6c School trip

Listening Reading
1 Listen to the dialogue. Which person gets up 3 Read the letter and answer the questions.
at six oclock? 1 Is there a swimming pool at the campsite?
Mary Linda 2 Whats the weather like?
3 What time does the disco finish?
2 Read the sentences about Mary. Put sentences 4 What do Mary and Linda do during the day?
af in order. Then listen and check. 5 What do they do in the evenings?
1f 6 What is Lindas problem?
a She finds a torch.
b She goes out of the tent.
c She finds water in the tent.
Happy Valley Camps
d She looks for batteries. ite,
Rhondda,
e She looks for her clothes.
Wales.
f She hears a mosquito.
Dear Dave, 12th April

Im writing to you
from our campsite
on a school trip an in Wales. Were here
d Im having a grea
something to do. T t time. Theres alw
he campsite is good ays
caf and a swimmin . Its go t a shop, a
g pool.
The weather is wet
and windy, but it do
somewhere differen esnt matter. We go
t every day. We go
In the evening we on foot or by bike.
play table tennis or
with one of the teac we go to town by
bus
hers. Theres somet
campsite, but its no imes a disco at the
t brilliant, and it fin
ishes at 9.30.
The only problem he
re is Mary! Im shar
but she hates campi ing a tent with her,
ng. She doesnt sle
gets up at six ocloc ep at night and she
k in the morning, w
She doesnt like an hen Im sleeping.
yone here and she
anything. Aargh! doesnt want to do

Someones calling
me - its lunchtime.
How are things with
you? Write soon.
Love,
Linda

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 6c
Writing
An informal letter
4 Look at Lindas letter. Complete the table. 6 Write a letter to a friend from place a, b or c.
Include this information:
Place: Happy Valley Campsite,
Rhondda Where are you?

Date: ...... (1) Are you with anyone?

Start of the letter: (2) ...... Dave, Whats the weather like?

End of the letter: (3) ...... , Linda Is there anything to do in the day?
Is there anything to do in the evening?
5 Look at pictures ac and choose a place for
your school trip.

a Skiing in Switzerland

c Safari in Africa

b Disney World, Florida

Finished?
Imagine that some people are visiting your
country for a week. Prepare a programme
for them.
Monday travel to theme park by bus.
Tuesday

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