Air Travel ESL Activities, Games and Worksheets
In this comprehensive air travel vocabulary worksheet, students learn and practice words related to air travel. First, students discuss three air travel questions in pairs. Students then match sentence halves to create air travel related sentences. Next, students match the air travel words in bold in the sentences to their definitions. After that, students use air travel words from a box in their correct forms to complete a story about a horrible flight. Students then use the vocabulary from the box to write a true or false short story about a horrible flight. Finally, students read their stories to the class who decide if each one is true or not.
In this free air travel speaking activity, students ask and answer questions about flight information in order to complete a boarding pass. First, students write their full name on their boarding pass. In two groups, students then look at the flight information on a blank boarding pass and write the questions they need to ask to complete the pass. Next, students pair up with someone from the other group and take turns asking their partner the questions and completing the blank boarding pass with their flight information. Afterwards, students compare worksheets to check their answers.
In this creative air travel activity, students practice air travel vocabulary and expressions by making a flowchart detailing how to travel by air. In pairs, students construct a flowchart representing a complete journey by airplane, from booking a flight to leaving the airport upon arrival. Students do this by reading sentence cards and placing them in order using arrow cards to connect them. Afterwards, review the students' flowcharts and the air travel vocabulary as a class.
In this communicative air travel information board game, students role-play asking for air travel information and practice booking airline tickets with a ticket agent. The game board shows air travel information about return flights from London to Perth. There are three possible flights and each flight shows the departure and arrival time, stopover, flight time, cost and baggage allowance. In pairs, students take turns rolling the dice and moving their counter along the board. Each time a pair lands on a square, they role-play the situation. One student takes on the role of a customer and the other is a ticket agent. If the square contains an information symbol, the customer asks for travel information about one of the flights. If not, the customer's task is to book a certain type of flight. The ticket agent refers to the air travel information in the centre of the board during each role-play. The first pair of students to reach the finish wins. Afterwards, pairs role-play some of the situations in front of the class.
In this engaging air travel activity, students practice air travel vocabulary and use the words in a sentence completion race. First, in two groups, students unscramble letters to form air travel words and then match them with definitions. Next, students pair up with someone from the other group and take turns reading sentences to their partner, who completes each one with an air travel word from their worksheet. The first pair to complete their sentences correctly wins.
In this enjoyable air travel activity, students practice vocabulary and language used to check in at an airport. In pairs, students begin by arranging sentence strips in the correct order to create a logical and cohesive airport check-in dialogue. Pairs then match airport words and phrases with their definitions using the bold words from the dialogue for context. After that, students invent and write down flight details for a person's trip. Pairs then write an airport check-in conversation using the flight details and vocabulary from the worksheet. Finally, each pair presents their airport check-in dialogue to the class.
In this productive air travel activity, students form air travel collocations from a set of words and play a game to practice the collocations. First, students match words together to form 28 air travel collocations. Next, in pairs, one student puts their worksheet face-down, and their partner reads out a word from the box. The student then tries to make an air travel collocation using the word. If the student forms an air travel collocation, they score one point and then try to make a meaningful sentence with the collocation for an extra point. After 14 words have been read out, the students swap roles. The student with the most points at the end of the game wins.
In this useful air travel vocabulary activity, students complete a crossword by describing and guessing words related to air travel. In two groups, students invent and write down clues for the air travel words written on their crossword. Next, students pair up with someone from the other group and take turns asking their partner for a clue to one of their missing air travel words. Their partner reads out the clue for that word, and the other student tries to guess what it is. If the student guesses the word successfully, they write it on their crossword. If not, their partner continues to give more clues until the student is able to guess the air travel word. Finally, students compare their crosswords to check their spelling.
In this free air travel lesson, students practice air travel vocabulary and present in-flight safety procedures for an airline. Students begin by brainstorming ideas on the vocabulary and phrases necessary to explain in-flight safety procedures. Students then watch a YouTube video about in-flight safety instructions and compare their vocabulary and phrases with the language used in the video. Next, in groups, students create a set of in-flight safety instructions for an airline. Groups choose a name for their airline, prepare in-flight safety instructions and then rehearse their presentations. Finally, rearrange the classroom to resemble the seating plan of an aircraft with an aisle down the middle. Each group then demonstrates their airline safety procedures to the class who act as passengers and judge which presentation they like the most. This last part of the lesson is a lot of fun as the students act like they are sitting on a plane and listening to the cabin crew.
