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.

I’m hungry. Let’s have lunch before we look around the town.

Thank you for booking a room at the Grand Hotel. You can check in after 2 pm. Check out is before 11 am.

My parents go away to the Canary Islands every

winter to escape the cold.

They spent hours in the hotel bar and ran up a huge bill.

Whenever I go on a long journey, my parents come and see me off at the airport.

Take off and touch down are the most dangerous parts of a flight.

Phrasal Verbs Related to Travel

Complete the text: check in look around run up touch down go off check

out set off come back see (somebody) offAngela and I went to Puerto Rico last year. We _____________ at 7am and my parents ______________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 ____________________.

Match the phrasal verbs with their definitions:

Phrasal verb Definitioncheck 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 return say goodbye Accumulate leave

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?

Answers1. E2. I3. B4. H5. A6. D7. E8. F9. 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.