Module 7 Going places

Grammar: going to V₁

Past Continuous

Vocabulary: holidays

transport, accommodation

Vocabulary

7.1 Match the phrases and pictures.

1. go abroad

2. go away for the weekend

3. go camping

4. go by bus / car / plane / train

5. go for a walk

6. go out at night

7. go sightseeing

8. go swimming

9. go to the seaside / to the beach

10. go cycling

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e		f		g		h
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Which of these things do you do regularly?

Which of them would you never do on holiday?

e.g. I go camping every summer. I would never go by plane.

7.2 Complete the verb phrases. Listen and check.

book buy have hire rent spend stay sunbathe take
_____in a hotel/with friends _____ photos _____ souvenirs	_____ on the beach _____ a good time _____ money / time	_____ an apartment _____ a bicycle / skis _____ flights/hotels online

In pairs. Ask and answer the questions about going on holiday. Give more detail why.

Which do you prefer…?

1. going abroad or going on holiday in your country

2. going by car, bus, plane or train

3. going to the seaside or going to a city

4. sunbathing or going sightseeing

5. staying in a hotel or renting an apartment

6. going for walks or going cycling

7. booking flights/train tickets online or buying tickets at a ticket office

8. hot, sunny weather or cool, cloudy weather

9. going with friends or going with family

7.3 Put the adjectives in (+) or (-) category.

Weather: warm, very windy, foggy, sunny, cloudy
Weather:	(+) warm, sunny
	(­−) very windy, foggy, cloudy

Hotel: basic, comfortable, luxurious, dirty, uncomfortable

Town: noisy, beautiful, lovely, crowded

People: friendly, unhelpful, helpful, hostile

Food: delicious, nothing special, disgusting

What was your last holiday like? Listen and answer the questions.

What was the weather like? – It was warm.

7.4 Read the stories. Put one word in each gap. Practise reading the texts.

1. I love going _______ for the weekend with my friends. We usually go _______ car to a town or village and _______ in a hotel. We don’t have much money so we always _______ the hotel online as it’s cheaper that way. We never go _______ because we want to be comfortable and we don’t like sleeping in tents.

2. Last winter, my best friend and I decided to _______ skiing in the Alps. I didn’t have any _______ , so I hired a pair when I got there. We decided to _______ a small apartment near the ski slopes and we _______ a very good time there. We’ll definitely go back there next year.

3. If you like the beach and big cities, you should go to Barcelona! In the mornings, you can go _______ and see all the museums and monuments. In the afternoons, you can go _______ in the sea or _______ on the beach. You don’t have to _______ a lot of money as everything is very cheap. Don’t forget your camera so that you can _______ lots of photos!

Reading

7.5 Read the story and choose the correct option.

My holiday disaster

Although I work in the centre of London now, I like going to the mountains when I can. Last winter I decided to spend a week in Scotland. I wanted to go skiing and walking in the mountains. I looked on the internet and booked a cottage (a small house) for a week. One Friday night last November, I packed my bags, went to Heathrow airport, and waited to get on a plane to Inverness.

Then the problems started. The plane didn’t leave that night. There was a lot of snow in Scotland and they closed Inverness airport. So I spent the night in Heathrow. I drank a lot of tea and read a lot of newspapers. I tried to sleep but I wasn’t comfortable. Next morning, Inverness airport opened again, and we arrived in Scotland. But my bags weren’t there.

I hired a car and drove to the cottage. It was a twenty-minute drive from the airport. When I arrived, there was a family with two little children in the cottage! They booked on the internet, too – for the same week. The family was very kind. They said I could sleep in the lounge, and they cooked dinner for me.

Next day, I got my bags from the airport and decided to go skiing. But the mountain roads were closed because of the snow. I didn’t ski and I didn’t go walking in the mountains. I spent the week in the cottage waiting to go home – it wasn’t my favourite holiday!

