UNIT 2 ON THE MOVE

WHAT YOU ALREADY NOW !

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I. LISTEN TO THIS STORY AND ANSWER Now interview your friend about
THE QUESTIONS. https://youtu.be/lU6gFvAd7ug
a past holiday. Which tense are
1. Where did she go on a school trip? you using to describe your holiday?
2. How did she get there? I. Where did you go to?
3. Who was with her? II. Who was with you?
4. Why was the trip delayed? III. What did you see?
5. How expensive was the trip? IV. What did you enjoy most?
V. How much did you spend?
6. How long did it take to reach Paris? VI. What was the weather like?
7. What was the hotel’s name? VII. Where would you like to go
8. What did she enjoy most? next?

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 II. WHAT TYPE OF HOLIDAY DO YOU PREFER? Listening Exercises B1 - Travel - English Practice
Online (english-practice.net)
Listen to 6 people and write what sort of holiday they prefer.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

• What type of holiday do YOU prefer?

• Listen again and complete for each traveller.
1.relaxing on the …………….., …………….., playing in the …………….., making
……………..
2: looking around …………….., going to …………….., hopping on a ……………..
bus
3: catching the …………….., top of the …………….., ……………..down, fantastic
……………..
4: …………….. riding, …………….., ……………..-riding, doing …………….. things
5: being …………….., waking up in a …………….., going ……………..
6: sit on the …………….. and relax, look ……………..

II. WRITE DOWN A MEMORY OF A GOOD HOLIDAY YOU HAD?

min 5 sentences
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III. Now on page 18, discuss question 1 with a partner, then do

question 2-3-4.

REMEMBER: INFO

The words travel, journey, trip and voyage can easily be confused by learners of English.

The French Bon voyage! translates into English as Have a good trip! or Have a good journey!

Travel= verb meaning to make a journey. A Journey is a movement from a place to another.

English: a holiday = US: a vacation. You take a holiday/a vacation, you go on holiday/vacation

To take a break, the Christmas break, the October break….

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Une route, un chemin= a road, a route= un itinéraire, un parcours.

Voyage is a trip you do ON WATER or in SPACE.

2B Laura Dekker: The youngest solo sailor around the

world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOOhsP6aBEg

Vocabulary: Look up the words you don’t know in a dictionary

Circumnavigate sailor Goal to be fed up
Crew to fulfil Rewarding to sail the deck
skipper

IV. Answer the following questions and/or fill in the gaps:

1) Why did Laura decide to sail alone around the world?......................................................................

2) Laura’s father hobby/occupation is?

3) When did the family problems start?

4) Who taught Laura how to navigate? (2 sources)

5) At 13, Laura …… ………………………………... that she was going to sail alone to…… ………………..

6) Name 2 things that made her set off /departure complicated

7) In what ways was sailing from Australia to South Africa the most challenging?

8) Laura lives now on……………………………………….in……………………………………….

9) Her next dream is to ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

What do you think of her achievement? Are you impressed yes/no, why? Do you have a dream like
Laura? What is it?

V. Complete with past simple and past continuous.

a) Laura Dekker ……………………………………….(be born) in New Zeeland while her father …………
……………………….(build) one of his ships. When she………………………………………(be) seven, her
parents……… ……………………………………..(decide) to go back to Holland. When they…………
………………….(get) to Holland, her parents ………………………..(divorce). She…… …………………….(go)
to live with her dad, who at that time…… …………………………………….(build) his ninth boat. When
she……… …………………………….(be) 13, she …………………………………(sail) to England. While she……
……………………………………..(sail) on the English Channel (la Manche), the border police…………
……………………………….(arrest) her and……… ……………………………..(deport) her back to Holland.

Watch this video connected with 2b in your student’s book: Edinburgh brothers set
rowing world records in the Atlantic - BBC News

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Underline the best options.
1. I wanted/was wanting to take time out, so I booked/was booking a holiday in
Turkey.
2. While the tourist guide explained/was explaining the history of St Sofia’s, a terrorist
blew/was blowing himself up next to the guide killing hundreds of tourists.
3. When my sister was needing/needed to escape the crowds, she was going /went
alone to a chalet in Graubünden
4. When James Bond saw/was seeing the beautiful model who soaked up/was
soaking up the sun by the pool, he ordered/was ordering his favourite vodka
martini and joined/was joining the charming lady by the pool to get to know her.
5. While I lay/was lying on a deckchair near the pool, read/reading a good book, a giant
German tourist splashed/was splashing into the swimming pool and was
disturbing/disturbed my quiet reading.

VI. GRAMMAR PAST SIMPLE.

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PAST CONTINUOUS:

VII. Past continuous vs Past simple: place the verbs you hear in
the box. https://youtu.be/rgHYy90qj2w-> play it faster

Past simple Past continuous

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IX. Translation. Can you say this in English.

1) Mon vol a décollé de Paris.

2) Nous avons attendu sur la piste de décollage pendant une heure
3) Nous avons atterri à Rio à 15.00
4) Pendant le vol, un touriste saoul chantait tout le temps, je n’arrivais pas à
dormir.
5) A Rio il faisait très chaud et humide, le soleil brillait, les gens prenaient le
soleil à la station balnéaire. C’était magique.
6) Nous avons décider de voyager hors des sentiers battus parce que nous
voulions faire la connaissance des locaux,
7) Nous avons fait une croisière sur l’Amazone dans un parc national, et nous
avons vu des piranhas en (=while) buvant des cocktails sur le pont du
bateau.

Correction :

Past simple Past continuous

was
Did you have fun

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 Was great
I had much fun
It was a long journey I had to
I fell
I lost it
I looked I couldn’t find
I didn’t have
I got we were stuck the movies were
I couldn’t sleep Was snoring
I tried they didn’t work
We landed My feet were killing me
Arrived did you have couldn’t find I was standing and walking
Did you get to sleep cried arrived I was sitting next

TRAIN YOUR PARTNER IN USING PAST SIMPLE. Go back to 1 when your

friend is wrong, but correct them first!
FRENCH ENGLISH
1. Cet été je suis allé à Bali Last summer i went to Bali
2. J ai visité les temples (temples) I visited the temples
3. Il faisait chaud et humide (le The weather (it) was hot and humid
temps..)
4. J’ai passé beaucoup de temps à la I spent a lot of time at the sea and at the
mer et à la piscine swimming pool
5. J’ai mangé des tonnes de glaces I ate tons of ice-creams
(tons of…)
6. Hier j’ai regardé une nouvelle série Yesterday i watched a new series
7. Je n’ai pas pris l’avion I didn’t take the plane
8. Je n’ai pas volé ton natel. I didn’t steal your mobile
9. Je n’ai pas fait le devoir I didn’t do the homework

10. Est-ce que tu as trouvé la
femme/l’homme de tes rêves l’été
passé ?
11. Quand es-tu né ?
12. Où as-tu passé les dernières
vacances
13. Il y avait beaucoup de monde
14. Le Nöel dernier, je t’ai donné mon
coeur
15. J’ai couru comme un fou
16. Je n’ai pas pensé à mon ex pendant
les vacances
17. Qui as-tu rencontré à Rome ?
18. Avec qui as-tu visité Rome ?
19. Il y avait beaucoup de monuments
à Rome
20. Quand es-tu tombé amoureux?
Did you find the woman/man of your
dreams last summer?
When were you born ?
Where did you spend the last holiday?
There was a lot of people
Last Christmas, i gave you my heart
I ran like a madman/woman
I didn’t think about my ex during the
holiday
Who did you meet in Rome?
Who did you visit Rome with?
There were lots of monuments in Rome
When did you fall in love?