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UNIT 4
TRAVEL AND HOLIDAYS

A. GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY

Exercise 1: Complete the sentences with the types of holidays in the box.
A beach holiday a city break a family holiday a language exchange
An adventure holiday

1. You can do lots of activities, like cycling and horsing riding, on an adventure holiday.
2. My friends want to go on a beach holiday, but I don’t enjoy relaxing by the sea all the time.
3. I went on a city break to Paris. It was interesting to visit all the museums.
4. My sister is going to a language exchange and will stay with a family in Italy.
5. I went on a family holiday with my parents and we camped by a lake.

Exercise 2: Complete the table using the words in the box.

go horse riding go on cycling tours go on cultural visits see famous buildings
see local attractions visit beach resorts swim in the sea go mountain climbing
stay with host families learn new language try local food

City break Adventure holiday

see local attractions go mountain climbing
try local food go horse riding
see famous buildings go on cycling tours
go on cultural visits

Beach holiday Language exchange

visit beach resorts stay with host families
swim in the sea learn new language

Exercise 3: Complete the sentences with the holiday activities in the box.
go horse riding go mountain climbing go on a beach holiday
go on a cultural trip go on a cycling tour go on day trips go shopping
stay with host family visit local attractions visit water parks

1. We often go shopping in the airport where you can buy things cheaper.
2. When I visit my aunt on her farm, we often go horse riding in the countryside. I love animals.
3. You can visit local attractions like an old castle in my town.
4. Families like to visit water parks when the weather is hot so they can cool down.
5. From the city, you can go on day trips by coach to the countryside.
6. It is often cheaper to stay with host family in their own home than in a hotel.
7. If you are fit, a good way to see more of a country is to go on a cycling tour.
8. You shouldn’t go mountain climbing alone as it can be a dangerous sport.

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9. When you go on a cultural trip to a city, you have the chance to see museums and art galleries.
10. If you go on a beach holiday, you can enjoy being by the sea and doing sports, like surfing and
waterskiing.

Exercise 4: Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

boring cultural delicious famous fun interesting local
natural popular traditional
1. The USA is a very popular country to visit. Last year, it had over 70 million visitors.
2. I think it is more fun to go on holiday with friends than with family because you are interested in
doing similar activities.
3. I would prefer to see animals in their natural environment than in the zoo.
4. If you go on a language exchange programs, you can learn a lot about the local area where your host
family lives.
5. A lot of people like go to the beach for holidays, but I find it boring.
6. I prefer to do cultural activities on holiday, like visiting museums and art galleries, than to spend all
my time on the beach.
7. Barcelona has o lot of interesting buildings. Many of them were designed by the artist Antoni Gaudi.
8. On the last night of my holiday, I ate the most delicious meal in the restaurant by the sea.
9. The Eiffel Tower is the most famous building in Paris – people all over the world know what it looks
like.
10. I love to eat traditional food when I go on holiday. I don’t always like it, but it is fun to try it.

Exercise 5: Read the conversation and choose the correct answers.

A: Do you like/ You like going on holiday?
B: Yes, I do/ I did . I always have a great time on holiday with my family.
A: Me too. Where do you usually go/ did you usually go?
B:   We usually go on a beach holiday, but last summer we go/ went on a city break.
A:   What do you do/did you do there?
B:   Well, because my parents enjoy/enjoys going to the theatre, we all go/ we all went to see a play by a
famous British writer.
A: Is it/ Was it good? I don’t really like/ not really like plays. I think they are boring.
B: I thought that, too, but this one didn’t/ wasn’t boring at all. It was really fun

Exercise 6: Complete the email with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
Hi Tony,

I went (go) to Germany with my family in February last year. My family and I don’t like (not/like) beach
holidays, so we decided (decide) to go to Berlin for a week. Usually on holiday, I enjoy (enjoy) visiting

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lots of famous museums and monuments but we didn’t have (not/ have) time to see everything, so we just
saw (see) the main ones, like the Berlin Wall and the Brandenburg Gate. In my opinion, I think they are
(be) both very interesting monuments. I learnt (learn) about them at school last year. Unfortunately, we
felt (feel) cold lot of the time because it was (be) the middle of winter. Where do you like (you/like)
going on holiday? Do you prefer (you/prefer) city breaks in the winter or beach holidays in the summer?

