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3. Read the sentences and decide if they t (true) or f (false).

  1. Millions people all over the world spend their holidays travelling.

  2. It's always interesting to discover new things and different ways of life.

  3. People who live in the country don’t like to go to a big city.

  4. People choose means of transport according to their plans and preferences.

  5. The fastest way of travelling is travelling by car.

  6. The best way to study geography is to travel and the best way to understand the people is to meet them in their own homes.

  7. Passengers are not requested to arrive at the airport 2 hours before departure time on international flights and an hour on domestic flights.

  8. Before passengers get on board the plane, they have to register their passports.

  9. Each passenger is not given a boarding pass.

  10. The custom inspector may ask you to open your bag for inspection.

4. Look through the text; explain the words and phrases in bold as in the example: travelling is the movement of people between relatively distant geographical locations, and can involve travel by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, airplane, or other means, with or without luggage, and can be one way or round trip.

5. Read the text again, make some necessary notes to talk about travelling in your country.

Language development

Use of English

  • prefer + ing form / noun+to+ ing form / noun (general preference)

E.g.: I prefer walking to work to taking public transport.

  • prefer + full infinitive + rather than + infinitive without to (general preference)

E.g.: I prefer to go to the concert rather than go to the cinema.

  • would prefer + to infinitive + rather than + infinitive without to (specific preference)

E.g.: I would prefer to eat at home rather than eat at a restaurant.

  • would rather + infinitive without to + than + infinitive without to

E.g.: I would rather stay at home than walk in rain.

1. Fill in the correct form of the verbs in brackets, as in the example.

E.g.: 1) I prefer to meet my colleagues rather than call them.

  1. I prefer ____ (to meet) my colleagues rather than ____ (to call) them.

  2. Diana would rather ____ (to stay) at home than ____(to go) to the camping.

  3. I would prefer ____(to see) films rather ____ (to read) the book.

  4. Helen would rather ____ (to write) a letter than ____ (to read) a book.

  5. Our family would rather ____ (to watch) football on TV than ____ (to see) it.

  6. They prefer ____ (to cook) their own food to ____ (to buy) it from restaurant.

  7. I’d rather Billy ____ (to travel) by plane than by car.

  8. I’d rather you and your friend ____ (to clean) your room yesterday.

  9. Steve prefers ____ (to watch) TV to ____ (to talk) on the phone.

  10. I prefer ____(to go) at fitness club rather than ____ (to walk) in the park.