TOPIC:

Holidays and travel

TASK 1_Monologue: Talk about your preferences when you go on holidays? Do you prefer going to a hotel or to
a campsite? Do you prefer going sightseeing to a city or doing sport activities in the nature? Do you prefer going
on holidays alone, with your friends or with your family? Comment the advantages or disadvantages of each kind
of holidays.

Task 1_pre-task:
- Use the present tenses (simple, continuous, perfect) to talk about advantages and disadvantages.
- Use vocabulary about holidays:
NOUNS VERBS AND EXPRESSIONS ADJECTIVES
Camp site To sunbathe Comfortable / Uncomfortable
Guesthouse To go swimming Luxurious
Self-catering flat To go sightseeing Basic
Holiday camp
To go skiing Dirty
Journey
Trip Go for a drive Friendly / Unfriendly
Flight To go hiking Helpful / Unhelpful
Luggage To go touring Lovely
(suit)case To go on an excursion Nothing special
City-break To go climbing Disgusting
To go camping Warm

To land Sunny
To take off Very windy
To go abroad Foggy
To go away (for the weekend) Cloudy
To take photos Not bad


- Organise your ideas:

To give your opinion: To express (dis)advantages: To link ideas:

I think/believe The best about... Also, too, as well.
In my opinion/To my mind,... The cons/pros of... However, but...
As far as Im concerned... The main advantage of... On the one hand...
On the other hand...
Although...

http://www.jonathansenglish.com/2011/11/vocabulary-mind-maps-

travel-and.html (mind map about travel)
http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/holiday-hell-reading-and-vocab-match (text about your worst holiday)

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