Take care,
Sarah

Exercise 7: Match the sentence halves.

1. I go to the French lessons stay with a host family?
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2. The weather in Stockholm twice a week.
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3. I’m not good at sport but I enjoy hiking and horse riding.
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4. Did you decide to wasn’t very nice.
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5. Are you good at sailing?
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Exercise 8: Choose the best words for the gaps. The first question has been done for you.
1. I didn’t go on the language exchange because my language level wasn’t high enough.
2. As we enjoy kayaking, we decided to go on an adventure holiday this year.
3. The host family spoke English really well so I wasn’t worried that we wouldn’t be able to
communicate.
4. We prefer city breaks because we find laying on a beach for a week really boring.
5. As my parents enjoy trying traditional food, they went on a food tour.

B. Language Builder
Exercise 1: Match the words with the pictures. Use the words in the box.
computer games cooking gym radio restaurant
shopping television walking

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cooking television shopping radio

walking gym computer games restaurant

Exercise 2: Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences.

1. He likes plays/ playing/ play football.
2. They hate listen/ listening/ listens to the radio in English.
3. I loves/ love/ loving reading a book at home.
4. She hate/ hating/ hates shopping in the mall.
5. We don’t like does/ do/ doing sport.
6. Do you like cook/ cooks/ cooking for friends.
7. Don’t they hate goes/ going/ go for walks in bad weather?
Exercise 3: Match the sentence halves.

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1. I like going surfing the internet.

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2. I hate shopping to the gym with my friends.
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3. I don’t like going for to the news on the radio.
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4. I don’t like listening for clothes.
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5. I hate playing dinner for my family.
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6. I don’t like spending time walks in the rain.
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7. I love cooking tennis.
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Exercise 4: Complete the sentences. Use the words in the box.
boring fit friendly funny happy interesting lazy sad

1. She does a lot of sport. She’s very fit.

2. He makes me laugh. He’s really funny.
3. They don’t like working hard. They’re lazy.
4. They are always smiling. They’re happy.
5. She cries a lot. She’s sad.
6. He always tells the same stories. He’s very boring.
7. My teacher explains things well and I want to learn more. She’s is interesting,
8. The neighbors are every kind and helpful to us. They are very friendly.
Exercise 5: Read about William and his friends. Complete the sentences with the correct adjectives.
Hello, my name’s William. I’m an engineer and I work for a big company. I know lots of people at
work and some of them are also my friends. My best friend is called Eddie. We work in the same
office. He always makes me laugh because he’s so boring/ funny. He loves playing tennis and football.
He also likes swimming. Eddie is very fit/ lazy, because he does so much sport. My sister, Maxine, also
likes playing tennis and she loves going for long walks, but her main interest is shopping for clothes! I
often go with her to the shopping mall, but I hate shopping myself. For me, it’s boring/ friendly to wait
while someone chooses lots of clothes, so I normally sit and play games on my mobile phone while I
wait for her. That’s much more interesting/ sad! My other friends are all very different. John, for

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example, hates doing sport and is only funny/ happy when he’s at home reading a book or watching
TV. Another friend, called Dave, is a really nice guy who loves going out with friends. Dave hasn’t got
a job and he doesn’t want one, because he doesn’t like working. He’s very interesting/ lazy. Marta is
my sister’s best friend. She’s very friendly/ sad so loves chatting for hours on the internet. She has
hundreds of online friends.

Exercise 6: Complete the sentences. Use the phrases in the box.

hate doing like going out like playing
loves going loves reading loves talking

1. My best friend likes playing football.

2. Maxine loves going to the gym.
3. John and Martin hate doing sport.
4. Thomas love reading a book at home.
5. I like going out to restaurants with my friends.
6. Marta loves talking to friends on the internet.

