Unit 12: Travel

VOCABULARY
A D

ISLAND

FOREST
B E

BEACH

DESERT

C F
LAKE

RIVER
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WATERFALL

MOUNTAIN

GLACIER
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RAINFOREST
WHY NO T T O T R A V ELL I N G
AND NE V E R S T O P ?
 In 2003 Troy sold everything, packed a small bag and left his
home in Australia to travel abroad. He was 30. Ten years and 15
countries later, he's still travelling and he says he isn't ever going
to go back home. Last year he arrived in Portugal. to earn money,
troy works as an English teacher. he's also a DJ in some local
Nightclubs

like many students, Cerys finished university in her home town of

Swansea in Wales and decided to have a long holiday. she stayed
in cheap hotels and with friends in different countries. five years
later she is still enjoying that holiday. when she was in Australia,
she learned how to dive. she loved it and she decided to do a
course and learn to teach other people how to dive. now she
works all over the world teaching tourist to dive.

Oliver and Kirsten Foster left the UK in 2009. In three years they
travelled to Mexico, Peru, the USA, Thailand, China, Dubai and
Germany before arriving at their latest home in Egypt. they're both
photographers, so they can work anywhere in the world. they now
have a three year old daughter, Liona, so they have to make plans
more carefully, but they don't want to change their lives. next year
they are going to live in Ecuador and then South Africa.
 TRAVEL COLLOCATIONS
Match pairs of verbs with a word or phrase in the box

A HOTEL A BAG HOME ABROAD PLANS A HOLIDAY

1. Make/change Plans 4. Plan / have A holiday

2. Travel/live Abroad 5. Book / stay in Hotel

6. Pack / unpack A bag

3. Stay at/ go back Home
 TRAVEL COLLOCATIONS
Six people talk about travelling and holidays. Complete the sentences with verbs. Listen and
check your answers.
PACK PLANS BOOK BAG MAKE TRAVEL

1. I always Plans my holidays carefully. I read about the place before I go there.

2. I don't want to Travel abroad. It's better to go on holiday in my own country.

3. I never Book a hotel. I want to see my room before I decide to stay there

4. I usually Pack my bags about an hour before I go on holiday. I hate doing it!

5. After a week away I'm always happy to Bag home and see my family again

6. When I'm on holiday I never Make plans. I just see what happens when I get there
 GOING TO
Going to is not a tense. It is a special structure that we use to
talk about the future

The estructure of going to is :

 Afirmative
Subject be going infinitive complement
He is going to be a brillant politician
We are going to have dinner together
tomorrow
Negative
Subject Be +not Going Infinitive Complement
Patricia is not going to go hiking this
weekend
I am not going to explain You the lesson
Question Short answers
Be Subject Going Infinitive Complement + ? Positive Negative
Are They going to protest in the square ? Yes ,they are No , they aren't
Is it going to rain This afternoon ? Yes ,it is No , it isn't
 HOW DO WE USE GOING TO?

• Going to for Intention

We use going to when we have the intention to do something

before we speak. We have already made a decision before speaking
For example :
o Jhon has won the lottery. He says he's going to buy a Porsche
o We are going to redecorate the living room next week
Exercise

Michael and Laura _________ (go) on a trip to Egypt next

week.

My aunts ___________ (give) him a great present

I _________ (watch) the soccer game in the bar

Tommy _________ (call) her tonight

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 SHOWING SURPRISE
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7.
USEFUL LANGUAGE

ASKING FOR TOURIST INFORMATION

 a.- Match 1 – 5 with a –e to complete the
question
1. Can you C a. for a ticket?
2. Is there a city bus tour D b. a ticket, please.
3. How much is it A c. help me?
4. Can i buy E d. I can go on?
5. I’ll have B e. tickets
DYNAMIC Topic: Interesting museum
2b. Which one(s) do you have to change?

INSTRUCTIONS
You must change the question of part
7a that is not according to the topic.

You can guide in the conversation

that you made.

Change only those that you think

have nothing to do with the topic.
3b. Write a
new They will talk in pairs.
question
for the
example(s)
you
need to
Exchange each one your new
change questions.

The one person first asks and the

other responds and viceversa.