3A VocAbulAry Air travel

A pha et a e

A b c

At -
The aisle is the You need a
your bags
“passage” in the middle before you
are weighed and your
of a plane. can get on a plane.
ID is checked.

D E F G

You take a
flight if you’re flying in
If you have
baggage, it means that
it weighs more than
usually have to

o m
When you travel to
another continent you

an arrival card
The departures board
will tell you which
your flight

c
your country.
what the airline permits. or immigration form before is leaving from.

s .
you go through passport
control.

H I
a r J l

The , or the
altitude, at which most
jets fly is 30,000 feet.
It’s

n p to bring
plants or fresh fruit and
vegetables into some
You can get
when you
travel between several
time zones and feel
A flight that goes
across continents
is usually called a

r a countries.
very tired. flight.

M .t N o P
w Most people book When you arrive at your
a
w
You have to go through
detector
to check that you aren’t
Sitting next to
children on
a long flight can be
their flights and hotels
nowadays,
destination, you need to

w carrying a weapon. very annoying.

although some still go
to a travel agent.
your bags at baggage
claim.

Q r S T
If the air pressure Everybody has to go During a flight, there
drops , place The is through might be some
the oxygen mask on where the planes before getting to the , when the
yourself first, then take off and land. gate to make sure plane can move in the
help a child. you’re not carrying air quite violently.
prohibited items.

u V W
When you get You need a
You sometimes
back home, you have to to get into some
have to for
your suitcase countries if you’re not
a long time if you’re
and put your clothes from there, e.g., Russia
flight’s delayed.
away. and the US.

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 3b VocAbulAry Adverbs and adverbial phrases
1 c nf sing adve s and adve ia ph ases
Complete the sentences with the correct adverb or adverbial phrase.
1 I love all chocolate, especially dark chocolate.
2 Have you e failed an exam?
3 Paul h eats anything and that’s
probably why he’s so thin.
4 This pen has been s designed to
write on a tablet. It doesn’t work on regular
paper.
5 The weather was so bad that i
we decided not to go
away for the weekend.
6 Jake’s son is so rude. He didn’t e
thank you for the birthday present.
say

o m
7 They’re building a highway n
house. The noise is terrible.
my

. c
8 Penny’s never on time. She’s always
l .
r s
9 I can’t believe that I’ve been a teacher for
n 25 years now!
10 Sally hasn’t been feeling very well l
p ,
a
her doctor.

a n
so she’s going to make an appointment to see

11 I’ll pay you back a

12 Sara works really h
13 Oh, don’t go y
. t r of the month.
, but her boss won’t give her a promotion.
! Stay for a little longer.

w
14 I’m afraid Mr. Green can’t take calls a . He’s in a meeting.
haven’t decided where to go on vacation this summer. We’ve been talking

w
15 We s
about it for weeks!

w
16 Her dress looks really expensive, but a

2 c mment adve s
it was very inexpensive.

Circle the correct adverb or adverbial phrase.

1 I thought my boss was retiring next year, but apparently / eventually she wants to continue
working until she’s 70!
2 Mark’s unemployed, so gradually / obviously he doesn’t have much money to spend on going
out.
3 I won’t give you the details now, but ideally / basically the plan’s very simple.
4 After looking for his cell phone all morning, my son eventually / obviously found it under
the sofa!
5 Ideally / Gradually, you should wash wool by hand because that way there’s less chance it
will shrink.
6 I’ve been learning French for ages, and anyway / gradually I’m starting to feel more confident.
7 Rosie’s looking absolutely fantastic, but ideally / in fact she’s been sick for the last three months.
8 It’s too bad you couldn’t come to the concert with us, but anyway / apparently I don’t
think you’d have enjoyed it.

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4A VocAbulAry The weather
St dent A
a Look at your crossword and make sure you know the meaning o all the words you have.

b Now ask B to defne a word or you. Ask or example, What’s 3 down? What’s 5 across?
Write the word in.

c Now B will ask you to defne a word.

1 2
D S
3 4
A C B
5 6
M O B E
P R L L
7
C I O

9
I
10
C Y
8
B R

11
I G H
I
N
T

A
Z
Z

o m W
Z
E

14
F L O O
15
D
16
12
T
13
H I C K G

. c R
D
R
O
17
D R I Z Z L

r
I N G

s
a
18

19
H E A T W A V

n p E

r a
.t
St dent b
a Look at your crossword and make sure you know the meaning o all the words you have.

b
w
Now A will ask you to defne a word.

c
w
Now ask A to defne a word or you. Ask or example, What’s 1 down? What’s 8 across?

w Write the word in.

3
C
1

5
2

6
4

H M O N S O O N B R E E Z E
I
7
L L
8
L I
9 10
C Y G
11
O C H A N G E A B L E
12 13
O H T
14 15 16
L D B U N
17
R L R I
O I R N
18
U Z I C G
G Z C L
19
H A A E
T R N A
D E R

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