English Bite — Travel English: At the Airport

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Travel English: At the Airport

Level: A2 · 5 minutes · Teens & Adults

💡 Today’s Idea

Learn key airport vocabulary: check-in, boarding pass, departure gate, immigration, customs, arrivals hall.

📖 From My Experience

I have been through the immigration line at Sydney Airport (2005), Charles de Gaulle (2017), and Roland Garros in La Réunion more times than I can count. The one that stays with me is CDG in January 2017. It was snowing. Vanessa was waiting. I had come from Bangladesh. I had one bag. The immigration officer asked three questions. I answered in French. I remember thinking: this is working. That feeling — understanding and being understood in a foreign language at a border — is one of the finest feelings a language learner can have.

📚 Key Airport Phrases

  • Could I see your passport, please?
  • Here is my boarding pass.
  • My luggage is checked in.
  • Which is the departure gate?
  • I am here for tourism / work / family.
  • Do I need to go through customs?

✏️ Try It! (2 minutes)

Imagine you are at an airport. Answer these questions:

1. Where are you travelling to?
2. How long will you stay?
3. What is the purpose of your visit?

🎯 Quick Quiz

You give this to the person at the gate before you get on the plane:

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