Lost Luggage

B1 · Intermediate57 minTravelLesson 2 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: report a lost bag — describe your suitcase clearly, file the report, and arrange delivery and reimbursement.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Where's my bag?

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: At the Baggage Claim

    Read a 188-word text about At the Baggage Claim

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Luggage Words

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Luggage Sentences

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Make Luggage Sentences

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Report Lost Luggage

    Role-play: Your suitcase didn't arrive (7 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: report the bag

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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