Human Body
Travel Survival
Places & Services
Safety & Crime
Military & Communication
100

The organ that produces insulin and helps the body digest food.

pancreas

100

The raised area beside railway tracks where passengers wait for a train.

platform

100

The hotel desk where guests check in.

reception

100

A person who sees a crime or accident.

witness

100

The place where soldiers eat on a military base.

mess hall

200

Name both body parts:

  1. The joint between your hand and arm
  2. The joint between your foot and leg

wrist; ankle

200

Name both travel problems:

  1. Your train is running twenty minutes late.
  2. Your train will not operate at all.

delayed; cancelled

200

Name the people:

  1. The person who serves food in a restaurant
  2. The person who works at the hotel front desk

waiter/waitress/server; receptionist

200
  • the person who commits a crime
  • the person affected by the crime

criminal/offender; victim

200

Give the military places:

  1. a place where weapons are stored
  2. a place where soldiers sleep

armoury; barracks

300

Identify the three body parts:

  1. The bones protecting your heart and lungs
  2. The organ that helps you breathe
  3. The back part of your foot below your ankle

ribs; lungs; heel

300

Give the travel verbs:

  1. A train begins its journey from a station.
  2. A train reaches its destination.
  3. You leave one train and continue on another.


Answers: depart; arrive; change trains

300

Complete the phrases:

  1. Could I ______ a table?
  2. Could I see the ______?
  3. Could we have the ______, please?

book/reserve; menu; bill

300

Name the crimes:

  1. stealing from a shop
  2. damaging public or private property
  3. deliberately setting something on fire

shoplifting; vandalism; arson

300

Give three phrases used to check or clarify an instruction.

  • Could you repeat the instruction?
  • What is the deadline?
  • Where should I report?
  • What equipment do I need?
400

Name the affected body part:

  1. You cannot bend your arm properly. The problem is in your ______.
  2. You cannot turn your head comfortably. Your ______ hurts.
  3. You cannot carry your bag because your ______ hurts between your neck and arm.
  4. It hurts when you swallow. You have a sore ______.

elbow; neck; shoulder; throat

400

Identify the correct travel word:

  1. The money you pay for a journey
  2. A printed or digital list of departure times
  3. The final place you are travelling to
  4. A journey from one place and back again


  • Answers: fare; timetable/schedule; destination; return journey/trip
400

Where would you go to:

  1. send a parcel?
  2. collect medicine?
  3. withdraw money?
  4. report a theft?

post office; pharmacy; bank/ATM; police station

400
  1. Information or objects that help prove what happened
  2. A claim that you were somewhere else when a crime happened
  3. To officially take a person into police custody
  4. To ask someone questions as part of an investigation


Answers: evidence; alibi; arrest; question/interview

400

Name four items a soldier may carry during training.

helmet; body armour; rifle; radio; backpack/rucksack; ammunition; first-aid kit

500

Identify all five:

  1. The organ that pumps blood around your body
  2. The organs that clean your blood and produce urine
  3. The bones running down the centre of your back
  4. The organ that receives and digests food
  5. The part inside your head that controls your body
  • heart; kidneys; spine/backbone; stomach; brain
500

Give the English expressions:

  1. vlak má zpoždění
  2. zmeškat vlak
  3. přestoupit na jiný vlak
  4. zrušený spoj
  5. koupit si zpáteční jízdenku
  • The train is delayed.
  • miss the train
  • change trains
  • a cancelled service/train
  • buy a return ticket
500

Name the problem or missing item:

  1. The hotel has given your room to another guest.
  2. Water is not coming from the shower.
  3. The meal you receive is not the meal you requested.
  4. A shop charges you more money than the correct price.
  5. Your hotel key card cannot open the door.


  • Possible answers:
    1. The hotel is overbooked.
    2. The shower is not working.
    3. the wrong order/meal
    4. overcharging / the wrong price
    5. The key card does not work.
500

Identify all five:

  1. Entering private property without permission
  2. Deliberately damaging someone’s property
  3. Secretly taking illegal goods across a border
  4. Deliberately setting a building or object on fire
  5. Money you must pay as punishment


  • Answers: trespassing; vandalism; smuggling; arson; fine
500

Complete the phrases with the correct verb:

  1. ______ to your commander
  2. ______ an order
  3. ______ permission
  4. ______ your position
  5. ______ for further instructions


Answers:

  1. report
  2. follow/give
  3. request
  4. secure/hold
  5. wait/stand by