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Warm Up Work with a partner.
Tell your partner three things about your last vacation.
Vocabulary Match the verb to the activity.
TRY VISIT GO STAYTAKE WRITE FLY GO BUY
Take photographs Go sightseeing Buy souvenirs
Fly economy class Stay at a hotel Go shopping
Try the local food Visit an art gallery Write postcards
Language Work #1 Read the conversation and fill in the missing words.
Scene: Tom and Julie are talking about vacations.
TomSo, Julie, where did you go for your last vacation?
JulieI went to Bali.
TomReally? How was it?
JulieWonderful! The beaches were beautiful, and the weather was great!
TomHow 2 long did you stay? JulieI stayed for about ten days. TomWhat did you do there?
JulieWell, I went 3 sunbathing and tried lots of local 4 food
Missing Words: Longfoodbeautifulsunbathing
Language Work #2 Write answers to these questions.
1) Where did Julie go for her last vacation?
She went to Bali
2) How were the beaches?
THE BEACHES WERE BEAUTIFUL
3) How long did she stay?
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SHE STAYED FOR about ten days
4) What did she do there?
She went sunbathing and tried lots of local food
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Question Practice
How well do you remember? Write the questions in the blanks
Tom So, Julie , where did you go for your last vacation?
Julie Tom
I went
Julie to
Tom
Bali.
Julie Tom
Julie Really? How was it?
Wonderful! The beaches were beautiful, and the weather was great! How long did you stay?
I stayed for about ten days.
She did you do there
Well, I went sunbathing, and tried lots of local food.
Quiz Time Look at the pictures below. Which countries do they show?
1) London bridge 2) the great wall of china
4) taj mahal
3) Itsukushima shrine
Imagine you went to these countries on vacation. Have
conversations with a partner.
Use your imagination, or vocabulary from exercise two.
Use ideas words from the box to help you.
Try to ask follow-up questions.
WHO WHEN
HOW WHERE
WHY WHAT
Discussion Work with a partner, or in small groups. Ask follow-up questions.
Where did you go on your last vacation?
What was your best vacation? Why did you like it?
Which do you like more: foreign or domestic vacations?
Do you take photographs or make home videos when on vacation?
Which places are popular in your country with foreign tourists