Quiz: Air travel vocabulary - BBC

1 THE FLATMATES quiz : air travel vocabulary BBC Learning English The Flatmates The Flatmates BBC Learning English Page 2 of 4 The Flatmates quiz air travel vocabulary You can try the quiz online at: 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.

2 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.

3 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 BBC Learning English The Flatmates The Flatmates BBC Learning English Page 3 of 4 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.

4 A) pilot/cockpit - Wrong this person usually sits at the front of the plane and flies it, not makes you coffee. b) waiter/caf - Wrong this person will serve you coffee in a caf 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.

5 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.

6 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.

7 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'.

8 D) driving/speed - Wrong you drive a car but you need another verb for a plane/this answer is correct. BBC Learning English The Flatmates The Flatmates BBC Learning English Page 4 of 4 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.

9 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.

10 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: Or you can download the language point from: More quizzes on this topic: ; quiz =1642_holidays