Day 2-5: Arrival Airport New York JFK – Customs / Baggage Inspection
NEW · Speaking Mode: Tap Start speaking and wait for “Listening”. Tap Stop speaking when you finish your answer. Then review the transcription and check your response. Help reveals words, a starter and finally a model; help is recorded. Short pauses are allowed.
Read, listen, or speak your way through a realistic U.S. customs baggage inspection after arriving at JFK. Choose the reply you would actually say to a customs officer.
Some answers are calm, truthful, and cooperative. Other answers are defensive, too vague, or misunderstand phrases like “random inspection”, “personal use”, “anything to declare”, “commercial items”, “receipts”, and “open your suitcase”.
You can recover by using repair language such as: “Sorry, I misunderstood”, “Let me rephrase that”, “These are for personal use”, “I can show you the receipt”, “Do you need me to open this pocket?”, and “Thank you, officer.” At the end, review your result and submit it to your teacher/tutor.
- You passed immigration at New York JFK and collected your suitcase from baggage claim.
- A customs officer has selected you for a random baggage inspection before you exit the airport.
- Your goal is to follow instructions, answer clearly, identify your items, and leave the airport calmly.
Guided Speaking
Listen to the other speaker and use your own words to achieve the goal. Tap Start speaking, wait for “Listening”, then tap Stop speaking. Review your transcription and tap Check my response. The task check may ask for a missing detail.
This mode checks task-specific details in your text, not pronunciation or all grammar. Unfamiliar wording can need teacher review. If your phone joins spelled letters into a name, retry or mark the goal for teacher review.