Does your flight leave from the domestic or international terminal luggage visa ?

Do you already have your boarding pass visa passport ?

I usually buy my airline tickets passport luggage online.

I don't need a visa trip flight to enter that country.

Which airline terminal passport do you fly on most frequently?

Everyone needs a passport boarding luggage for international travel.

Present perfect

Use the present perfect when an action or event at an unspecified time in the past has an impact on the
present. Form the present perfect with have +past participle.

I have printed my boarding pass. I have printed my boarding pass.

She has lost her ticket. She has lost her ticket.

The past participle form of many regular verbs is the same as the past tense form.

Present form Past form Past participle form

pack packed packed
print printed printed
travel traveled traveled

The past participle form of some irregular verbs, such as these, is also the same as the past tense form.

Present form Past form Past participle form

buy bought bought
have had had
lose lost lost

The subject pronoun and have are contracted as follows:

Long form Contraction

Subject + have Past participle Subject + have Past participle
I have I've
worked. worked.
You have You've
He has He's
worked. worked.
She has She's
It has rained. It's rained.
We have We've
You have worked. You've worked.
They have They've

Make negative statements with have not and has not. Use the contractions haven't and hasn't in spoken English,
unless you are emphasizing the word not.

I have not lost my passport. I have not lost my passport.

Joseph hasn't lost his passport. Joseph hasn't lost his passport.

Form questions in the present perfect with have + subject + past participle. Notice also the short-form replies.

A: Has she packed her bags? Has she packed her bags?
B: Yes, she has. Yes, she has.

A: Have the Taylors bought their tickets? Have the Taylors bought their tickets?
B: No, they haven't. No, they haven't.

Fill in the correct present perfect forms.

What did you think of this activity?

Alice has (buy) a new suitcase.

Have you (pack) your bags?

I have (lose) my passport.

They have (work) so hard!

He hasn't (find) my sweater.

Asking for and giving flight information

Use expressions like these to talk about flight information. In this case, a person is flying from Chicago to Paris.

A: When are you leaving? When are you leaving?

B: On the 23rd. On the 23rd.

A: When are you returning? When are you returning?

B: On Friday the 31st. On Friday the 31st.

A: What time's your flight? What time's your flight?

B: It's at 7:38 a.m. It's at 7:38 a.m.

A: What's the airline? What's the airline?

B: Air Pacifica. Air Pacifica.

A: When do you arrive in Paris? When do you arrive in Paris?

B: At 11:42 p.m. At 11:42 p.m.

A: Is that our time or Paris time?

B: Paris time.

A: Which airport do you fly out of?

B: O'Hare.

A: Which airport do you fly in to?

B: I fly in to De Gaulle.
'Have to' for necessity or obligation

You can use have to + verb to express something you need to do.

Danielle's flight leaves in an hour. She'll have to catchthe express Danielle's flight leaves in an hour.
train. She'll have to catch the express train.

The company gave me a limousine,

The company gave me a limousine, so I didn't have to take the shuttle.
so I didn't have to take the shuttle.

You can also use have to + verb to express something you feel obliged to do.

Did you have to drive Ted to the

A: Did you have to drive Ted to the airport?
airport?
B: Yes, I did. He drove me last time.
Yes, I did. He drove me last time.

From
karlx@ggc.net
Hi, Martin!
I have to fly to Budapest on Thursday. After I arrive, I have to go to Vaci Utca and then find
Parliament. I also want to eat at an interesting restaurant, but it doesn't have to be fancy. Then I
have to check in to my hotel. And I'd like to go to a good museum. Do you have any
recommendations?
Thanks.
Karl

Presenting options

Use expressions like these to tell someone how many choices or options there are.

There are several options. There are several options.

You have four options. You have four options.

Use can and could to offer suggestions.

You can take the shuttle. You can take the shuttle.
You could take a taxi. You could take a taxi.
Use expressions like these to recommend one of the choices as the best.

Your best option is to go by subway. Your best option is to go by subway.

Your best bet is to take the express train. Your best bet is to take the express train.
A rental car would be the cheapest option. A rental car would be the cheapest option.

Reduced forms

Remember that, in spoken English, not every sound of every word is always pronounced. Vowel sounds,
especially, are often shortened or reduced. These forms are not used in written English, but it's important to be
able to recognize them when you hear them.

