Your boarding pass shows your seat. At security, officers check you and your bags. Then you wait at your gate.
Through the airport
Try it: Man: Your sister is taking a long time. Woman: She's still at ___. She's almost done. Look at the picture. Choose what the woman says. (the gate / security / the front desk) Answer: security — An officer is still checking her, so she is at security.
Word
Pronunciation
Example
boarding pass
Have your boarding pass ready.
security
Take off your shoes at security.
gate
Our flight leaves from gate 12.
Flights
You fly when you go by plane. A flight is one trip on a plane. The departure is when it leaves, and the arrival is when it gets there.
Try it: Man: Is it a long drive to Chicago? Woman: Yes, twelve hours. I'm going to ___ there. Choose what the woman says. (walk / flight / fly) Answer: fly — Twelve hours in a car is long, so she is going to fly.
Word
Pronunciation
Example
fly
Do you like to fly?
flight
The flight is two hours long.
departure
Departure is at 9:40.
arrival
Arrival is at 11:15.
On time or late
A flight is on time when it leaves at the right time. It is delayed when it leaves later.
Try it: Woman: Look, everybody is sitting on the floor. Man: Our flight is ___. It leaves at 9:40 now, not 7:40. Choose what the man says. (early / on time / delayed) Answer: delayed — It leaves two hours later now, so the flight is delayed.