Airports · Getting around
passport control
passport checking area
Passport control is where officials check your passport before or after a flight.
This vs that
We’re at passport control.
We’re at security.
Hear it in real life
Where do we go now?
Passport control is just down the corridor.
We went through passport control quite quickly because the airport was quiet.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
'Go through passport control' is the normal everyday phrase.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We waited in the passport control for half an hour.
Say: We waited at passport control for half an hour.
Use 'at passport control' for the place or process.
Say it together
Whole chunks natives use with it.
go through passport control
We went through passport control in less than five minutes.
You’ll need to go through passport control before you collect your bags.
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about airports.
go through security
We need to go through security before breakfast.
board the plane
They're calling us to board the plane now.
Airports words
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Your turn: say it out loud
We went through passport control.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
passport control
passport checking area
“We went through passport control quite quickly because the airport was quiet.”
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