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Type
Explainer
Level
1 / A1
Published
Title
What Is a Passport?
Webpage
https://eslnewsstories.com/explainers/what-is-a-passport/

Lesson Content

Look First, Words You Need, Read and Listen

Understanding: Understand It

Chunks: Meaning, Repeat

Use It

Answers

What Is a Passport?

Level 1 Explainer

Start Here

Look First

An illustration in a vintage travel poster style shows a man in a blue suit at a wooden customs desk handing his open passport with a photo and a globe symbol to a female border patrol agent. He holds a brown suitcase with his other hand, and in the background, a passenger airplane is seen on the tarmac through large windows.
  1. What can you see?
  2. Where are the people?
  3. What do you think the officer is doing?

Before You Read

Words You Need

Learn

Read and Listen

Play the audio while you read, or listen after you read.

A passport is a small travel document. It has important information about a person. It usually has the person’s name, photo, date of birth, and country.

People use passports when they travel to another country. At an airport or border, an officer checks the passport. The officer looks at the photo and the information. This helps the officer make sure the passport belongs to that person.

People may need to show their passport before they get on a plane. They may also need to show it when they arrive in another country.

A passport is an important document. People should keep it in a safe place. Before they travel, they should check when the passport ends. If they lose their passport, they should tell the police or a passport office quickly.

Quick Check

Understand It

  1. A passport usually has a person’s name and photo.
  2. People only use passports when they travel inside their own country.
  3. Passports last forever.
  4. Why does an airport worker check the photo?
  5. Where should people keep their passport?

Build

Chunks

Meaning

  1. important information

  2. another country

  3. check the passport

  4. in a safe place

Repeat

Listen and Repeat. Hide the text and try again.

important information
A passport has important information.
another country
Use your passport when you travel to another country.
check the passport
Officers check the passport.
in a safe place
Keep your passport in a safe place.

Now Try

Use It

Talk or write. Use the language from this lesson.

Supported output: A passport is...
Recycle language: It usually has...
Recycle language: People use it when...
Recycle language: People should keep it...
Extend topic: Do you have a passport?
Extend topic: When did you last use a passport?
Extend topic: What information is inside a passport?
Extend topic: Where do you want to travel to? Do you need a passport to go there?

Answers What Is a Passport? / Level 1

Understand It:

  1. True
  2. False
  3. False
  4. to know who the traveler is
  5. in a safe place

Chunks: Meaning:

  1. important information: facts that people need to know
  2. another country: a country that is not your country
  3. check the passport: look at the passport carefully
  4. in a safe place: somewhere it will not be lost or damaged

KEEP GOING

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