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Phrasal Verbs Related to Travel
Circle the phrasal verbs:

I had a really nice time on
holiday. I didn’t want to
come back.

We’ll set off for Madrid
at 9 o’clock and arrive at
10 o’clock.

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.

Phrasal Verbs Related to Travel
Match the phrasal verbs with their definitions:
Phrasal verbDefinitioncheck in
____
go off
____
look around ____
run up
____
touch down ____
check out
____
set off
____
come back
____
see off
____land
explore
start your journey
end you stay at a hotel
start your stay at a hotel
Complete the text:
return
check in
look aroundsay goodbye
run up
touch down
go off

check
out
setaccumulate
off
come back
see (somebody) off
Angela and I went to Puerto Rico
last year. We _____________ at 7am and my parents
leave

______________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:
Do you like it when people see you off at the airport / bus station or
is it embarrassing? Why?
Have you ever run up a big hotel bill? What did it include?
When you go on holiday do you like to look around the area or relax by
the pool?
When you go on a daytrip do you like to set off early? Why?
Do you get nervous when your plane takes off and touches down?
Have you ever gone on holiday and not wanted to come back?
What do you need to do before you set off on a holiday?
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.