Exercise 7: Read the profiles of the people from the internet. Choose True or False.
Kyra
Hello, my name’s Kyra. I’m from Mexico, but I live in Germany now. I’m 22 years old, but I’m not
married. I like reading and playing the piano. I love watching tennis and football on the TV, but I don’t
like doing sport. My friends say I’m a bit lazy and I think they’re right. I’m a student, by the way.
Lars
Hi, I’m Lars. I’m from Sweden. I’m 24 years old and I’ve got lots of friends. I like inviting them for
dinner at the weekend. I love cooking French and Italian dishes. People say that I’m a friendly person
and I think they’re right because I like being with people and helping them. I’m quite sporty and fit. I
don’t like sitting at home watching TV or playing computer games.
Rachel
Hi there, my name’s Rachel. I’m 26. I’m from France. I like playing football and I love swimming.
That’s my main interest. I go to the swimming pool about three or four times a week. Most of my
friends like doing sport as well. They’re all quite fit. At the weekend we all love going for long walks
and then in the evening we love having a meal together in a restaurant. That’s usually great fun.

True False

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1. Kyra is German.
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2. Kyra loves playing tennis.
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3.Kyra is lazy.
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4. Lars is Italian.
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5. Lars loves cooking.
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6. Lars loves playing video games.
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7. Rachel enjoys swimming.
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8. Rachel’s friends are fit.
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9. Rachel loves going for walks with her friends in the evening.
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Exercise 8: Put the words in the correct order to complete the sentences.
1. I the friends cinema with love my going to .
 I love going to the cinema with my friends.

2. Hate for clothes shopping I.

 I hate shopping for clothes.

3. The park going for long don’t like walks in I .

 I don’t like going for long walks in the park.

4. The to like radio I listening .

 I like listening to the radio.

5. Really love Ic hatting on internet the .

 I really love chatting on the internet.

6. Guy best really nice is friend a my .

 My best friend is a really nice guy.
7. Friendly very wife is my .

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 My wife is very friendly.

C. Reading & Writing

Exercise 1: Match the words with the pictures. Use the words in the box.
airport beach castle fun park
hotel museum restaurant skyscraper

1. castle 2. fun park 3. museum

4. skyscraper 5. beach 6. airport.

7. hotel 8. restaurant.

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Exercise 2: Read the information about a museum. Complete the sentences with one word or a
number from the text.
At the Nature Museum, you can find out about many different animals, from dinosaurs to dolphins. The
animals in the museum are not only to look at. Visitors are welcome to play with them, learn how they
eat, and of course, take lots of photos. From May until September, on the second floor, visitors can
learn about how dinosaurs lived in the past, play with our friendly model dinosaur, and even make their
own dinosaur.

Visitors can take a group tour of the museum, or explore the museum on their own with our new mobile
phone app. If you get tired, you can visit our café on the third floor for hot drinks, sandwiches and
cakes. There is also a shop on the ground floor, where you can buy presents for your friends and family.

The museum is open from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday, and 10:00 a.m. until 4:00
p.m. at the weekend. Tickets cost £6.00 for adults and £3.00 for children. A family ticket for two adults
and two children costs £12.00. The museum is free on the first Saturday of every month.

1. Visitors to the Nature Museum are welcome to take photos.

2. From May until September, there is a model of a dinosaur that visitors can play with.
3.Visitors can take a tour of the museum in a group or on their own.
4. The café is on the third floor of museum.
5. The museum closes at 4:00 pm at the weekends.
6. A family ticket to the museum costs £ 12.00.

Exercise 3: Read the text about a famous building. Complete the gaps with the correct verbs.
The Burj Khalifa is a modern skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is made/ take of metal and
glass and it is over 800 metres high. Many people from all over the world travel/visit the Burj Khalifa
every day. Visitors can take a lift to the 148th floor and look out of the windows at the city. Inside the
Burj Khalifa, visitors can eat in the highest restaurant in the world, which serves fantastic food. Visitors
can also look at and enjoy paintings by famous artists from the Middle East. They can even leave/ stay
there for the night, in the world’s highest luxury hotel. The Burj Khalifa is not only for tourists as many
people live in the building, in luxury apartments or visit/ work in one of the many offices inside the
building. It is also a good place to celebrate special occasions. For example, on New Year’s Eve, many
people go to the Burj Khalifa to see the famous fireworks at midnight.

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The Burj Khalifa is an important tourist place in Dubai, because it is the highest building in the world.
It is also the most popular place to visit in the United Arab Emirates. Many people from all over the
world want to go to the top of the world’s highest building and put/ take their photos on the internet.
Many people see/ watch the photos and then want to visit Dubai. If you like/ want to visit Dubai, you
should definitely go/ see to the Burj Khalifa.

