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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Where did they go?

Activity Type Introduction

Speaking Activity: In this travel activity, students talk to one another to solve a
asking and answering mystery about who went where on holiday.
questions from prompts,
table completion, gap-fill Procedure
(group and pair work)
Divide the students into groups of eight.

Focus Give each student a role card and a copy of the worksheet.
Travelling
Tell the students that they are going to take on the role of the
Asking and answering person on their card, and that they have each been on holiday to
questions a mystery country.

Explain that the students' task is to find out information about

Aim each person's holiday by asking questions and completing a chart
with the information.
To solve a mystery about
about who went where Draw the students' attention to the chart on their worksheet and
on holiday. elicit the questions that the students need to ask to find out the
information: What is your name? How long was your flight (from
London)? What food and drink did you consume? What did you do
Preparation on your holiday? What problem did you have?
Make one copy of the
role cards for each group Have the students write their own information in the chart to
of eight and cut as begin.
indicated. Also, make one
copy of the worksheet for Next, the students go around their group asking and answering
each student. the questions and noting down the information in their chart.

When the students have finished, divide them into pairs and have
Level them look at the information in their chart to work out who visited
which country.
Intermediate (B1)
The students then complete sentences with the corresponding
names and countries. If your students have a limited knowledge
Time of geography, allow them to use some of the clues in the chart
30 minutes and do an online search to find the country.

Finally, review the correct answers with the class.

Exercise B - Answer key

1. Bea, Jamaica 5. Sven, Argentina

2. Ali, India 6. Ned, Morocco
3. Sam, Mexico 7. Gary, Sweden
4. Harry, Scotland 8. Don, Australia

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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Where did they go?

Ned Water Don Under

Flight time from London: 3.5 hours Flight time from London: nearly 24 hours

Food eaten: You ate couscous and tangine. Food eaten: You ate barbecued kangaroo.

Drink consumed: You drank mint tea. Drink consumed: You drank Foster's beer.

Activity: You visited markets in Marrakesh. Activity: You climbed Uluru.

Problem: Y
 ou were chased by a camel in Problem: A
 crocodile swallowed your new
the desert. iPhone.

Bea Chilled Sam Brero

Flight time from London: 9.5 hours Flight time from London: 12 hours

Food eaten: You ate ackee and saltfish. Food eaten: You ate burritos and
guacamole.
Drink consumed: You drank Red Stripe
beer. Drink consumed: You drank tequila.

Activity: You swam in Montego Bay. Activity: You visited Chichen Itza.

Problem: Y
 ou broke up with your partner Problem: You choked on a worm while
at a reggae concert. drinking tequila.

Ali Eastward Gary Gonorth

Flight time from London: 9 hours Flight time from London: 2.5 hours

Food eaten: You ate samosas and Food eaten: You ate meatballs and
pappadums. gravalax.

Drink consumed: You drank chai tea. Drink consumed: You drank glogg wine.

Activity: You visited the Taj Mahal. Activity: You saw the Aurora Borealis.

Problem: You went during monsoon Problem: You got caught in a blizzard and
season and there was a lot of flooding. couldn't find your way back to your hotel.

Harry Highland Sven Sorefoot

Flight time from London: 1.5 hours Flight time from London: 16.5 hours

Food eaten: You ate oats and haggis. Food eaten: You ate empanadas and
steak.
Drink consumed: You drank whiskey.
Drink consumed: You drank mate tea.
Activity: You saw the Lochness Monster.
Activity: You climbed Mt. Aconcagua.
Problem: You burned your tongue eating a
deep fried Mars bar. Problem: You broke your ankle while
learning to Tango.

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A. Talk to each person in your group. Find out their information and write it below.

Flight Food and drink

Name What they did Problem
duration consumed

Sam
Brero

Don
Under

Bea
Chilled

Ned
Water

Ali
Eastward

Gary
Gonorth

Harry
Highland

Sven
Sorefoot

B. With a partner, use the information in the chart to work out who went where. Then
complete the sentences with the corresponding names and countries.

1. ................... went to ................... and ended a relationship.

2. ................... went to ................... at a time when there was a lot of rain.

3. ................... went to ................... and visited a pyramid.

4. ................... went to ................... and ate food that was too hot.

5. ................... went to ................... and got injured.

6. ................... went to ................... and had to run because an animal was following them.

7. ................... went to ................... and had problems during a snow storm.

8. ................... went to ................... where an animal ate something that belonged to him.

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