane which you fasten around
yourself for protection in an accident.
2. airport terminal b) a large boat used for carrying people or goods across the sea.
3. car c) a large building at an airport where passengers wait to get on planes.
4. destination d) a place where planes take off and land, with buildings for passengers to
wait in.
5. landing e) a printed piece of paper which shows that you have paid to enter a
cinema, travel on a bus, plane etc.

6. luggage f) a set of several carriages that are connected to each other and pulled
along a railway line by an engine.
7. passenger g) one of the parts of a train where passengers sit.
8. seat belt h) someone who is travelling in a vehicle, plane, boat etc.
9. ship i) the action of bringing an aircraft down to the ground after being in the air.
10. speed j) the cases, bags, boxes etc. carried by someone who is travelling.
11. take-off k) the place that someone or something is going to.
12. ticket l) the rate at which something moves or travels.
13. train m) the time when a plane leaves the ground and begins to fly.

2. Check your vocabulary by using a word from the list to fill in the gaps:

Airport Check-in Fly Land Landing Plane

Take off

1. My plane _____ in three hours! I have to catch a taxi to the _____.

2. Can you pick me up at tomorrow? My flight _____ at 7:30.
3. The _____ was very bumpy. I was afraid.
4. Be sure to _____ at least two hours before your flight.
5. The _____ is a 747 by Boeing.