VOCABULARY

Travel and tourism

1. Match the phrases and their definitions.

1. fly a. see famous places and monuments

2. go on a tour b. travel by plane

3. go sightseeing c. arrive at an airport and show your ticket to an official

4. book a flight d. travel to different places

5. check in e. change money from one country for money from another

6. exchange currency f. reserve and pay for a plane journey

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2. Complete the sentences with words from the box. There is one extra word.

stay at a hotel go on a tour take the bus check in

sightseeing exchange currency fly

I want to stay at a hotel near the centre of the city.

1. Let’s take the bus. It’s cheaper than a taxi.

2. I want to go sightseeing because there is so much to see.

3. We need to exchange currency because we don’t have any Euros.

4. It’s time to check in for our flight.

5. I think we should go on a tour of Italy.

GRAMMAR
Past simple

3. Underline the correct words.

Megan was / were on holiday last week.

1 James wasn’t / weren’t on the tour.

2 Simon couldn’t / could ski very well. He fell over lots of times.

3 Grace were / was at the hotel.

4 We weren’t / wasn’t on the flight.

5 They couldn’t / could go surfing because the weather was good.

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 4. Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs in the box.

eat visit walk see go be

Last year we (1) went on holiday to Granada. We (2) visited La Alhambra, which was beautiful. We
(3) walked around the streets and we (4) ate some delicious food. We (5) didn’t see our friends
because they (6) were at work but we had fun.

5. Order the words to write questions and answers.

you / on holiday / did / go / last week / ?

I / did / Yes, / .

Did you go on holiday last week? Yes, I did.

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1. you / go / Where / did / ?

went / I / Italy / to / .

Where did you go? I went to Italy.

2. like / it / you / Did / ?

did / Yes, / I / .

Did you like it? Yes, I did.

3. you / go / Did / sightseeing / ?

didn’t / No, / I / .

Did you go sightseeing? No, I didn’t.

4. you / pasta / eat / Did / ?

Yes, / did / I / .

Did you eat pizza? Yes. I did.

5. stay / at a hotel / Did / you / .

did / Yes, / I / .

Did you stay at a hotel? Yes. I did.

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