Upper-intermedaite Holiday vocabulary

Complete the sentences with the correct word.

Every summer, my family do a house ___________ with a family in Europe. This year, a family from Spain came to

stay in our house while we spent a week in their flat.

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We stayed at a ___________ house in the historical centre. It was a private house with only four en-suite bedrooms.

We booked two nights and loved it. The owners were friendly and cooked a great breakfast.

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My family own a time-___________ apartment in the south of Portugal. That means we pay every year to ‘own’ the

place for three weeks every summer. I love going there in July.

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We spent the week on a house___________ on the river. Every morning, we had to walk along a wooden walkway to get to the river bank, and then up a hill to the local village for breakfast.

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There were lots of tents and camper vans on the camp___________ when we arrived.

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We had a lazy day, sitting in deckchairs by the pool, ___ the sun.

• hanging out

• soaking up

• getting away

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Young people often go travelling to find out about new cultures and ___ . It’s not escape or luxury they are looking for, but experience and knowledge.

• Pamper themselves

• get away from it all

• broaden their horizons

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The room in the hostel was really ___ . It was grey with no windows, a bad smell and cheap furniture.

• dingy

• unspoilt

• hospitable

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Unfortunately, because of the landslide, the restaurant at the top of the mountain was ___ . You couldn’t get there

because there was no road.

• overcrowded

• breathtaking

• inaccessible

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I like to throw away my guidebook and ___ the beaten track when I’m backpacking.

• go away

• go over

• go off