Exercise 4: Read the postcard from Tom to his friend Adam. Choose True or False.
Dear Adam,
Hello from Coconut Island! I am having a brilliant time relaxing on the beach with my aunt and uncle
and my brother. It’s a shame that my parents aren’t here – they had to stay at home and work. The
beach has beautiful white sand, palm trees and clear blue water. I went swimming this morning, and the
water was lovely. It wasn’t too cold. There are a lot of different activities to do on the beach. Yesterday
morning me and my brother tried surfing. He was much better than me, but I still enjoyed it. My
favorite activity was the boat trip yesterday afternoon. We saw dolphins and a lot of colorful fish.
Yesterday evening, we had dinner in a restaurant next to the beach and ate fish. I usually don’t like fish,
but the food at the restaurant was delicious!
See you next week.
Best wishes,
Tom

True False
1. Tom is on holiday with his parents.
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2. The water was very cold when Tom went swimming.
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3. Tom did some activities on the beach yesterday.
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4. Tom’s brother was good at surfing.
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5. Tom’s favorite activity was surfing.
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6. Tom didn’t like the fish at the restaurant.
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Exercise 5: Read the text about a famous fun park. Match the headings in the box to the
paragraphs A–E.

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Different times of year How to visit Things to do What is Tivoli Gardens?

Why is it so popular?

A What is Tivoli Gardens?

Tivoli Gardens is a fun park in Copenhagen, the capital city of Denmark. The park was built a very long
time ago in 1843. In the past, Tivoli Gardens had many famous visitors, including the Danish children’s
writer Hans Christian Andersen and the American filmmaker Walt Disney. Today, the fun park is still
one of the most popular places for tourists to visit in Copenhagen and people who are both young and old
enjoy visiting the park every day of year.
B Things to do
There are a lot of popular things to do for tourists to Tivoli Gardens. It is most famous for its rides. The
oldest ride in the park was built in 1914, and people can still ride on it today. One quite scary ride is
called ‘vertigo’ and it travels at 100km per hour. This ride won the prize for the Best Ride of 2014. There
are also many restaurants, where people can eat food from all over world. There are many old buildings
and the beautiful gardens are a very good place to relax.
C Why is it so popular?
Many people ask the same question about Tivoli Gardens – how does it still get so many visitors after all
these years? One reason why so many people love Tivoli Gardens is because there is something there for
everyone. Some of riders are old, and others are new. Some riders are scary and other are relaxing. The
rides are not just popular with children. Adults enjoy them too because they make them think about when
they were young. Is has beautiful buildings and gardens, and colored lights at night time, so people feel
relaxed and happy.
D Different times of year
Tivoli Gardens is open all year, and there are different things to see and do all year round. In spring,
visitors can enjoy the beautiful flowers in the gardens. In summer, the park is open until late, and there
are dance shows. There are pumpkins, spiders and witches for Halloween, and in winter there are many
colored lights on the trees and a market. It is a popular places to go celebrate the New Year, when there
are fireworks at midnight.

E How to visit

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There are two different types of ticket that visitors can buy to visit Tivoli Gardens. They can pay to enter
the gardens and pay for rides later, or they can pay a little more for a ticket which includes as many rides
as they like. This is generally the best ticket to choose, as it saves spending a lot of extra money on rides.
If guests have a Copenhagen visitor card, they can enter the Garden for free. People can buy tickets at the
gardens or on the internet.
Exercise 6: Put the words in the correct order to complete the sentences.
1. In Empire State Building New York is a famous building the
 The Empire State Building is a famous building in New York.

2. Is of building wood made the .

 The building is made of wood.

3. If very old for it’s is an place tourists important

because .
 It is an important place for tourists because it’s very old.

4. With there beautiful flowers are gardens .

 There are gardens with beautiful flowers.

5. Has sand where beach relax beautiful can people the

white .
 The beach has beautiful white sand where people can relax.

6. Where restaurants there many are eat can people .

There are many restaurants where people can eat.

7. A people can buy presents shop there is where .

 There is a shop where people can buy presents.

8. Tickets internet buy the on can people .

 People can buy tickets on the Internet.
Exercise 7: Complete the sentences with the correct words.
1 Most people like to relax in/ on/ to the beach.

