Learn English #2 •Intermediate | Advanced

Read the newspaper story below, and then answer the questions that follow it.

Tourist stranded at airport for five months

A Dutch tourist has finally returned home after five months stranded in a Brazilian airport.

Sheridan Gregorio was stuck at Fortaleza airport after he spent all his money on holiday.

He had a return ticket to get home but did not realise that he also had to pay airport tax.

After missing his flight, he was told he had also lost his ticket because it was non-refundable.

With no money, Mr Gregorio had to sleep in the airport and clean restaurants in exchange for food and some money.


• Text from Ananova.com

Reading comprehension

True or false?

    true false
1. The tourist was from Germany.
2. Fortaleza is in Brazil.
3. Sheridan Gregorio didn't have a holiday.
4. Sheridan Gregorio didn't have enough money for a ticket home.
5. Sheridan couldn't find his ticket and missed his plane.
6. Sheridan tried to exchange his ticket for money and then he missed his flight.
       

Exercises

1. Travel vocabulary
Which is the odd one out?

1. one way return double
2. a flight a fly a plane
3. a reservation a ticket a receipt
4. an airline an airplane an aircraft
5. gate wing tail
6. bag locker case
7. boarding card passport visa
8. to lose to miss to waste
       

 

2. Money.
Use the words below to complete the sentences.

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3. More exercises
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What do you think?

Have you ever run out of money while on holiday? What did you do? What would you do if you were in Sheridan Gregorio's situation? Have you ever been stranded, marooned, stuck or trapped anywhere? What happened?

 

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