Travel Vocabulary
Clue: What do you call the bags and suitcases you take on a journey?
Answer: Luggage.
Clue: If you get on a bus, what do you do?
Answer: Board or enter the bus.
Clue: Complete: 'Last summer, we ___ (visit) Greece.'
Answer: visited
Clue: Complete: 'My grandparents ___ live in a small village, but now they live in a city.'
Answer: used to
Clue: Complete: 'They were ___ to catch the early train.'
Answer: going
Clue: What is the place called where passengers wait to board a plane?
Answer: The departure lounge / gate area.
Clue: If you get off a train, what do you do?
Answer: Leave or exit the train.
Clue: Complete: 'At 8 p.m. yesterday, they ___ (have) dinner.'
Answer: were having
Clue: Complete with a suitable form: 'Every winter, we ___ visit our cousins in the mountains.'
Answer: would / used to
Clue: Complete: 'I ___ going to book a hotel, but my friend offered us a room.'
Answer: was
Clue: What do you call a journey by ship taken for pleasure?
Answer: A cruise.
Clue: If you run out of petrol on a road trip, what has happened?
Answer: You have no petrol left.
Clue: Complete: 'The passengers ___ (wait) for the train when the announcement ___ (begin).'
Answer: were waiting / began
Clue: Which is better for a past state? 'She used to know the city well' or 'She would know the city well'?
Answer: 'She used to know the city well.'
Clue: Rewrite to express a past plan that did not happen: 'We planned to go camping, but it rained.'
Answer: We were going to go camping, but it rained.
Clue: What is the official document that allows you to enter or stay in a foreign country when required?
Answer: A visa.
Clue: Complete the idiom: 'The hotel was a stone's throw from the beach.' What does it mean?
Answer: The hotel was very close to the beach.
Clue: Correct the sentence: 'I was seeing an accident while I walked to school.'
Answer: 'I saw an accident while I was walking to school.'
Clue: Rewrite using 'used to': 'He played computer games every evening, but he doesn't anymore.'
Answer: He used to play computer games every evening.
Clue: Correct the sentence: 'She were going to fly to Rome.'
Answer: She was going to fly to Rome.
Clue: What word means a journey to a place and back to where you started?
Answer: A round trip / return journey.
Clue: If you 'miss the boat' when making travel plans, what does the idiom mean?
Answer: You miss an opportunity or act too late.
Clue: Complete both verbs: 'While Dad ___ (drive), Mum ___ (read) the map.' Explain the tense choice.
Answer: was driving / was reading. Both actions were in progress at the same time.
Clue: Correct the sentence: 'When we were children, we would own a caravan and travel every summer.'
Answer: 'When we were children, we used to own a caravan and would travel every summer.' 'Used to own' describes the past state; 'would travel' describes a repeated action.
Clue: Complete the story: 'We ___ (be) going to leave at six, but while we ___ (load) the car, one of the tyres ___ (go) flat.'
Answer: were / were loading / went