Unit #9 Close up Reading and vocabulary

Unit #9 Close up Reading and vocabulary

By joseph martin

Poll

Where would you like to stay when you are on holiday?

• A large hotel on the coast

• A tent or caravan

• A hotel in the center of a town/city

• A challet or cottage

Poll

What activities would you like to do?

• Sunbathing, swimming in the seea, reading a book

• Going for walks and bike rides

• Visiting museums, art galleries and cafes.

• Doing sport and being active outside

Poll

What would the weather be like?

• hot, sunny weather

• Dry, warm weather

• Any kind of weather is ok

• Dry, cold and sunny weather

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Where (and what) would you like to eat?

• Eating at the same hotel for all meals.

• Cooking easy meals on a BBQ

• Trying lots of different restaurants

• Big meals, freshly cooked, eating out or cooking in.

​Read the blogs about two people's summers. Then choose the correct title for each blog.

Where History Meets Geography.

The Land of Midnight Sun​

​Read the short texts and choose the correct words to answer the questions.

Multiple Choice

Ellie enjoys being at the seaside.

• right

• wrong

• doesn't say

Multiple Choice

Ellie prefers holidays in the countryside

• right

• wrong

• doesn't say

Multiple Choice

Ellie doesn't like camping or hiking

• right

• wrong

• doesn't say

​Read the holiday blogs written by two teenagers. Are the senstences 1-8 'Right' (A) or 'Wrong' (B). If there's not enough information to answer A or B, choose 'Doesn't say' C

Multiple Choice

Tim wanted to visit Iceland very much.

• A

• B

• C

Multiple Choice

He watched Star Trek in Iceland

• A

• B

• C

Multiple Choice

In Iceland, it;s too cold to go swimming

• A

• B

• C

Multiple Choice

Grace enjoys the sunsets on Santorini

• right

• wrong

• Doesn't say

Multiple Choice

All of the beaches have red or black sand

• right

• wrong

• Doesn't say

Multiple Choice

You can see far when you are on the cliffs

• right

• wrong

• Doesn't say

Multiple Choice

Akrotiri is a place that many tourists visit

• right

• wrong

• Doesn't say

​Look at the underline words in Tim' blog. read them in context and match them to the group that has a similar meaning.

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Multiple Choice

Unique

• impressive, wonderful, fanstatic

• different, uncommon, unusual

• average, common, normal

• odd, strange, unnatural

Multiple Choice

awesome

• impressive, wonderful, fanstatic

• different, uncommon, unusual

• average, common, normal

• odd, strange, unnatural

Multiple Choice

typical

• impressive, wonderful, fanstatic

• different, uncommon, unusual

• average, common, normal

• odd, strange, unnatural

Multiple Choice

weird

• impressive, wonderful, fanstatic

• different, uncommon, unusual

• average, common, normal

• odd, strange, unnatural

Open Ended

Would you prefer to visit a place where lots of tourist go or a place where very few tourist go? Why?

Begin like this:

I would prefer to visit a place where ... because...

No less than 2 sentences

Open Ended

Which is better- one long holiday or a few short ones every year?Why?

Begin like this:

I think .... because....

No less than two sentences

​Complete the country fact files with the name of the continent.

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​Asia, Africa, Europe, Oceania, North America, South America

Fill in the Blanks

1-

2- Population :10.5 million. It's a popular tourist destination

Asia, Africa, Europe, Oceania, North America, South America

Fill in the Blanks

2-

Country: South Africa

Population: 53 million. World famous safari parks.

Asia, Africa, Europe, Oceania, North America, South America

Fill in the Blanks

3- Country Peru

Population: 30.5 million. Ancient home of the Incas

Asia, Africa, Europe, Oceania, North America, South America

Fill in the Blanks

4- Country: Canada

Population: 35.2 million There are beautiful landscapes.

Asia, Africa, Europe, Oceania, North America, South America

Fill in the Blanks

5- Country: Australia

Population: 23.2 million. Another world under the water.

Asia, Africa, Europe, Oceania, North America, South America

Fill in the Blanks

6- Country: South Korea

Population: 50.2 million. A high palce with history.

Asia, Africa, Europe, Oceania, North America, South America

Open Ended

Which of the place you saw before would you like to visit? Why?

Peru, South Korea, Canada, Portugal, Australia, South Africa.