1. The writer decided to spend a week in Scotland.

True False Doesn’t say

2. He wanted to go camping in the mountains.

True False Doesn’t say

3. He went to Heathrow airport on Wednesday night.

True False Doesn’t say

4. The plane didn’t leave Heathrow that night.

True False Doesn’t say

5. The writer spent the night in the airport hotel.

True False Doesn’t say

6. He arrived at Inverness airport three days later.

True False Doesn’t say

7. The cottage was in the mountains.

True False Doesn’t say

8. The family at the cottage was hostile to the writer.

True False Doesn’t say

9. Next day, the writer went skiing in the mountains.

True False Doesn’t say

Now cover the text and answer the questions:

1. What did the writer plan to do in Scotland?

2. How did the writer book the cottage?

3. What did he read at the airport?

4. How did the writer travel to the cottage?

5. How many children were there in the cottage?

6. Why did the writer travel to the airport on the next day?

7. What was the weather like all the week in Scotland?

Grammar in context (Past Simple revision)

7.6 In 7.5 find sentences to illustrate these forms:

1. (+) Past Simple form, regular verb

2. (−) Past Simple form, regular verb

3. (+) Past Simple form, irregular verb

4. (−) Past Simple form, irregular verb

5. (+) Past Simple form, BE, singular

6. (+) Past Simple form, BE, plural

7. (−) Past Simple form, BE, singular

8. (−) Past Simple form, BE, plural

7.7 Complete the conversations with the Past Simple of the verbs on the right.

1	A B A B A	Is this your first time in the UK, Anna? No, I had a holiday in Scotland last year. Really? I love Scotland! Where _____ you_____? We _____ in Edinburgh. We _____ a hotel online, but unfortunately when we _____ we _____ it. So we _____ that hotel and _____ an apartment. It _____ great! What about you? When _____ you in Scotland? Oh, a long time ago. I _____ a university course there. I _____ the course, but I _____ Scotland!	stay stay, book arrive, not like, leave, rent, be be start not finish, love
2	A B A B A B A B	What’s the problem, sir? Somebody _____ my clothes and bag when I _____ in the sea! When _____ this _____? I _____ for a swim at 11 o’clock. I _____ in the water for very long – about 15 minutes. _____ you _____ the person take your things? No, when I _____ out of the water, my bag _____ there. What _____ you _____ in your bag? Anything valuable? Yes! My phone, credit cards... Oh, I _____ it was a bad idea to leave my bag on the beach...	take, be happen go, not be see come, not be have know
3	A B A B A B	Jane! You’re back! _____ you_____ a good time? No, it _____ awful. Why? What happened? We _____ in a really basic hotel, and Tom _____ the city was dangerous at night, so we _____ out much in the evening. What _____ you _____ during the day? _____ you _____ sightseeing? Yes, we _____ all the famous places. But we _____ a lot of money on food and we _____ a lot about it. Tom _____ very expensive souvenirs for all his family. I _____ anything.	have be stay, think not go do, go visit, spend argue, buy not buy

Practise reading the dialogues.

In pairs. Choose one dialogue and act it out.

Listening

7.8 Listen to Susan describing her holiday. Did she have a good time?

Choose the correct option.

1. They went to China / Thailand / Singapore.

2. They had a problem with money / their bags / transport.

3. The weather was lovely / awful / OK.

4. They spent a lot of time on the beach / in shops / in the sea.

Listen again and answer the questions.

1. Who did Susan go on holiday with?

2. What time did their flight arrive at the airport? Was it on time?

3. Where did they stay for the night? Why? What was the place like?

4. Where did they want to go on the next day? How did they want to go there?

5. What transport did they use to get there? What was it like?

6. What kind of weather did they expect? What did they plan to do in that weather?

7. Did they have any change of their plans? How did they feel about it?

Speaking

7.9 Did you have a good time during your last holiday or was it a disaster?

Look at the notes. What are the questions?

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Your last holiday

1. Where / go?

2. When / go?

3. Who / go with?

4. Where / stay

5. What / the food like?

6. What / the weather like?

7. What / do during the day?

8. What / do at night?

9. / have a good time?

