Your travel timeline

Put these events in chronological order:

• A passenger arrived at the gate.
• The gate closed.
• The passenger left home.
• The plane took off.

Now choose the best forms.

1. By the time I [___] at the gate, the plane [___] .
2. After she [___] her passport, she [___] a taxi to the airport.

Telling a clear travel story

Timeline words: by the time, after, before, when, while, as soon as

Follow the travel story

Put the events in the order they happened.

Choose the accurate narrative tense

1. By the time Omar got to security, he [___] his boarding pass at home.
2. While we [___] for our luggage, the carousel suddenly stopped.

Complete the travel sentences

1. After I [___] the hotel, I called my sister.
2. When the announcement began, we [___] for our departure gate.
3. Before we boarded the plane, the staff [___] our passports.
4. As soon as the flight landed, I [___] my family.

At the airport

Listen for the passenger’s problem first. Listen again for the sequence of events.

1. Which flight had Daniel missed?
2. What had Daniel forgotten at home?
3. What happened while the taxi was driving to the airport?
4. Why had boarding finished before Daniel reached the gate?

Airport moments

Describe what is happening. What had happened before the board showed DELAYED?

Use these frames:

• When the photo was taken, ...
• Before that, ... had ...
• While ..., ...

Describe what happened. What had happened before the photo was taken?

Travel disaster role-play

Situation: You are a traveller. The teacher is an airline employee or travel agent. Explain your travel disaster and ask for help.

Start with:

By the time I got to the airport, the plane had already left because ...

Include:

• your destination
• an action in progress
• an earlier completed action
• the main problem
• a solution or final result

Use at least three time markers:

Suggested sequence:

1. Explain where you were travelling.
2. Describe what had happened earlier.
3. Describe what was happening when the problem started.
4. Explain the result and ask for a solution.

Your memorable journey

Write a 60–120 word paragraph about a real or invented travel experience.

Choose one idea:

• a delayed flight
• a missed connection
• a booking problem
• a sightseeing day
• lost luggage at the carousel
• a hotel reservation problem

Include:

• Past Simple for main events
• Past Continuous for an action in progress
• Past Perfect for an earlier event
• at least three time markers
• travel vocabulary such as passport, boarding pass, security check, traffic jam, tour guide, or hotel reservation

Plan your timeline:

1. What had happened first?
2. What was in progress?
3. What happened next?

Useful starters:

• Last summer, I was travelling to ... when ...
• By the time I reached ..., ... had already ...
• After I had ..., I ...
• While I was ..., ...
• As soon as ..., I ...

Clear timelines in travel stories

• Past Simple tells the main completed events.
• Past Continuous shows an action in progress.
• Past Perfect shows an action completed before another past moment.

Decide whether each statement is correct.

For next time

Prepare a travel story titled “The Journey That Went Wrong.”

Include:

• about 100 words
• all three narrative tenses
• four time markers
• at least five travel words from today’s lesson