TEACHER’S NOTES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Holiday Postcards

Activity Type Introduction

Reading, writing and In this creative worksheet activity, students write postcards
speaking activity, describing positive and negative holiday experiences.
pairwork
Procedure
Language Focus Begin by asking the students where they went for their last holiday
and to describe what was good or bad about it.
Holiday vocabulary
Next, give each student a copy of the worksheet.
Positive and negative
adjectives Copy the chart from the bottom of the worksheet onto the board.
Ask the students to provide one more category and add it to the
chart, e.g. sightseeing.
Aim
Elicit positive and negative adjectives for each category and have
To write postcards
the students write them down in the chart on the worksheet.
describing positive
and negative holiday Examples:
experiences.
Negative Adjectives Positive Adjectives

Preparation Accommodation: dirty, small, noisy clean, large, luxurious

Food: disgusting, cold delicious, tasty
Make one copy of the
worksheet for each Next, divide the students into pairs.
student.
Tell the students to dictate their name and address to their
partner and write the information on both postcards in the spaces
Level provided.

Pre-intermediate Explain that the students are going to write postcards to their
partner, describing imaginary positive and negative holiday
experiences. Tell the students that they cannot use the category
Time words in their postcards, e.g. food. Instead, the students write
specific examples, such as pizza.
45 minutes
Students then start by writing the first Postcard. In Postcard 1,
students complain and describe negative aspects of their holiday,
e.g. 'I ordered a pizza and it was disgusting'.

When the students have finished, have them write a suitable

closing (e.g. I wish you were here) and sign their name at the
bottom.

Students then repeat the process with the second postcard. In

Postcard 2, students describe positive aspects of their holiday.

When everyone has finished, have the students check their

partner's work. Finally, students take it in turns to read their
postcards to the class and feedback is given.

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 HOLIDAYS

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Holiday Postcards

Postcard 1

Dear

I arrived here yesterday and I'm having a terrible

time.

Name: ______________________

Address: ____________________

____________________________

____________________________

____________________________

____________________________

Postcard 2

Dear

I'm feeling much better today.

Name: ______________________

Address: ____________________

____________________________

____________________________

____________________________

____________________________

Categories Postcard 1: Negative Adjectives Postcard 2: Positive Adjectives

Accommodation
Food
Transport
People

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