Holidays 1 PHRASES WITH GO a Match the phrases and photos. VOCABULARY BANK 2 OTHER HOLIDAY PHRASES a Complete the verb phrases. book buy have hireFhaial rent spend stay athe Psanberd take stay inahotel /ata money (or time) campsite / with friends an apartment photos bicycle (or skis), 7 souvenits vai a flight online con the beach (ora hotel) a good time b @27 Listen and check, D rent or hire? Rent and hire mean the same but we normally use rent for a longer period of time, e.g. you rent a lat or an apartment, and hire for a short time, e.g. you hire sks, a bike, a boat etc. With @ car you can use hire or rent € Tost yourself. Cover the verbs. Remember the phrases. 3 ADJECTIVES ‘a Match the questions and answers. 1. What was the weather ike? It was. 2 What was the hotel ike? It was. 3 What was the town like? It was. 4 What were the people like? They were. comfortable, luxurious iiendl, helpful beautiful, lovely arm, sunny b @2.8 Listen and check. Elbasic, dirty, unconfortable lunfiendly, unhelpful crowded foggy, cloudy ge abroad iro {90 away for the weekend! 4g by bus (or ear, plane, wai) {90 camping 90 fora walk go onholiday go out at night 1. go sightseeing 9° skiing (or walking, cyting) g0 swimming (or sang, surfng, fishing} b O26 isten and check © Cover the phrases and look at the photos. Test yourself or a partner. D General postive and negative adjectives @ srest, lovey, wonderful, fantastic @ 0k not bad, alright © awiui horrible, terible ACTIVATION Talk to a partner. Which do you prefer? Why? * going abroad or going on holiday in your country * going by car, bus, plane, or train * going to the beach or going to a city * staying in a hotel (or apartment) or going camping * sunbathing, going sightseeing, or going for walks * hot, sunny weather or cool, cloudy weather * going on holiday with friends or going with your femily Opis41 READING & LISTENING ‘a Road the title and the introduction to a story. ‘Which of the four things do you think is the worst to lose when you're on holiday? b Read the story sent by a reader to an online magazine. What did Stuart lose? Did he find it? ‘¢ Read the story again. Then cover it and correct the bold information. 1 Stuart went to the Alps with his family. tua 2 One day, they went eycling 3 took three hours to get tothe top of the mountain. 4 They had a snack at the top of the mountain. ‘ ‘ ‘The view wasn't very good. Stuart wanted to take another photo, but he couldh't ‘ind his eamera 7. He went back up the mountain wth one of his fiends. 8 They spent an hour looking for the phone. 9 Iestarted to get warmer, 10 He found his phone in his bag. 11-His friends were angry about it 1d @211 Listen to a recording sent to the magazine. What did Marta lose? Did she find it? @ Listen to Marta's story again. Answer the questions. 1 When did it happen? Where did Marta want to go on holiday? Why? Why did she fly to Brussols? ‘What happened at the gate in Brussos airport? How did she fool? What did the policeman say? Where she fy in the end? What happened thee? # Have you ever lost anything important on holiday? ‘What was it? What happened? ¢Passport, tickets, money, phone? t's the mantra we always say to ourselves when we {90 on holiday to make ure we haven't forgotten Last year, | went on holiday to the Alps with a group of friends. One day, we climbed a mountain — wel it wasn't really acim, but it was along walk and it took about two hours to get to the top. When we got there, we had lunch. The view was amazing - we could see the sea inthe distance. We took photos and just sat inthe sun fora while Then we went down again, and when we got back to the car, I wanted to take another photo, but couldn't find my phone - it wast in my bag. thought ‘Oh nol Its probably atthe top of the mountain, where we had. lunch’ I decided the only thing to do was te go back up the mountain to gett, because | didnt want to leave ‘my phone up there. My friends saidOK, but you can't {90.0n your own so in the end we all went up again, which was another two hours. When we got tothe top we spent about half an hhour looking forthe phone, but we couldn't find it anyihere. Then it started to get colder -it was now late afternoon =50 | took my jacket out of my bag, and... my phone was in my jacket pocket felt teribe, and really stupid! My friends were very nice about it, But they never let me forget it! Stuart, from Exeter, UK ¢ Look at Your last holiday. What are the questions? Your fast 7 Where / go? 6 What / do during 2 When / go? the day? 3 Who / go with? 7 What / doin the evening? 4 Where / stay? What / like? 5 Wheat / the weather like? ave a good time’ Brn good time? 9 / have any problems?