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2 You can swim at/ in/ on the sea every day – it is not too cold.
3 You cannot take photos in/ on/ to this museum.
4 You can eat in/ on/ to a restaurant every night.
5 People can take pictures at/ in/ to the top of a tall building.
6 We went in/ on/ to an amazing boat trip.

Exercise 8: Match the sentence halves.

1. The castle is over A thousand years old.

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2. The hotel has Glass and metal.
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3. Over a million people The gardens are open until late.
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4. In summer Ten floors and 100 rooms.
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5. the fun park is close to the City center.
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6. The building is made of In the museum café.
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7. People can have lunch Most popular place for tourists.
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8. The Royal Palace is the Visit the museum every year.
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Exercise 9: Read the text about the Burj Khalifa. Match the information with paragraph A or B

A The Burj Khalifa is a modern skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is made of metal and
glass and it is over 800 meters high. Many people from all over the world visit the Burj Khalifa every
day. Visitors can take a lift to the 148th floor and look out of the windows at the city. Inside the Burj
Khalifa, visitors can eat in the highest restaurant in the world, which serves fantastic food. Visitors
can also look at and enjoy paintings by famous artists from the Middle East. They can even stay there
for the night, in the world’s highest luxury hotel. The Burj Khalifa is not only for tourists as many
people live in the building, in luxury apartments or work in one of the many offices inside the
building. It is also a good place to celebrate special occasions. For example, on New Year’s Eve,

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many people go to the Burj Khalifa to see the famous fireworks at midnight.

B The Burj Khalifa is an important tourist place in Dubai, because it is the highest building in the
world. It is also the most popular place to visit in the United Arab Emirates. Many people from all
over the world want to go to the top of the world’s highest building and put their photos on the
internet. Many people see the photos and then want to visit Dubai. The Burj Khalifa is popular with
people of all ages. Young people, families and older people will all enjoy visiting this amazing
building. If you want to visit Dubai, you should definitely go to the Burj Khalifa.

A B
1. where to eat.
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2. Why the building is important.
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3. People of diffeernt ages like visting the building.
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4. A place to stay.
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5. How some people find out about the building.
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6. A description of the building.
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Exercise 10. Write a description of an important place for tourists in your country. Use the notes to
help you.

Notes
1. Say what type of place it is.
2. Say where it is.
3. Say what people can do there.
4. Say why it is important

C. Listening & Speaking

Exercise 1: Listen to the descriptions and match them with the different kinds of holiday.
(Tracks 4.1 – 4.6)

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1. city break 4.

6
2. language exchange 4.
1
3. sailing holiday 4.
2
4. wildlife holiday 4.
3
5. adventure holiday 4.
5
6. beach holiday 4.
4

Exercise 2: Listen to people talking about activities they like to do on holiday and match them with
the pictures. (Tracks 4.7 – 4.12)

4.7 4.12 4.9

4.11 4.10 4.8

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Exercise 3: Listen to John talking about the different places he’s visited. Match the countries with
the main reasons he went to them. (Track 4.13)

1. Turkey So he could study art.

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2. Morocco Because he loves mountain climbing.
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3. Italy So he could improve his language skills.
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4. Thailand So he could try the food.
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5. Russia Because he loves beach holidays.
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6. Spain Because his grandmother lives there.
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Exercise 5: Listen to Cristina talking about her holiday. Choose the correct answers. (Track
4.14)

5. Cristina and her friends went to the Palace of

1. Cristina usually goes on Versailes

○Adventure holidays. ○By bus.

●Beach holidays. ○By car.
○Sailing holidays. ●By train.
2. Cristina and her friends stayed 6. Cristina

●In a gueshouse. ○Didn’t enjoy her holiday.

○In a hotel. ●Enjoyed her holiday.
○With a family. ○Wasn’t sure if she enjoyed her holiday.
3. On the first day, Cristina and her friends visited 7. Cristina thinks that Paris is

○The Eifel Tower. ●Expensive

●The Louvre museum. ○Great.
○The Pompidou Centre. ○Very clean.

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4. Cristina says that the food in the restaurant was

●Delicious.
○Not very dood.
○Very expensive.

Exercise 7: Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. Practice saying the sentences.
1. With family we a stayed host .
 We stayed with a host family.

2. On I went trips day .

 I went on day trips.

3. Water parks they visited .

 They visited water parks.

4. Attractions I saw local .

 I saw local attractions.