Listen to the reduced forms for have to. Notice the differences between how they are written and spoken. Have
like 'hafta'. Has to sounds like 'hasta'. Had to sounds like 'hadta'.

Have to

They have to take a taxi.

I have to catch the express train.
Do you have to rent a limousine?

Has to

She has to wake up early and get on the subway.

The bus driver has to wait for those passengers.
Karl has to get his rental car.

Had to

I had to find the subway station.

He had to walk.
Lisa had to take a morning flight.
More past participles

The past participle form of some irregular verbs is different from the past tense form.

Present form Past form Past participle form

be was/were been
come came come
do did done
get got gotten/got
give gave given
go went gone
see saw seen
take took taken

Remember to use these past participles to form the present perfect. Also, remember that the present perfect is used to
talk about something that happened in the past at an unspecified time.

Affirmative statement Negative statement Question

have + past participle haven't + past participle Have + subject + past participle + ?

A: Have you been to Bolivia? Have you been to Bolivia?

B: No, I haven't been there before. No, I haven't been there before.

Language note: In American English, I've got indicates possession, as in I've got my ticket. Saying I've
gotten a ticket. means you've just obtained or bought one. In British English, got is used in both cases.

Ben has took take taken that flight before.

They've given give gave us our boarding passes.

I've gotten get getting my plane ticket.

Has Mr. Graham came come coming to our office?

We haven't saw seen see him.

Have you been were are to Santiago?

Will I have to buy feel change planes in Chicago?

It took me two hours to go through customs culture change .

I've got terrible jet lag shock transport after those long flights.

Let's go out to dinner. I'm changing feeling buying .

Through In Back home, it's about 8 a.m.

Did you have any trouble going through immigration dinner plane ?

Adverbs for the present perfect

Use the adverbs yet, already, never and ever with the present perfect to indicate a period of time up until the
present.

'Yet'

Use the adverb yet to refer to something that has not happened yet, or to ask if something has happened yet.
The adverb usually comes at the end of the sentence.

I haven't printed my boarding pass yet. I haven't printed my boarding pass yet.
They haven't packed their bags yet. They haven't packed their bags yet.
Has she left for the airport yet? Has she left for the airport yet?

'Already'

Use the adverb already to refer to something that has already happened, or to ask if something has already happened.
The adverb usually comes directly before the main verb.

You can't come? But I've already booked the tickets! You can't come? But I've already booked the tickets!
Carly has already been to Paris, but I haven't. Carly has already been to Paris, but I haven't.
Has John already been to the Louvre? Has John already been to the Louvre?

'Never' and 'ever'

Use the adverb ever to ask if something has happened, or to ask about someone's experiences. For negative responses,
use never. The adverbs usually come before the main verb.

A: Have you ever lived in another country? Have you ever lived in another country?
B: No, I've never lived in another country. No, I've never lived in another country.
Language note: A common learner error is to use the adverb ever in affirmative statements. Notice the correct response
in the example.

A: Have you ever been to Paris? Have you ever been to Paris?
B: Yes, I have been to Paris. Yes, I have been to Paris.

I haven't stayed in the ice hotel yet already never .

I've already yet ever tried Laotian food.

Haven't you ever yet never been to Rome?

Susan and Dane have already yet ever hiked the Grand Canyon.

I've never ever yet walked the Great Wall.

The bad news is that I've still got terrible jet lag after my 26-
hour flight on Monday. The good news is that, yesterday, I hiked the red coast of Tasmania. It's the
most beautiful place I've ever camped, and the night sky is gorgeous. I've been to the Atacama
Desert in Chile. I've visited Valentia Island in Ireland. And I've traveled in Australia before, but I've
never seen so much light in the night sky. Tonight, I'll have to go for a walk and look for Tasmania's
special animals, like wombats and kangaroos. I haven't seen any of them in the wilderness yet.

The bad news is that I've still got terrible jet lag after my 26-hour flight on Monday. The
good news is that, yesterday, I hiked the red coast of Tasmania. It is the most beautiful
place I've ever camped, and the night sky is gorgeous. I've been to the Atacama Desert in
Chile. I'vevisited Valentia Island in Ireland. And I've traveled in Australia before, but I've
never seen so much light in the night sky. Tonight, I'll have to go for a walk and look for
Tasmania's special animals, like wombats and kangaroos – I haven't seen any of them in
the wilderness yet.