Vocabulary

VOCABULARY

Airline Vocabulary

E. Fill in the blanks with appropriate airline vocabulary given in the box.

cockpit | touch down | call light | gate | turbulence | bumpy | take off | landing | boarding pass | run way

1. You must present the boarding pass at the gate.

2. It might be a bumby ride because we are flying through a storm.

3. If you need anything just press the call light.

4. The captain and the co-pilot sit in the cockpit.

5. Gate 3B is down this hall and to your right.

6. We will be landing in Chennai in approximately ten minutes.

7. The plane almost missed the run away because it was such a bad storm.

8. We are next in line to take off on this run way.

9. That was a very smooth touch down.

10. This turbulence should only last a few minutes.

Phrasal Verb

F. Match the phrasal verbs in column A with their meaning in Column B.

[ Answer: 1. (c); 2. (d); 3. (e); 4. (f); 5. (g); 6. (a); 7. (b)]

1. fight or flight (c) to defend oneself or to run away

2. put to flight (d) to cause someone to flee

3. take flight (e) to flee or run away

4. flight of fancy (f) an imaginative but unrealistic idea

5. have a nice flight (g) enjoy your flight

6. in full flight (a) escaping as rapidly as possible

7. top-flight (b) among the best of a particular group 

G. Find out the anagrams. Use each pair of phrases as clues.

An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once. Eg. Seat – east, alert – alter

1. The past tense of leap leapt

Something to serve food on plate

2. A place to grow flowers garden

Something to be careful of danger

3. Another word for under below

A part of your arm elbow

4. Try to hear listen

Another word for quiet silent

5. Another word for gift present

A large snake or a dragon serpent

6. Minutes and hours time

A thing on a list item

7. An organ that pumps blood heart

The planet we live on earth

8. Something used to water plants hose

A thing you put on your foot shoe