Vocabulary: Tourists … Who wants them?

VHoliday places

1Match the words in the box to the clues. 

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• campsite
• coast
• island
• lake
• ski resort
• temple
• volcano

• 1a large place with exciting rides

• theme park

• 2a large area of water with land all around it 

• 3a mountain which is open at the top − very hot gas and lava come out of it 

• 4an area of land with water all around it 

• 5a place to stay in a tent or caravan 

• 6land that is next to the sea 

• 7a place to go to do winter sports 

• 8a building which people use to pray 

 

VHoliday places

2Choose the correct words to complete the email. 

Hi Jim

Greetings from Sicily – the largest 

¹lakeisland

 

in the Mediterranean Sea! I'm staying in a tent on a 

²campsitetheme park

 

on the east 

³coastbridge.

 

From my tent I can see Mount Etna – the tallest active 

⁴volcanobridge 

in Europe. It's spectacular – there are clouds of gas coming from it right now!

I arrived last Saturday by boat. We sailed into the 

⁵waterfallharbour

 

of the port of Catania.

On Monday we visited an ancient city. It's got eight 

⁶ski resortstemples

 

from the 5^th century BC. I really liked the one for Olympian God Zeus and his son Heracles.

Yesterday we went to San Giovanni – we walked on the beautiful 

⁷lakesbeaches.

 

In the past, pirates attacked the town here, so the people built a tall 

⁸towercoast

 

to watch out for pirates.

Tomorrow we're going to go to a nature reserve called the Cava Grande di Cassibile. It's got mountains to climb and 

⁹coastslakes

 

to swim in.

I think I'll come back in the winter. There's a nice 

¹⁰ski resorttemple,

 

so I'll bring my snowboard. How about coming too?

Billy

Vinsightprepositions of place: in, on and at

3Match the sentence halves and add the correct preposition in, on or at. 

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• the north of England.
• my desk at home.
• the city centre next to the park.
• the market?

• 1I'll see you in the PE lesson inonat 

   

• school tomorrow.

2Manchester is near Sheffield inonat

 

  

3Did you buy those vegetables inonat

 

  

4There's a great museum inonat

 

  

5Oh no! I think my camera is inonat

 

  

VTypes of holiday

4Complete the sentences with the words in the box. 

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• activity
• cruise
• farm
• guided tour
• sightseeing
• study
• summer camp

• 1Jed and I went on a 

• walking
 holiday. We crossed lots of hills and our feet hurt at the end!

• 2My grandmother is going on a   around the Caribbean on a huge ship.

• 3I'd love to go on a   holiday because I love animals.

• 4Why don't you try this   holiday? You can go rock climbing, mountain biking and diving.

• 5My sister and I are going to stay at a   in the school holidays. Our parents will be at work!

• 6I went on a   around Edinburgh Castle because I wanted to know more about its history.

• 7Last year I went on a   holiday in Spain. I learnt how to speak Spanish!

• 8I want to go on a   holiday to Rome! I want to see the Colosseum, the Vatican and the Pantheon.

VTypes of holiday

5Choose the correct words to complete the text. 

South America – West Coast Tour

Day 1−2: Start ¹oninatto Quito, a beautiful city in the mountains. Some of these mountains are ²volcanoestowersislandsbridges – you can see clouds of gas and ash coming from them.

Have a ³cruisestudy holidayguided tourday trip of Quito − your guide will show you the most famous buildings. Don't miss the Basilica and climb the ⁴harbourtowerwaterfallcoast for some wonderful views of the city.

Day 3−5: Travel to the port of Guayaquíl. Join the ⁵cruisecoasttemplecampsite which will take you along the coast of Peru.

Day 6: Arrive in Salaverry. While the ship is in the ⁶harbourvolcanotowerski resort, drive to Chan Chán, an ancient city with sculptures and ⁷coaststempleslakesbeaches more than 1,000 years old!

Day 7: Travel to Arica. See what you can buy ⁸onintoat the market.

Day 8: Join the ship again and travel to Chañaral Airport.

6  Write about a day trip or guided tour that you went on. Include the following information. When was it? Who did you go with? Where was it? What did you see?

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