Dr Ray
Summer 2022,
Professional English
Course 101, Student Exercise, Chapter 3

Exercise Quiz, Chapter 3
Article: Raining Money
How to play
For the exercises below, select the item you wish to move (it will turn to gray), then select another item to swap places.

Another option is to simply move an item up or down one line at a time until it's in the right place.


Airline Ticket Agent: Here's your boarding pass. Your flight will be leaving out of gate 11B, terminal C. Please, place your luggage on the scale.
  [putting luggage on scale]Airline: I'm sorry, your luggage is overweight. That will be an additional $100.
Tammy:  I weighed those bags before I came, are you sure their overweight?
Agent: I'm sure. I'm sorry.
Tammy: But what can I do? I don't want to pay extra. It's just a little over, can't you let it pass?
Agent: I'm sorry, I can't. Do you have family or friends with you today who aren't travelling?
Tammy: I do.Answer

Agent: Might I suggest you take out some items and let them hold them for you till you get back.
Tammy: Okay, I suppose. What else can I do?
Agent: What about the bag beside you? Will you be checking that bag too?
Tammy: No, I wish to carry it on the plane. Is it okay?
Agent: As long as it will fit in the overhead compartment or under the seat. That seems like a standard carry-on; you should be okay.Answer

Security Checkpoint: Excuse me miss, but you have three big bottles of shampoo and conditioners in your carry-on. No bottles above three ounces are allowed. (3 oz. = 88 ml; 88 cc)
Tammy: So, what can I do?
Security: We'll have to confiscate the items, miss.
Tammy: You mean keep them? Can I get them back?
Security: I'm afraid not, miss.Answer

[On board, Tammy struggles to get her carry-on case into the overhead compartment]
Flight Attendant: Here, let me help you with that bag.
Tammy: Oh, thank you very much.
Attendant: Oh, I see the problem. Miss, your luggage is too big for carry-on. We'll have to do a gate check and place it with the other checked luggage below.
Tammy: But the ticket agent said it would be okay.
Attendant: I'm sorry miss, but it's just too bulky. Did you buy anything before you boarded?
Tammy: Oh, that's right, I bought two books and some other items too. What can I do?
Attendant: I tell you what, why don't you just take out the items you purchased before boarding. I believe we can get your bag to fit in the overhead. Then, just place your recently bought items under the seat in front of you. We'll count that as a personal item carry-on. How's that?
Tammy: I think that will work just fine. Thank you so much!Answer

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