VI. Dramatize the following dialogue.

A.: I heard you took a trip to Mexico.

B.: Yes, I did.

A.: How did you like it?

B.: I love travelling, but I love coming home, too! East or west, home is the best.

A.: Did you enjoy your vacation?

B.: It had its ups and downs, but I am really satisfied with it.

A.: What did you like the best?

B.: I was absolutely excited with the rafting trip we took to a small island.

A.: That sounds great. Did you like the extreme?

B.: I was happy to get some new experience and impressions. In fact, it’s unforgettable.

A.: What did you bring back for me?

B.: I’ve brought some souvenirs for you. I’ll give them to you as soon as I unpack.

A.: Next time, I am going to save up my money and go with you.

VII. Read the additional text, entitle it, discuss it with your group-mates.

A very popular method of travelling is hiking or camping. It is travelling on foot. Walking tours are very interesting. People go to campsites, which are usually near some lakes or mountains, with tents or caravans. While staying there you can go fishing, hiking, mountaineering, bicycling, swimming and sunbathing. People make food for themselves in nature, so there are lots of activities to do. Camping is the healthiest way of spending holidays.

If you like to hike and travel, then you’re a special kind of hiker, a travelling hiker. Travelling hikers have a spirit of adventure, a natural curiosity about people and places far from home, a sense of humor that enables them to take every curve in the road in stride and a young-at-heart spirit common to active people of all ages and stages of life. The travelling hiker also shares a love of nature, an appreciation of the green world and a desire to stay active and healthy while participating in a kind of travel that challenges body and mind.

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Grammar Exercises

Direct Speech

Indirect Speech

Present Indefinite → She said, “I travel by bus every day.” Past Indefinite → He said, “I travelled by bus every day.” Present Perfect → He said, “I have already travelled by bus.” Past Perfect → He said, “I had already travelled by bus.” Present Continuous → He said, “I am travelling by bus.” Past Continuous → He said, “I was travelling by bus.” Present Perfect Continuous → He said, “I have been travelling by bus since morning.” Future Indefinite (Continuous, Perfect) → He said, “I’ll travel by bus.”

Past Indefinite She said (that) she travelled by bus every day. Past Perfect He said (that) he had travelled by bus every day. Past Perfect He said (that) he had already travelled by bus. Past Perfect He said (that) he had already travelled by bus. Past Continuous He said (that) he was travelling by bus. Past Perfect Continuous He said (that) he had been travelling by bus. Past Perfect Continuous He said (that) he had been travelling by bus since morning. Future Indefinite (Continuous, Perfect)-in-the-Past He said (that) he would travel by bus.