Best holiday
Ten years ago I 1_____ to the Unite States with my partner. We 2_____ to San Francisco, 3_____ a car, and then 4_____ to Arizona to visit the Grand Canyon, and the Los Angeles. We 5_____ a fantastic time. We 6____ each other very well at the time, but we got on very well. We 7_____ together for 24 hours a day for 10 days, but we only 8_____ once – when we got lost! We got married after that, and are still together.
b) Complete the questions:
1 Where __________? – San Francisco.
2 ___________ there? – Ten years ago.
3 ______________ a good time? – Yes they did.
4 ______________ on well? – Yes, very well.
5 How many times _____________? – Only once.
Ask your partner about his (her) last holiday. Make a dialogue.
WRITING and Grammar
a) Read the story from a magazine reader. Guess what happened in the end. Then correct the six grammar mistakes with the verbs (wrong tense or wrong form).
Nightmare journey
We asked you to tell us about your nightmare journey. Jutta from Germany wrote to us about hers…
A nightmare journey I remember was three years ago. 1________ I was going to the airport with my friend. We were going to Mallorca on holiday and we had to be at Dresden airport two hours before the flight.
We leaved home with plenty of time, 2_______ when we got to the motorway there was a huge traffic jam! The traffic wasn’t moving at all. We didn’t knew what to do. It was too late to go another way, 3_______ we just sat in the car getting more and more stressed. 4________ ten minutes the traffic started moving slowly. We decided to leave the motorway and try to found another way to the airport, 5______ I wasn’t sure of the way and we got completely lost. We was sure we were going to miss the flight. We finally arrived at the airport just thirty minutes before the plane was going to leave. The woman at the check-in desk said we couldn’t to check in our luggage 6_______ it was too late 7_____ we had to run with all our cases to the departure gate.
8______ my friend felt over and hurt her leg, we managed to get to the gate in time and 9_______ we caught out flight.
b) Read the story again and complete it with a connecting words or phrase.
after although because but (*2) in the end so (*2) when
c) Write about a nightmare journey you’ve had (or invent one).
Plan what you’re going to write using the paragraph summaries below: Use the Useful language box to help you.
Paragraph 1 When was the journey?
Where were you going? Who with? Why?
Paragraph 2 What went wrong? What happened?
Paragraph 3 What happened in the end?
Useful language: travel problems
the flight was delayed there was a traffic jam you broke down
you got a puncture you got lost you forgot your passport
you missed your flight your flight was overbooked
READING
Read the article and answer these questions.
1. How far is the airport from the city centre? ____________________________
2. How much does the BART cost for two people one way? _________________
3. If your taxi fare is $40, how much should you tip? ______________________
4. How much does the airport bus cost for two adults returns? _______________
5. What time is the earliest bus to the airport? ____________________________
6. Which forms of transport will take you straight to your hotel? _______and___