10. / have any problems?

hink about your answers to the questions.

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Showing interest

(+) Really? Wow? Great! Fantastic!

(−) Oh no! That’s terrible! How awful!

(?) Was it expensive? Why? What happened?

n pairs. Ask your partner about his/her last holiday. Show interest in what he/she says, and ask for more information.

Listening

7.10 Listen to two people talking about last weekend. What happened to the guy’s phone?

He lost it / he broke it / someone took it

Listen again and put the events in the correct order.

• He wanted to call his parents.

• They went to a pizza place.

• They left the pizza place.

• They took a bus.

• A boy and a girl asked him the time.

• He called the phone company.

• They went back to the pizza place.

• He couldn’t find his mobile phone.

• They had a great time.

Grammar in context

Look at the sentences. Which verbs in bold show an action in progress at a specific moment in the past? Which verbs in bold show a completed action in the past?

When we were leaving a boy and a girl suddenly came up to me and asked me the time.

The boy and girl stole it when they were asking me the time.

Go to Grammar Reference 7A and learn more about Past Continuous.

7.11 Look at the pictures and choose the correct option.

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5	6	7	8

1. She bought / was buying bananas when she saw / was seeing a spider.

2. He fell / was falling off his bike when he was going / went to work.

3. I took / was taking this photo when we had / were having a party.

4. She finished / was finishing the report when her computer crashed / was crashing.

5. My phone rang / was ringing when I was driving / drove.

6. We had / were having a barbeque when it started / was starting to rain.

7. He was coming / came in when his boss made / was making a speech.

8. The children played / were playing a video game when their grandparents were arriving / arrived.

Cover the sentences. Look at the pictures and try to remember the sentences.

7.12 Complete the story with the past simple or the past continuous forms of the verbs.

I was living in Spain when I 1______ (meet) Miguel. I 2______ (work) as a teacher at a language school in Granada. One day, I 3______ (sit) at a table in the café next door to the school when he 4______ (come) in. I 5______ (notice) him at once because I 6______ (think) he was very good-looking. I 7______ (walk) to the door when he 8______ (look) right at me and smiled. He 9______ (have) lovely eyes. We 10______ (get married) six months later.

7.13 Write sentences for the pictures. Use the past simple and the past continuous forms.

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1. She was watching the news when …

7.14 Listen to the sounds and write six sentences using the past simple and the past continuous.

1. They were playing tennis when it started to rain.

Speaking

7.15 Listen to the girl describing her photos. Match 1-5 with the photos. There’s ONE photo you don’t need.

a		b		c
d		e		d

1. At 14…

2. At 15…

3. At 24…

4. At 25…

5. At 28…

Listen again and add more information to 1-5. Say what the girl was doing at the moment each photo was taken.

e.g. At 14, she went to Italy with her …

7.16 Choose four or five of your photos and describe them. Use the phrases from the box.

In this photo I’m 16. This is a photo of me and my dog. My sister took this photo when…

This is one of my favourite photos. In this photo, we’re standing in the… This is the selfie I took when I was…

7.17 In pairs. Ask and answer these questions. Give more information if you can.

1. Do you have a photo you really like? Who took it? What was happening at that time?

2. What’s your favourite photo from your school days? Can you describe it?

3. Do you upload photos on any social networking sites? What was the last photo you uploaded?

4. Do you enjoy taking photos when you go on holiday? Why (not)?

5. What kind of photos do you like taking? Do you share them?

6. Do you have a photo as the screen saver on your phone or computer? What is it of?

Writing

7.18 Read a blog entry about someone’s favourite photo. Match the paragraphs with the questions.

1. What was happening when you took the photo?

2. Where do you keep it?

3. What’s your favourite photo?

4. Why do you like it?

5. Who took it? When? Where?

Put the questions in the right order.

Think about YOUR answers to the questions.

Write a blog entry about your favourite photo (100-150 words).