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THE FLATMATES

Quiz: Air travel vocabulary

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The Flatmates – Quiz – Air travel vocabulary You can try the quiz online at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/epsiode50/quiz.shtml For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer. 1. On most flights, if you want coffee, one of the … will make it for you in the … a) pilot/cockpit b) waiter/cafe c) cabin crew/galley d) host/gallery

2. First we'll go through … and then we'll collect our …. a) passport control/luggage b) luggage/passport control c) passports control/luggages d) control passport/hand luggage 3. Ladies and gentlemen, please … your … now and put your seats back into the upright position. a) hide away/tray's table b) put away/mini-tray c) stow/tray-tables d) carry away/mini-tables 4. We will be … today at a …. of 930 kilometres an hour. a) driving/quickness b) cruising/speed c) cruising/fast d) driving/speed 5. Ladies and gentlemen, when … the aircraft, please ensure you take all your … with you. a) disembarking at/hand luggage b) disembarking/hand luggage c) disembarking to/hand luggages d) disembarking/hands luggage 6. The plane will … down the … before stopping at the …. a) drive/road/garage b) drive/street/traffic lights c) taxi/runway/gate d) fly/runaway/entrance

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The Flatmates – Quiz – Air travel vocabulary Answers 1. On most flights, if you want coffee, one of the … will make it for you in the … a) pilot/cockpit - Wrong – this person usually sits at the front of the plane and flies it, not makes you coffee. b) waiter/café - Wrong – this person will serve you coffee in a café or restaurant, not on a plane. c) cabin crew/galley – Correct – this person works on a plane and looks after the passengers. d) captain/gallery - Wrong – this is another word for pilot and s/he doesn't make you

coffee on a plane/this is a place where you see art exhibitions or famous paintings. 2. First we'll go through … and then we'll collect our …. a) passport control/luggage – Correct – you need to have your passport checked before you are allowed to pick up your suitcases, after a flight. b) luggage/passport control - Wrong – the answers are in the wrong order. c) passports control/luggages - Wrong – this answer needs to be singular/'luggage' is uncountable so this answer needs to be singular. d) control passport/hand luggage - Wrong – these words are in the wrong order/you keep hand luggage with you during the flight. You need to collect a different kind of luggage after the flight. 3. Ladies and gentlemen, please … your … now and put your seats back into the upright position. a) hide away/trays-table - Wrong – you need another verb here/the words are in the wrong order. b) put away/mini-trays - Wrong – you need another verb here/you need another word to describe the small tray that is used on planes. c) stow/tray-tables – Correct – this means the passengers should fold up their trays and lock them into the seat in front of them. d) carry away/mini-tables - Wrong – you need another verb here/ you need another word to describe the small tray that is used on planes. 4. We will be … today at a …. of 930 kilometres an hour. a) driving/quickness - Wrong – you drive a car but you need another verb for a plane/cabin crew on planes use another word for 'quickness'. b) cruising/speed - Correct – this describes how fast the plane will be flying. c) cruising/fast - Wrong – this answer is right/cabin crew on planes use another word for 'fast'. d) driving/speed - Wrong – you drive a car but you need another verb for a plane/this answer is correct.

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5. Ladies and gentlemen, when … the aircraft, please ensure you take all your … with you. a) disembarking at/hand luggage - Wrong – there is an extra word here/this answer is correct. b) disembarking/hand luggage – Correct – this means the passengers should take all their belongings with them when they leave the plane. c) disembarking to/hand luggages - Wrong – there is an extra word here/'luggage' is uncountable so this answer needs to be singular. d) disembarking/hands luggage - Wrong – this answer is correct/the first word should be singular. 6. The plane will … down the … before stopping at the …. a) drive/road/garage - Wrong – these words all describe things related to cars, not planes. b) drive/street/traffic lights - Wrong – these words all describe things related to cars, not planes. c) taxi/runway/gate - Correct – this describes what a plane does as it comes

to the end of its journey. d) fly/runaway/entrance - Wrong – you need another word to describe a plane moving

slowly along the ground/this answer is correct/another word is used to describe the 'entrance' that a plane comes to at an airport.

Would you like to look at the language point that this quiz was based on? Go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode50/languagepoint.shtml Or you can download the language point from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode50/languagepoint.pdf More quizzes on this topic: http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=1642_holidays