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Phrasal Verbs Related To Travel

The document discusses phrasal verbs related to travel. It provides definitions and examples of common phrasal verbs such as "check in", "set off", "touch down", and "run up". It then presents an exercise where students must use these phrasal verbs to complete a story about two friends' trip to Puerto Rico. Key details include them seeing off at the airport, having a long queue to check in but boarding on time, going to the beach after touching down, looking around town during the week, and being shocked to have run up a £100 hotel bar bill when checking out.

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Phrasal Verbs Related To Travel

The document discusses phrasal verbs related to travel. It provides definitions and examples of common phrasal verbs such as "check in", "set off", "touch down", and "run up". It then presents an exercise where students must use these phrasal verbs to complete a story about two friends' trip to Puerto Rico. Key details include them seeing off at the airport, having a long queue to check in but boarding on time, going to the beach after touching down, looking around town during the week, and being shocked to have run up a £100 hotel bar bill when checking out.

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Phrasal Verbs Related to Travel


Circle the phrasal verbs:

We’ll set off for Madrid at


9 o’clock and arrive at 10
I had a really nice time on
o’clock.
holiday. I didn’t want to
come back.

Take off and touch down


are the most dangerous
parts of a flight.

My parents go away to the


Canary Islands every winter
to escape the cold.

Whenever I go on a long
journey, my parents come and
see me off at the airport.

I’m hungry. Let’s have lunch


before we look around the
town.

They spent hours in the hotel


bar and ran up a huge bill.

Thank you for booking a room


at the Grand Hotel. You can
check in after 2 pm. Check
out is before 11 am.
Match the phrasal verbs with their definitions:

A. land
1. check in
B. explore
2. go off
C. start your journey
3. look around
D. end you stay at a hotel
4. run up
E. start your stay at a hotel
5. touch down
F. return
6. check out
G. say goodbye
7. set off
H. accumulate
8. come back
I. leave
9. see off

Complete the text:


check in look around run up touch down go off check
out set off come back see (somebody) off

Angela and I went to Puerto Rico last year. We _____________ at 7am and my parents
______________at the airport. There was a huge queue when we ____________but
fortunately we boarded the plane on time. As soon we _______________we went to the
hotel, got out our bikinis and ________________to the beach. During the week we had
plenty time to___________________. We saw the Bacardi Rum Plant, the Ermita Espinar
Ruins and the Punta Borinquen Lighthouse. When we ________________we had a shock.
We’d _____________a £100 bill at the hotel bar. Oh, well it was worth it. We had so much
fun that we didn’t want to ____________________.

Your turn:
1. Do you like it when people see you off at the airport / bus station or is it
embarrassing? Why?
2. Have you ever run up a big hotel bill? What did it include?
3. When you go on holiday do you like to look around the area or relax by the pool?
4. When you go on a day trip do you like to set off early? Why?
5. Do you get nervous when your plane takes off and touches down?
6. Have you ever gone on holiday and not wanted to come back?
7. What do you need to do before you set off on a holiday?
8. What’s the most annoying thing about checking in and out of a hotel?
Answers
1. E
2. I
3. B
4. H
5. A
6. D
7. E
8. F
9. G

Angela and I went to Puerto Rico last year. My parents saw us off at the airport. There was a
huge queue when we checked in but fortunately we boarded the plane on time. As soon we
touched down we went to the hotel, got out our bikinis and went off to the beach. During the
week we had plenty time to look around. We saw the Bacardi Rum Plant, the Ermita Espinar
Ruins and the Punta Borinquen Lighthouse. When we checked out we had a shock. We’d run
up a £100 bill at the hotel bar. Oh, well it was worth it. We had so much fun that we didn’t want
to come back.

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