Vocabulary drill

 

Fill in the blanks:

 

explorers		camels		airplanes
jet planes		mode		spas
treatment		the rich		resorts
steamships		races		development
inland waterways		railway		overseas trip

 

1. The WTO assists countries in the ...... of their national tourism.

2. The only means of travelling in the early 19th century were trains and ...... .

3. Thomas Cook arranged the first trip by ...... in 1841.

4. When the first ...... appeared, they changed travel crucially.

5. When ...... emerged, they made air travel available to most people.

6. In the first half of the 19th century steamships carried passengers within ...... .

7. Marco Polo, Chistopher Columbus and James Cook were world-famous ...... .

8. Thomas Cook arranged the first ...... in 1855 to Paris.

9. Well-to-do Europeans used to go to health resorts and ...... of Germany for recreation and ...... .

10. The first travellers used simple boats on the water and ...... in the desert.

11. During the first group tour Thomas Cook provided his tourists with meals on the train and tickets for the ...... .

12. The 19th century tourism was first and foremost for ...... .

13. Well-to-do tourists used to travel to the ...... in the mountains of Austria and Switzerland.

14. Air travel is the fastest ...... of travelling.

 

Grammar drills the past indefinite tense

 

 

TO BE (сильный)

 

+          I (he, she, it) was at the resort last summer.

            You (we, they) were at the resort last summer.

 

?          Was I (he, she, it) at the resort last summer?

            Were you (we, they) at the resort last summer?

 

-           I was not (wasn’t) at the resort last summer.

            You (we, they) were not (weren’t) at the resort last summer.

 

 

TO WORK (слабый правильный)

 

+          I (you, he, she, it, we, they) worked a year ago.

?          Did I (you, he, she, it, we, they) work a year ago?

-           I (you, he, she, it, we, they) did not (didn’t) work a year ago.

 

 

TO GET (слабый неправильный)

 

+          I (you, he, she, it, we, they) got a job yesterday.

?          Did I (you, he, she, it. we, they) get a job yesterday?

-           I (you,he,she,it,we,they) did not (didn’t) get a job yesterday.

 

 

I. Make up interrogative and negative sentences:

 

MODELS:

 

+          He was away on business last week.

?          Was he away on business last week?

-           He was not away on business last week.

+          He studied tourism last year.

?          Did he study tourism last year?

-           He did not study tourism last year.

 

+          He came to the office at 9 o’clock.

?          Did he come to the office at 9 o’clock?

-           He did not come to the office at 9 o’clock.

 

1. The travel agent offered a travel insurance.

2. The travellers chose our new tour yesterday.

3. They were happy with the travel arrangements.

4. It was late to change the dates of the tour.

5. Columbus discovered America in the 15th century.

6. Well-to-do Russians travelled to European health resorts in the 19th century.

7. You went to France by train.

8. You took a ferry to reach England.

9. Our tourism manager made a journey to Turkey.

10. He was pleased with the journey by air.

11. He enjoyed the journey by train.

12. The students got familiar with the sights of Greece last August.

13. It was high season when they arrived.

14. The first travellers were merchants and traders.