No less than two sentences

​Where can you stay when you go on holiday? Write the name of the place.

​bed and breakfast, campsite, caravan park, hotel, villa, youth hostle.

Fill in the Blanks

1- It was very basic and cheap. There were six beds in each room and one bathroom for all of the rooms on the same floor.

Fill in the Blanks

2- We parked under some trees and connected to the electricity. Then we cooked our lunch in the little kitchen and ate ouside

Fill in the Blanks

2-We had our own room, but we shared the bathroom. The breakfast was very basic-just toast, an egg and tea or coffee.

Fill in the Blanks

4- It was uncomfortable to sleep at night and I was worried the rain might come through the tent.

Fill in the Blanks

5-There were three rooms, two bathrooms, and a huge kitchen. We spent lots of time by the pool and we ate outside on the patio.

Fill in the Blanks

6- My room was on the fourth floor. It had a comfortable bed, a bathroom, and a small fridge and a TV.

​Match the two halves of the sentences.

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Multiple Choice

weekend next week, and there's no school on Monday

• There's a tourist

• A very nice tour

• Our local travel

• We stayed at a holiday

• Hooray! It's a long

Multiple Choice

guide showed us all of the important sights

• There's a tourist

• A very nice tour

• Our local travel

• We stayed at a holiday

• Hooray! It's a long

Multiple Choice

resort on the Spanish island of Majorca, and it was very nice.

• There's a tourist

• A very nice tour

• Our local travel

• We stayed at a holiday

• Hooray! It's a long

Multiple Choice

information center in the town, and we can get maps there.

• There's a tourist

• A very nice tour

• Our local travel

• We stayed at a holiday

• Hooray! It's a long

Multiple Choice

agent recommended this hotel and booked it for us.

• There's a tourist

• A very nice tour

• Our local travel

• We stayed at a holiday

• Hooray! It's a long

​Complete the sentences with the words.

​amusement park, city break, day trip, excursion, guided tour

Fill in the Blanks

1- If it's a nice day this Saturday, we might go on a

to the countryside and have a picnic there

amusement park, city break, day trip, excursion, guided tour

Fill in the Blanks

2- The best thing about a

is that you visit the most important sights and someone explains everything to you.

​amusement park, city break, day trip, excursion, guided tour

Fill in the Blanks

3- Let's spend next Sunday at the

near the beach; we can have fun on the rides and buy lunch there too.

​amusement park, city break, day trip, excursion, guided tour

Fill in the Blanks

4- A

is a good idea if you only have a few days to spend and you're interested in visiting museums, shopping and going to restaurants.​

amusement park, city break, day trip, excursion, guided tour

Fill in the Blanks

5- Unfortunately, our school

to a country farm was cancelled because it was raining.

​amusement park, city break, day trip, excursion, guided tour

​Rewrite the correct words in the dialogues.

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Open Ended

1- A-Can you help me to pack/ make my suitcase?

B- Sure

Open Ended

2- A- I'm really excited about our holiday!

B- Me too, I've never lived/stayed at a luxury hotel before!

Open Ended

3- A- What sall we do after dinner?

B- Let's wander/wonder around the streets of Old Town.

Open Ended

4- A- When my exam finish, I'm going/taking a holiday.

Open Ended

5-A I can't wait to see/look the sihgts in Paris!

Open Ended

6- I want to go on/go to a short trip this weekend.

Open Ended

7- If you do/go sightseing in Rome, don't forget the Coloseum.

Open Ended

8- Did you make/take a lot of photos in Portugal?

​Guess the word!

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Fill in the Blanks

It's the hot time of the year

Fill in the Blanks

It's an activity where you sleep outside

Fill in the Blanks

You pay to stay here on holiday

Fill in the Blanks

This place has water all around it

​Read the descriptions of some words about holidays. What is the word for each one? The first letter is already there. There's one space for each letter in the word.

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Fill in the Blanks

There is fresh air and grass here

Open Ended

1- This has a picture on it and you send it to your friends.

P_______

Open Ended

2- This is a person who visits a place for a holiday.

T______

Open Ended

3- You show this when you arrive in another country.

P_______

Open Ended

4- You do this in the sea on special board.

S___

Open Ended

5- you wear these on your face when it's sunny.

S_________

Open Ended

Imagine you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?

no less than two sentences

Open Ended

Do you use your English when you are on holiday? Why/why not?

No less than two sentences