Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1The train to London is ............... platform 3.
Wrong!
We say a train is "on" a platform: platform 3.
2The next bus arrives ............... 8:30.
Wrong!
Use "at" with clock times, for example at 8:30.
3Flight BA204 now leaves from gate 15, gate ...............
Wrong!
The number 15 is "fifteen", not five.
4Flight 62 is ............... now.
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After "is", use "boarding" for an action happening now.
5Please take ............... to Terminal 2.
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A "shuttle bus" takes passengers between terminals.
6............... your ticket to the driver.
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Use the base verb "Show" in a simple instruction.
7We are sorry: the train is ............... by ten minutes.
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Use "delayed" when a train is ten minutes late; 'We are sorry' shows it is bad news.
8Please wait ............... the yellow line.
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In station safety announcements, wait "behind" the yellow line.
9Final call for passengers to ............... flight 309.
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After "to", use the base verb "board".
10The doors are closing; please do not ............... the doors.
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When the doors are closing, the safety instruction is not to open them: "do not open the doors".
11Go to the ............... for your bags.
Wrong!
Bags arrive on the "baggage belt".
12Train 8 leaves ...............
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For a future departure, say "in five minutes".
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- The train to London is on platform 3.
- The next bus arrives at 8:30.
- Flight BA204 now leaves from gate 15, gate fifteen.
- Flight 62 is boarding now.
- Please take the shuttle bus to Terminal 2.
- Show your ticket to the driver.
- We are sorry: the train is delayed by ten minutes.
- Please wait behind the yellow line.
- Final call for passengers to board flight 309.
- The doors are closing; please do not open the doors.
- Go to the baggage belt for your bags.
- Train 8 leaves in five minutes.