II. Make up alternative questions:

 

MODELS:

 

1) The travellers were pleased with the coach.

     Were the travellers pleased with the coach or with the      hotel?

 

2) The travellers took a tour to Athens.

     Did the travellers take a tour to Athens or to Rome?

 

1. They toured around Europe.

2. The first travellers were merchants.

3. Thomas Cook set up the first travel agency.

4. The WTO emerged in 1975.

5. The first travellers used boats.

6. They were familiar with boats.

7. Jet planes emerged in the early 20th century.

8. Thomas Cook was known all over the world.

9. The age of modern trains came in the 19th century.

10. The most famous travellers in the past were explorers.

11. Travelling by car became widespread in the late 19th century.

12. The trains outdid ferries.

  

III. Make up tail-questions:

 

MODELS:

 

1) The first travellers were familiar with boats.

     The first travellers were familiar with boats, weren’t they?

 

2) The first travellers were not familiar with planes.

     The first travellers were not familiar with planes, were      they?

 

3) Well-to-do travellers had enough money and spare time.

     Well-to-do travellers had enough money and spare time,      didn’t they? 

 

4) Common people didn’t have enough money and spare time.

     Common people didn’t have enough money and spare time,      did they? 

 

1. Christopher Columbus was one of the best-known explorers.

2. The age of airplanes changed travel crucially.

3. The age of airplanes made travel available to all people.

4. The cost of air transportation didn’t make travel available to everybody.

5. Christopher Columbus discovered America.

6. Amerigo Vespucci didn’t discover America.

7. Afanassy Nikitin was not known in the West.

8. The first travellers used simple means of travelling.

9. The first travellers didn’t travel by air.

10. They were not familiar with air travel.

IV. Make up special questions:

 

MODELS:

 

1) The chief animator was on the stage during the whole contest last night.

 

Who was on the stage during the whole contest last night?

Where was the chief animator during the contest last night?

When was the chief animator on the stage?

 

2) The tourists spent their paid holidays at the health resort last season.

 

Who spent paid holidays at the health resort last season?

What did the tourists do last season?

What did the tourists spend at the health resort last season?

What kind of holidays did the tourists spend at the health resort last season?

Where did the tourists spend their paid holidays last season?

What kind of resort did the tourists spend their paid holidays at?

When did the tourists spend their paid holidays at the health resort?

 

1. Rich noble people were members of the Russian Tourist Society. (Who, What kind of ...)

2. The Russian Tourist Society came into being in 1901. (What, When)

3. Thomas Cook Company was well-known in Russia in the 19th century. (What, Where, When)

4. The first Russian guide books gave details of Moscow and St.Petersburg sights. (What, What kind of ...)

5. Tourist boom started about 30 or 40 years ago. (What, When, How long ago)

6. Before 1855 Thomas Cook Company dealt with domestic tourism only. (When, What, What kind of ...)

7. Steamships carried passengers on all oceans of the world. (What, Whom, What kind of ...)

8. The WTO emerged in 1975. (What, When)

9. The UN conference on international travel and tourism took place in Rome in 1963. (What, What kind of ..., Where, When)

10. The first motor-cars appeared in the late 19th century. (What, When)

11. Thomas Cook set up the first travel agency in the middle of the 19th century. (Who, What, When)

12. Thomas Cook provided his tourists with meals and tickets for the races during the first group tour. (Who, Whom, What, When)

13. The rich went to German health resorts for treatment and recreation. (Who, Where, Why)

14. In the 19th century tourism was for the rich because they had enough money and spare time. (When, What, Why)