5. A cycling tour we went on .

 We went on a cycling tour.

6. Travelled they by train .

They travelled by train.

7. They visits cultural went on .

 They went on cultural visits.

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8. And galleries visited museums we .

 We visited museums and galleries.
Exercise 8: Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.
1. I like to go on wildlife holidays because I prefer to see animals in their delicious/ fun/ natural
environment.
2. I’m an architect, so when I travel, I like to visit easy/ famous/ long buildings like the Burj Al Arab in
Dubai.
3. I don’t like beach holidays so going to a beach resort is very boring/ interesting/ short for me.
4. I love travelling to China because the food is cultural/ delicious/ quick.
5. I enjoy going to museums, so I often go on cultural/ delicious/ difficult visit.
6. When I’m on holiday, I like shopping and visiting boring/ difficult/ local markets.
7. I love eating, so when I go on holiday to another country, I think it’s famous/ fun/ popular to try
traditional food.
8. I think France is great. It’s a very local/ natural/ popular country to visit. It has over 50 million
visitors a year.

Exercise 9: Complete the sentences with so or because.

1. I love animals so I often go on wildlife holidays.
2. We satyed in a guest house because hotels are very expensive.
3. she loves sports so she went on an adventure holiday.
4. He wanted to improve his Italian so he went on a language exchange Rome.
5. They love holidays by the sea so they stayed at a beach resort.
6. I went on a city break to London because I love visiting museums.

Exercise 10: Describe a holiday you really liked. Look at the ideas below. Spend a few minutes
thinking about what to say.
Talk about:

•    where you went

•   what you did on the trip
•   why you went
•   why you liked it.

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LISTENING SCRIPT
Exercise 3.
The food in Turkey is very good, especially the fish and the mezze, and I like to try traditional dishes
when I’m on holiday. And there are lots of traditional dishes in the different parts of the country.

I went to Morocco last year for the first time for three years. In the past, I went more often. It’s a
beautiful country, but the main reason was that my grandmother lives there.

When I was a child, we went to Italy quite often and stayed in a hotel by the sea. But two years ago I
went to study. I’m an art student and with so many famous painters, Italy’s a fantastic country to study
Art History. 

The weather in Thailand is fantastic! At least on the islands and parts of the coast, and that’s great for me,
because my favorite type of holiday is just being on the beach, and swimming in the sea.

The first time I went to Russia, I visited the famous art galleries in St Petersburg. But this year I went to
Moscow on a language exchange and stayed with a host family. My Russian is much better now!

A lot of people don’t know that Spain has lots of mountains. It’s not just a place to go for a beach
holiday, or to eat traditional food or go to museums. It’s one of the best places in Europe for mountain
climbing. I went there about five years ago.

Exercise 4
I like all kinds of holidays. Usually, I go on long beach holidays with my friends, and two years ago we
went on an adventure holiday. Another time we went on a sailing holiday. But last year we had less time,
so we decided to go on a short city break. It was more expensive than a beach holiday, but we had a
wonderful time.
We went to Paris. We couldn’t afford a hotel so we thought about staying with a host family, but then we
decided to stay in a small guesthouse. It was very comfortable, but it was a long way from the city center.
We chose it because it was cheap. And the public transport in Paris is good, so we moved around very
easily.
On the first day we went to the center and visited the Louvre museum. We waited for over an hour to buy
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wanted to visit the Pompidou Centre too, but we didn’t have time because there’s so much to see in the
Louvre. In the evening, we thought about going to the Eifel Tower, but we were too tired! So we went
there – and to the Pompidou Centre – on the second day. And in the evening we went to a typical
restaurant as we wanted to try some traditional French food. It wasn’t very expensive and I liked the
food. It was delicious! And the service was very good too.
On the final day, we went on a day trip to visit the Palace of Versailles, near Paris. We thought about
hiring a car, but as it was too expensive, we went by train. It was quicker than the bus. The palace is very
famous and it’s quite beautiful. There are wonderful gardens where we walked and relaxed in the
sunshine and rode bicycles around the fountains.
Our holiday was a very short, city break so on the fourth day we travelled home. For me, this was a very
different holiday, but it was one of the best holidays I’ve had because I visited so many famous places for
the first time. Paris is an expensive city, and like most big cities it isn’t very clean, but it is a great place
for a city break.

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