LESSON 1

Activity 1a: Unit 10 - Page 118 (Life Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book)

Match the following words to the categories. Then add one more word to each
category.
camera camping cruise five-star
hotel
package self- sightseeing sunbathing
tour catering
sleeping sun tan tent water
bag lotion sports
 
Type of Accommodatio Travel Holiday
holiday n items activities
package five-star hotel Camera Camping
tour tent Cruise Sunbathing
self- sleeping water sports
catering bag
sightseeing sun tan
lotion

 
Activity 1b: Unit 10 - Page 118 (Life Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book)
Read the holiday story about tipping in another country.
A.   Answer the questions:

a. What was the description of the holiday in the brochure?

 Sightseeing in one of the Europe's most beautiful cities while staying in one of
the Europe's most luxurious hotels.

b. What was the problem?

 The shower in his room wasn't working but the engineer can't fix it today.
 c. How did he solve the problem?

 He gave the hotel manage a huge tip to moved into room which have water in
the bathroom.

B.   Read the story again. Number the events (a-i) in the correct order 1-9.

a. gave the manager a tip 8

b. arrived at the hotel 2
c. the engineer didn’t fix the shower 6
d. gave the engineer a tip 7
e. read holiday brochure 1
f. turned on the shower 4
g. called reception 5
h. moved to room 405 9
i. waited at reception 3

Activity 2: Grammar - Past Perfect Tense

1.Fill in the gaps with the Past Perfect of the verbs given.

1. When I got to the station, the train had already left.[already / leave].

2. Before I lost my wallet, I had lost [lose] my umbrella.

3. By the time the doctor arrived, the patient had died [die].

4. When Anna phoned, I had left[leave] to work.

5. Before Sara crossed the road, she had looked [look] both ways.

6. Before I had a driving license, I had had [have] a driving test.

7. Before he filled [fill] in the application form, he looked for job offers in

the newspaper.

8. When I looked up, the burglar had gone [go]

9. When the police arrived, the riots had stoped [stop].

10. After we had reached[reach] an agreement, we shacked hands.

 2.Look at the sentences and decide which happened first

1. By the time Charles arrived at the office, the boss had already left for the
meeting.

a. □ Charles arrived at the office.

 b. □ The boss left for the meeting.

2. Britney had washed all the dishes when her husband came.

 □ Britney washed all the dishes.

b. □ Her husband came.

3. After he had had the accident, he reported it to the insurance company.

 □ He had an accident.

b. □ He reported it to the insurance company.

4. Tom had saved a lot of money so he bought a motorbike.

 □ Tom saved a lot of money.

b. □ He bought a motorbike.

5. After Margaret had read the book, she took it back to the library.

 □ Margaret read the book.

b. □ She took the book back to the library.

6. Before my parents visited London, they had visited Paris.

a. □ My parents visited London.

 b. □ My parents visited Paris.

3.Join the two sentences using when and the Past Perfect in one of the parts of
the sentence.
1. Pierre arrived at the airport. The plane left
  When Pierre arrived at the airport, the plane had left .

2. I switched the TV on. The programme started.

 When I switched the TV on, the programme had started.
3. The thief ran away. He snatched all the money from the cashier.
 When the thief ran away, he had snatched all the money from the cashier.
4. We didn’t eat for hours. We found a restaurant that was open.
When we found a restaurant that was open , we hadn’t eaten for hours.
5. I got to the concert hall. The show began.
When I got to the concert hall, the show had begun.
Activity 3: Grammar-Subject and object questions
1. Make questions with WHO and WHAT . In these sentences who/what is the
subject.                
1. My friend broke the window.
Who broke the window?
What did your friend break?
2.They came with my mother.
 Who came with your mother?
Who did they come with?
3.Mike wanted to see you.
Who wanted to see me?
 Who did Mike want to see ?
4.You told me about the accident.
What did I tell you about?
 who did I tell about the accident?
5. Everything went wrong.
What went wrong?
2. Make questions with WHO and WHAT . In these sentences who/what is the
object.                  
1. My friend broke the window.
 Who broke the window?
What did your friend break?
2.They came with my mother.
 Who came wwith your mother?
 Who did they come with?
3. Mike wanted to see you.
 Who wanted to see me?
 Who did Mike want to see ?

4. You told me about the accident.

What did I tell you about?
 who did I tell about the accident?

5. James bought new car yesterday.

Who bought new car yesterday?
What did James buy yesterday?
3. Write subject and object questions about the holiday story in Exercise 2
1. where/find the holiday? ( In a brochure)
 Where did he find the holiday?
2. who/call? ( The person at the reception)  
 Who did he call?
3. Who/look at the shower? (the hotel engineer)  
 Who look at the shower?
4. What/hotel engineer do? (Nothing)  
 What did hotel engineer do?
5.What/happen/next? (She went to reception)  
What did happen next?
6. What/give the man at the front desk? (A large tip)  
What did he give the man at the front desk?
7. Where/move to? (Room 405)  
Where did he move to ?