
- •Unit 8 types of hotels
- •Vocabulary focus
- •1. Give English equivalents of the words and word combinations used in the text. Make up your own sentences with these words.
- •2. Group the following terms according to the titles in the table (7 terms in each group).
- •3. Match up to make phrases.
- •4. Match the terms with the definitions.
- •5. Pick out the right definition.
- •6. Insert prepositions where necessary.
- •7. Fill in the blanks with the words given below.
- •8. Read the extract from the brochure and fill in the gaps with the following words. The first one has been done for you.
- •9. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
- •10. Answer the questions.
- •11. State whether the following statements are true or false. Comment on the true statements and correct the false ones.
- •12. Make a summary of the text.
- •Accommodation in Scotland
- •1. Read the website for Scotland.
- •2. You can metropolitan hotel but you cannot have a metropolitan cottage. Why not?
- •3. Match the adjectives with nouns from.
- •Which adjectives can describe most nouns? Which adjectives combine with only one of the nouns?
- •How many meaningful combinations can you make with two adjectives and a noun?
- •6. Choose different adjective-noun combinations and use them to write sentences to describe accommodation you have stayed in as a tourist.
10. Answer the questions.
How are all the hotels rated?
What types of hotels are there according to the purpose of travelling people?
What system is used to grade the hotels according to the range of services and quality of comforts? How are the hotels graded?
What kind of hotel is an inn?
Who does a motel offer accommodation to?
What is a condominium?
Are camping sites considered to be a type of accommodation?
What kind of facilities are provided in inexpensive hotels?
What kind of guests are inexpensive hotels used by? What are the prices like?
What may still attract the guests in inexpensive hotels?
Where are inexpensive hotels situated?
What kind of accommodation is offered to the guests in the moderate hotels?
What sort of facilities are provided in the moderate hotels?
What kind of services are arranged in the moderate hotels?
What sort of meals are offered in the moderate hotels?
Where are the moderate hotels located?
What kind of accommodation is offered to the guests in the expensive hotels?
What sort of facilities are provided in the expensive hotels?
What are bedrooms in the expensive resort hotels fitted with?
What kind of services are offered in the expensive hotels?
What sort of meals are provided in the expensive hotels?
Where are the expensive hotels located?
What kind of accommodation is offered in deluxe hotels?
What are bedrooms fitted with?
What sort of services are provided in deluxe hotels?
What kind of meals are offered in deluxe hotels?
What sort of facilities are provided in deluxe resort hotels?
Where are deluxe hotels located?
What are the prices like in deluxe hotels?
What kind of accommodation is offered in superdeluxe hotels?
What are the guestrooms fitted with?
What sort of recreational facilities are provided in superdeluxe hotels?
What kind of services are offered in superdeluxe hotels?
How high is the proportion of employees to one guest or one guestroom? What does it mean?
Where are superdeluxe hotels located?
11. State whether the following statements are true or false. Comment on the true statements and correct the false ones.
All the hotels are rated according to the range of services and quality of comforts.
According to the purpose of travelling people the hotels are rated as superdeluxe, deluxe, expensive, moderate and inexpensive.
Convention hotels have a lot of recreational facilities like swimming pools, fitness centres, sports grounds.
The only system that is used to grade the hotels according to the range of services and quality of comforts is the star system.
A motel is a hotel for people travelling by their cars.
“All-in” hotels offer all-in rates for full board and half board stays.
Camping site is not considered to be a type of accommodation.
The inexpensive hotels are 1-star hotels offering low prices and situated away from the city centre.
The moderate hotels are 3-star hotels, located in the downtown and offering reasonable prices.
The 3-star hotels are well-appointed and very comfortable hotels having a rather good location.
The expensive hotels are exceptionally well-appointed hotels offering a high standard of comforts and services.
The deluxe hotels have excellent locations in beautiful neighbourhoods.
The 5-star hotels are exceptionally luxurious hotels offering extremely comfortable and luxurious guestrooms.
The superdeluxe hotels don’t have a very high proportion of employees to guests and guestrooms.
The superdeluxe hotels are built and designed to provide services for middle-class people.