4. Complete the mind map adding as many words connected with holidays and travelling as you can:
Holidays
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travelling
sandy beaches
5. Sort out the holiday activities into the categories of holiday making given in the table. Bear in mind that some activities can be done during any kind of holidays. The first answer is done for you:
Camping/Walking Holiday |
Seaside holiday in a holiday centre |
Sightseeing holiday |
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cooking on the open fire
collecting seashells
fishing
visiting museums
making sandcastles
mushrooming
walking around picturesque ruins
collecting brushwood
going to discos
10) sunbathing /getting suntanned
11) blowing up airbeds
12) scuba diving
13) pitching/ putting up tents
14) listening to a guide
15) packing a rucksack
16) hiking
17) fetching water
18) learning about the customs and traditions of other people
19) preparing sleeping bags
20) singing to a guitar
6. Match the verbs with the expressions they can go with:
1) to pitch/ to put up a) water
2) to pick b) sand castles
3) to cook c) on the beach
4) to blow up d) a fish
5) to collect e) mushrooms
6) to fetch f) in the sun
7) to make g) on the open fire
8) to see h) an air bed
9) to click i) sightseeing
10) to sit j) a camera
11) to lie k) the sights
12) to catch l) a tent
13) to go m)brushwood
7. In each line there is one noun which does not go with the verb. Which one?
to drive a car, a plane, a train, a bus
to ride a bike, a boat, a horse, a camel
to get on/off a car, a plane, a horse, a train
to go by a bus, foot, a car, a helicopter
to get into/ out of a motorbike, a taxi, a car, a lorry
8. Fill in the gaps with the following words: visiting, castles, learn, photos, spend, galleries, see, meet, listen, taste, seaside: Moving around
Millions of people all over the world_________(1) their holidays travelling. They want to________(2) other countries and continents, modern cities and the ruins of ancient________(3) or just for a change of scene. It is always interesting to ________(4) new things, different ways of life, to________(5) different people, to ________(6) different food, to___________(7) to different music.
Those who live in the country prefer going to big cities and________(8) museums and art___________(9), to look at the shop windows and to see the sights. City-dwellers, on the contrary, like to laze about in the sun somewhere at the ____________(10) or hike in the mountains and woods. Most traveellers and holiday-makers like to take_________(11) of all the sights they visit and the beautiful views they see to remind them of those places.
9. Nowadays travelling has become a highly organized business. There are express trains, huge cruise liners, luxurious cars and buses and jet airplanes, all of which provide tourists and travellers with comfort and security. But there are difficulties, too. Think of the pros and cons of travelling by these means of transport and write your ideas into the chart given below:
Note: You can use the following adjectives to describe different means of transport:
reliable fast dangerous
noisy quiet comfortable
cheap safe expensive
healthy slow
Means of transport |
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ship |
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10. The ability to pack the right things for different kinds of holidays is very important. Sort out the items of clothing and equipment given in the box below according to the place where you are going to have a rest. Mind that one thing can be taken on different kinds of holidays:
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tent a supply of food a pair of sandals
an ax a storm lantern high-heeled shoes
ski gloves a pack of cards a pair of goggles
jewellery a sleeping bag a map of the area
a camera an air mattress flat heeled shoes
dress a pack of flares a dressing gown
bikini orange inflatable life raft beach towels
rucksack flippers and diving mask an army knife
matches a fancy-dress costume a guide book
an umbrella a drinking water carrier cosmetic kit
a surfboard magnetic compass sun glasses
fishing rods a warm thick sweater First Aid kit
nylon rope several bars of black chocolate medicines
Sea cruise |
Holiday at the sea |
Hiking and camping in the forest |
Climbing mountains |
Touring around home or foreign country |
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