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British Holiday Habits Explained

1. The document provides information about how British people typically spend their holidays, including details about package holidays, holiday resorts, camping, and language exchanges. 2. It includes a preparation task where readers match vocabulary words to definitions, and two exercises to check understanding - one involving true/false questions and one involving choosing the correct preposition. 3. The exercises assess understanding of facts like typical holiday lengths for working people and school children in the UK, as well as popular holiday locations and activities like camping on the south coast.

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British Holiday Habits Explained

1. The document provides information about how British people typically spend their holidays, including details about package holidays, holiday resorts, camping, and language exchanges. 2. It includes a preparation task where readers match vocabulary words to definitions, and two exercises to check understanding - one involving true/false questions and one involving choosing the correct preposition. 3. The exercises assess understanding of facts like typical holiday lengths for working people and school children in the UK, as well as popular holiday locations and activities like camping on the south coast.

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Read UK: Holidays – exercises

Do the preparation task first. Then read the article about how British people spend their holidays and do
the exercises to check your understanding.

Preparation
Match the vocabulary with the correct definition and write a–h next to the number 1–8.

1…….. a package holiday a. staying with a family in a different country to learn a language

a place which provides holiday accommodation, food and


2…….. the UK b.
entertainment

3…….. a rollercoaster c. a ride at a theme park

4…….. a campsite d. a flight with hotel or apartment

spending the night in a tent in the countryside, not on a


5…….. wild camping e.
campsite

6…….. a holiday resort f. a place to stay in a tent or caravan

the United Kingdom; it is made up of England, Northern


7…….. a silent disco g.
Ireland, Scotland and Wales

a place where everybody dances, listening to their own music


8…….. a language exchange h.
on headphones

1. Check your understanding: true or false


Circle True or False for these sentences.

1. Most working people in the UK have about six weeks' annual holiday. True False

The British government doesn’t want families to go on holiday during


2. True False
school term time.

3. The weather is always warm and sunny in summer in Britain. True False

4. The south coast is a popular place to camp. True False

5. Butlin’s holiday resorts are not expensive. True False

6. There are summer camps for teenagers in the UK. True False
2. Check your grammar: multiple choice – prepositions
Circle the best preposition to complete these sentences.

1. British people usually have their holidays in / on / at summer.

2. School children are in / on / at holiday from approximately the end of July.

3. In / On / At winter some people go skiing.

4. You can sign up to try a new roller coaster ride in / on / at their website.

5. As well as plants you can also see top bands play in / on / at the Eden Project.

6. Newquay is in / on / at the south coast of England.

7. A seven-day July summer holiday in / on / at Butlin’s costs about 130 pounds per person.

8. In a language exchange, a teenager spends a week or two in / on / at a foreign country.

Discussion

Are you going on holiday this year?


Where would you like to go?

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