Paco's dream comes true: B.A. flight B5992 Madrid-London: Boarding gate 14

Introduction

This first topic in unit 2 is going to deal with the following grammar points:

  1. Simple Past Tense in affirmative and negative forms (sections 1 and 2),
  2. Past Continuous Tense in affirmative and negative forms (sections 3 and 4),
  3. Prepositions of time: at, on, in (section 5),
  4. Vocabulary about history and historical events (section 6).
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London Heathrow Airport or Heathrow, located in the London Borough of Hillingdon, is the largest and busiest airport in the United Kingdom and the European Union. It is the world's fourth busiest airport for passenger traffic and it handles the most international passenger traffic in the world. Heathrow is owned and operated by BAA, which also owns and operates six other UK airports.
Heathrow is located 12 NM (22 km; 14 mi) west of central London, England, near the southern end of the London Borough of Hillingdon. The airport stands on a parcel of land that was designated part of the London Metropolitan Green Belt. To the north, the airport is surrounded by the built-up areas of Harlington, Harmondsworth, Longford and Cranford.

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Heathrow is one of six airports serving the London area, along with Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, Southend and City although only Heathrow and City airports are located within Greater London.

Heathrow Airport is used by over 90 airlines which fly to 170 destinations worldwide. The airport is the primary hub of British Airways, BMI and Virgin Atlantic.

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Of Heathrow's 67 million annual passengers, 11% travel to UK destinations, 43% are short-haul international travellers, and 46% are long-haul. The busiest single destination in terms of passenger numbers is New York, with over 3.5 million passengers travelling between Heathrow and JFK / Newark airports in 2007.

The airport has five passenger terminals (Terminals 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) and a cargo terminal. Terminal 5 opened to passengers on 27 March 2008 and will be fully completed with the opening of its second satellite building in 2010.

Adapted from Wikipedia.




Self-Assessment activity
Say if the following statements are true or false.


London Heathrow Airport or Heathrow isn't the largest and busiest airport in the United Kingdom and the European Union:

Verdadero Falso


Heathrow handles the most international passenger traffic in the world:

Verdadero Falso


The airport stands on a parcel of land that was designated part of the London Borough of Hillingdon:

Verdadero Falso


Heathrow Airport is used by over 170 airlines which fly to 90 destinations worldwide:

Verdadero Falso


The airport has five passenger terminals (Terminals 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) and a cargo terminal:

Verdadero Falso
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