Worksheet

Holiday Accommodation

Warm-up
1. Use the material in Exercise 1 to introduce the topic of this lesson (travelling and tourism,
hotels). Put students in pairs. Ask them to read the definitions and write the words.

After checking the answers as a class, ask students if they can come up with different types of
accommodation (e.g. staying with friends for free, couchsurfing). Also try to revise more words
related to holiday accommodation (e.g. check-in, receptionist) at this stage.

Answers: 1 B&B / bed and breakfast 2 campsite 3 cottage 4 hotel 5 (youth) hostel

2. Working in the same pairs, students should decide which forms of accommodation in
Exercise 1 are usually cheap and which are expensive. Encourage students to talk about
their ideas in pairs. Point out that the prices of accommodation vary so much that it
might be a good idea to mark them on the line as a range rather than a point.
Collect their ideas as a class.

Answers: Students' own answers

Extra Idea
Ask: Where do you, your family or friends usually stay when you go on holiday? Have you ever
stayed at a luxurious or an unusual hotel? Encourage students to share some experiences with
the class.

Vocabulary
3. Give students a few minutes to work in pairs to label the pictures. Then check if they have
managed to label all 12 pictures. If most pairs have found it difficult to do, ask students to
work with a different partner and compare their answers. Finally, check their answers as
a class.
If you work in a weaker group, you might want to pre-teach some of the more difficult
words (e.g. laundry, accessible, heating) at the beginning of the lesson.
Alternatively, if your students can use their mobile phones, encourage them to look for
the symbols online. Make sure that they are going to use English websites. Encourage
them to read a few descriptions of hotels to try to find the words they need.

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Suggested answers: 1 two-star (hotel) 2 non-smoking (room) 3 lift 4 restaurant 5 swimming pool 6
accessible (room) 7 heating / air-conditioning 8 pets allowed / pet friendly 9 room with a shower and
a bathtub 10 laundry service 11 first aid kit 12 satellite TV

4. Give students a few minutes to answers the questions. Use questions 1 and 2 to practise
the new words. In question 3, you could have a class vote to choose 3 features that are
most useful or important for travellers.

Answers: Students' own answers

Extra Idea
Ask them to think of other types of travellers, e.g. business people. Would they consider the
same things important?

Speaking
5. This is a typical exam task as students have to describe a photo and answer some
questions about it. Here each student is given a different photo, but the questions are
identical for both students.
Before looking at Exercise 5, ask students: Imagine you booked a hotel online. What do
you do when you arrive at the hotel? Encourage them to say: talk to a receptionist, show
ID card, check-in, fill in a form, pay for the room, collect a key, etc.
Give students a few minutes to prepare and practise describing the photos and
answering the questions. When they have finished, encourage a few students to do the
task for the class. Time allowing, you may want to ask students to describe the same
photo two or three times (each time working with a different partner) to improve their
fluency and accuracy.

Answers: Students' own answers

Extra Idea
Ask students to compare and contrast the places shown in the photos.

Use of English
6. Use the photo to teach or revise 'kettle'. Give students two minutes to read the short text
and think about a possible answer in pairs. Collect their ideas as a class. If necessary,
revise the language for speculating first.

Answers: Students' own answers

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 7. Students read the text quickly first to find the answer to the question in Exercise 6.

Then, ask students to re-read the text and choose the correct forms to complete it. Ask them to
compare their answers with a partner. Check the answers as a class and explain why the other
option in each item is wrong.

Answers: 1 number 2 will be 3 feel 4 not to give 5 guests

8. Ask students to discuss the question in pairs and try to agree on three or four things that
tourists from their country would like to have. Time allowing, you could ask students to
prepare a 1-minute presentation of their hotel for the class.

Answers: Students' own answers

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