UNIT 1 /LESSON 1

HOLIDAYING

1. Focus on the spidergram below and ask and answer questions

3) Accommodation

1) Means of transport
2) Duration of the travel

MY
8) Impressions / feelings 4) Duration of the trip
SUMMER
HOLIDAY

7) Activities done 5) Food

6) People

2. As far as the activities are concerned, classify the following ones in the table.

 reading a book –  playing music – visiting museums –  hiking –  drawing –

 knitting –  camping –  photographing –  watching films and

plays –  chatting on the net – ⑪ sporting activities – ⑫ watching TV –⑬ playing chess or
cards – ⑭ visiting art galleries and monuments

Active holidays Lazy holidays

3. Which type do you prefer? Why?

WHILE-READING

1. Read the text on page 38 and answer the questions

A. Who is the speaker? .................................................

B. To whom is he speaking? .....................................................
C. How is the text presented? Orally or written? ..................................
 2. Complete the sentences below with words from the text.
• The man you‘ll meet in the airport is going to be your ……………………………
• A good guidebook can ............... you to ..................in a comfortable and luxurious hotel.
• Sorry! Tickets to the Caribbean are no longer ……………………………….

3. Focus on the following sentences and spot the differences.

a. You will find information which is both useful and has a great importance.
b. You will find information which is both useful and important.
 Parallelism is the ……………………. of a form, a tense, a phrase, a clause or a structure
in a sentence. We use parallelism with Coordinating Conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or,
yet, or so) , with Correlative Conjunctions (not only…but also, either…or, neither…nor, if…
then, etc.),

Practice: Make the following sentences parallel.

a/ We found the film boring, nonsense and we thought it was embarrassing.
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b/ I like to jog, bake, paint, and watching movies.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……
c/ The company is looking for a candidate who is friendly, organized, and is going to arrive
to work on time.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
d/ child labour leads to disabilities that last for life, harmful diseases and premature
death.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………..
e/ The report card stated that the student often talked in class, that he bullied other
students, and rarely finished his homework.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………
f/ My keys are either on my desk or are kept in my coat pocket.
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g/ I am taking the bus and went to school.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

WRITING
1) Use the table to write a ten-line paragraph comparing holidays in the
past and nowadays.
Holidays in the past Holidays nowadays
People used to spend their holidays People spend their holidays
• with the family and relatives • with friends
• at home • practising various activities (water
• working (on the farm, helping skiing, sunbathing, canoeing, …)
parents, ……)

2) You are on this island on holiday.

Describe the landscape and your
feelings about it. Send the postcard to
a friend of yours.