I can ask and answer questions at the check-in

desk at the airport.

Airport check-in I can ask and answer questions at the security
checkpoint at the airport.

1 VOCABULARY
Match the words or phrases in the box with the pictures. Then cover the words and test
your students by showing the pictures and asking them to say the words.

check-in desk security checkpoint hand luggage

tray metal items window seat
aisle seat boarding pass liquids
luggage gate belt

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

10 11 12

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2 CONVERSATION
A Listening
1. Do you often travel by airplane? Do you like it? Why or why not?
Listen and complete the conversations with the questions below.
Are you wearing a belt or a watch?
May I see your ticket and your passport, please?
Do you have any luggage you’d like to check in?
Have you got any liquids or a laptop in your hand luggage?
Do you have any metal items in your pockets?
Would you like an aisle seat or window?

At the check-in desk

1
A: Hello. ____________________________________?
B: Sure, here you are.
2
A: Thanks. _______________________________?
B: An aisle seat, please.
3
A: OK. ___________________________________?
B: Yes, two suitcases.
A: Alright, here’s your boarding pass. Your flight departs at gate 7.
The gate opens at 11 a.m.

At the security checkpoint

4
A: ____________________________________?
B: Just a laptop.
5
A: Put it in this tray, please. __________________________________ – keys, coins,
cell phone?
B: No, I don’t.
6
A: ________________________________?
B: Oh, a belt.
A: Please remove it and put it in the tray. Thanks.

2. Match 1-6 with a-f to complete the questions. Then, repeat the questions.
1. Do you have a a. your ticket and your passport, please?
2. May I see b. in your pockets?
3. Would you like c. a watch or a belt?
4. Are you wearing d. liquids in your hand luggage?
5. Do you have any e. laptop in your hand luggage?
6. Do you have any metal items f. an aisle seat or window?

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B Language to learn
Asking at the check-in desk Responding
May I see your ticket and your passport, Yes, here you are.
please? I’d like (a window seat), please.
Would you like an aisle seat or window? Yes, I have (this suitcase).
Do you have any luggage to check in? To (Singapore).
Where are you flying to?

Asking at the security checkpoint Responding

Do you have any liquids or a laptop in your
hand luggage?
Do you have any metal items in your pockets?
Are you wearing a watch or a belt?
I don’t have (any liquids) but I have
(a laptop).
No, I don’t. / Yes, I do. I have (some
coins and my keys).
Yes, I am. I’m wearing (a belt).

3 PRACTICE
Practice 1: Work in pairs. Practice asking and answering the questions in the “Language to Learn”
box.

Practice 2: Work in pairs. Complete the short conversations with the questions in the box. Then,
practice the conversations with your partner.
1. A: ____________________
B: To London.
2. A: ____________________
B: Yes, here’s my ticket and my passport.
3. A: ____________________
B: Yes, I have a backpack.
4. A: ____________________
B: I’d like a window seat, please.
5. A: ____________________
B: I’m wearing a belt.
6. A: ____________________
B: Yes, I have a bottle of soda.
7. A: ____________________
B: Yes, I have some coins and my keys.

Practice 3: Work in pairs. Choose details from the options below and then prepare conversations at
the airport check-in and the security checkpoint. Use the conversations in A1 as models. Then,
role-play the conversations with your partner.
11:30 / 11:13 suitcase / hand luggage
gate 12 / gate 20 wearing a watch / belt
keys / cell phone in pocket window / aisle seat
liquids / laptop in hand luggage

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4 PROGRESS CHECK
1. What might people ask you at the check-in desk? How do you answer them?
2. What might people ask you at the security checkpoint? How do you answer them?

Today I can …
 ask and answer questions at the check-in desk at the
airport.
 ask and answer questions at the security checkpoint
at the airport.

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