TAKE OFF

Mar 2, 2017

Study box. Read these sentences carefully.

1. What time is your flight due to take off?
2. We were a bit late taking off.
3. The plane eventually took off at 5 p.m.
Use the sentences in the study box to help you do these exercises.
- Use two of the words below to complete this meaning of ‘take off’:
  
  touch • fly • leave • move
  
  to the ground and begin to
- According to the meaning above, which of the following can take off in this way?
  - an aircraft
  - a ball
  - a bird
  - a train
  - a bomb
- Which of these are grammatically possible?
  - The plane took off.
  - We took off.
  - We took off the plane.
  - The plane took off the ground.
Match the two halves to make complete sentences:
- In the end we . . .
  took off on time
  .
  - take off at all
  - took off on time
  - taking off
  - when we finally took off
- It was 10 p.m. . . .
  when we finally took off
  .
  - take off at all
  - took off on time
  - taking off
  - when we finally took off
- Apparently the flight didn’t . . .
  take off at all
  .
  - take off at all.
  - took off on time.
  - taking off.
  - when we finally took off.
- We were a bit late . . .
  taking off
  .
  - take off at all.
  - took off on time.
  - taking off.
  - when we finally took off.
Explain to your friend why you were late arriving in Paris:
- Our / 2 hours / take off / plane / late / was