10 Writing Worksheet

A description of a trip

1 Read Seiji’s description of his trip and answer the questions.

My trip to Norway
My name is Seiji. I am a student of music in Tokyo, Japan. Last year I went on a guided tour around Norway.
I really wanted to see the country where my favorite composer, Edvard Grieg, lived.
The flight from Tokyo to Oslo took almost 13 hours. We changed only once in Helsinki, but I was really tired.
We spent one day sightseeing in Oslo. It’s not a very big city, but the people here are really friendly. We visited
Akershus Castle and Oslo Opera House. Oslo is a green city, there are a lot of parks and mountains around it –
it’s great if you want to relax after a long flight!
Then we went to Bergen. I visited Grieg’s museum, of course. We stayed in a little hotel.
Then we went on a tour around Lofoten Islands. These are islands near the coast of Norway. The views were
spectacular: the mountains, the sea, beautiful beaches – but water rather too cold for swimming! It was really
quiet there as there were not too many people. I also loved the very long nights. I didn’t like the food too much
– I think it was the only thing I didn’t like.
I hope I can come back to Norway one day.

1 Why did Seiji want to go to Norway?                                 

2 How long was the flight?                                 
3 How many cities did he visit?                                 
4 What did he see in Oslo and Bergen?                                 
5 What did Seiji like about Lofoten?                                 
6 What didn’t he like about the trip?                                 

2 Who or what do the words (a–f) describe?

a beautiful          d green         
b favorite          e long         
c friendly          f spectacular         

3 Write a description of a trip. Use Seiji’s description in exercise 1 as a model and adjectives
in exercise 2 to help you.

Extra vocabulary
composer (n.) someone who writes music
island (n.) a piece of land surrounded by water
spectacular (adj.) impressive

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