Vocabulary

7.19 Look at the photos of holiday accommodation. Match the words and the photos.

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campsite caravan youth hostel hotel guest house mountain shelter

What do you think is the best type of accommodation for:

1. a mother with two little children who wants to relax?

2. a student who doesn’t have much money but who wants to see five or six countries?

3. an elderly couple who want to go sightseeing in a city?

4. a family who want to do a lot of sightseeing around the country, but they don’t want to spend too much money?

5. an experienced tourist on a walking holiday?

6. a company of cyclists who are travelling around the country and want some accommodation for the night?

7.20 Listen to three people talking about their holiday plans. Which types of accommodation are they talking about? How did you guess?

Jack: _______ Sam: ________ Bill: ________

Listen again and tick the plans these people have.

Jack: visit museums; eat in restaurants; stay in a single room; take his sleeping bag with him; pay little money for his accommodation

Sam: enjoy the view from his window; eat well; go sightseeing; pay a lot of money; sleep in different places every night

Bill: travel alone; travel by different means of transport; travel on foot; sleep in luxurious hotels; sleep in his tent; sleep in his sleeping bag

1. Do you stay in any of these places when you are on holiday?

2. Which types of accommodation are popular for tourists in Russia?

Grammar in context

Look at the sentences. Which sentence shows the plan in the future when the person already knows the time and the place?

Go to Grammar Reference 7B and learn more about the Present Continuous for plans and intentions.

7.21 Complete the conversation with the PRESENT CONTINUOUS or GOING TO and the verbs in brackets. Listen and check.

Pam Tom Pam Tom Pam Tom Pam Tom Pam

Hi, Tom! How are things? Hi, Pam, we’re really busy. We’re just packing our suitcases. We 1_______ (leave) for the airport in a few minutes. Where 2_______ (you/go)? We 3_______ (go) to Poland for a week. We 4_______ (fly) to Krakow at midday. 5_______ (you/stay) in Krakow all week? No, we 6_______ (stay) there for three nights. We’ve got a reservation in a guest house in the city centre. What 7_______ (you/do) there? Well, we 8_______ (go sightseeing) and I 9_______ (take) lots of photos. Then if the weather is good, we 10_______ (go hiking) in the Tatra Mountains for a few days. Lucky you! I’m not sure where to go on holiday this year. I 11_______ (pop) into the travel agent’s on my way home.

7.22 Rewrite the conversation from 7.21 using the prompts. Act out the conversation in pairs.

• train station / half past ten

• France / twelve days / catch a train / Paris / eleven o’clock

• stay / Paris / twelve days?

• no / the first week / reservation / hotel / near / Eiffel Tower

• visit museums / practise my French / then / cycling / Normandy

7.23 Complete the text with GOING TO and the verbs from the box.

drive not speak visit meet catch do find travel

Next year, I ¹________ my French penfriend. I think I ² ________ from London to Paris by train. My friend Madeleine ³________ a hostel in Paris for two nights and I ⁴________ some sightseeing. After that, I ⁵________ the train to the south coast. My penfriend ⁶________ me at the station and then we ⁷________ to her home. I’m a bit nervous because I ⁸_______ English for two weeks!

7.24 Choose the correct option.

1. I think I 'm not buying / 'm not going to buy a tent. I can probably borrow one.

2. Run! The train’s leaving / 's going to leave in two minutes!

3. I know your holiday starts tomorrow but where are you flying / are you going to fly from?

4. When my brother leaves school he’s working / 's going to work abroad.

5. I can't see you tomorrow afternoon. I'm taking / 'm going to take my driving test.

6. Ryan and Dan are starting / are going to start their gap year tomorrow. They’re catching / 're going to catch the airport bus at 5.30 a.m.!

7. I'm not reading / going to read any books when I finish my exams!

8. 'Are you travelling / Are you going to travel when you grow up?' 'Yes, I hope so.'

7.25 Listen to Peter talking about his holiday plans. What country is he talking about?

Look at the words in the box. Do you remember why Peter mentions these things? Listen again and write sentences about his holiday plans using the PRESENT CONTINUOUS and GOING TO.