HOLIDAYS

VOCABULARY – types of holidays

• activity holiday
 NOUNa holiday on which you spend your time doing a particular activity such as walking, canoeing, rock-climbing, painting, or cooking
• adventure holiday
 NOUNa type of organized holiday in which people do new and exciting things, for example a trek or a safari
• babymoon
NOUNa special holiday taken by parents-to-be before their first baby is born
• break
NOUNa short holiday
• daycation
NOUNHUMOROUS a very short holiday in which you go to a place and come back on the same day
• excursion
NOUNTOURISM a short visit to an interesting place arranged by a tourist organization, often as part of a holiday
• farmstay
NOUNBRITISH a stay on a farm as a paying guest, giving you experience of life in the country
• fly-drive
ADJECTIVEBRITISH including a flight on a plane and hire of a car when you arrive somewhere
• gap year
 NOUNBRITISH a year, usually between finishing school and starting university or college, when you travel or work

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 VOCABULARY – types of holidays

• HONEYMOON
NOUNa holiday that two people take after they get married
• minibreak
NOUNa short holiday for only two or three days
• package holiday
NOUNBRITISH a holiday arranged by a travel company for a fixed price that includes the cost of your 
hotel and transport, and sometimes meals and entertainment
• safari
NOUNa journey, especially to Africa, in order to watch, take pictures of, or hunt wild animals
• safari holiday (harsh/ dangerous)
NOUNa holiday that includes a safari
• self-catering
ADJECTIVEBRITISH a self-catering holiday or place is one where you can cook your own food
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 VOCABULARY – types of holidays

• summer camp
NOUNa place where children can go to stay in the summer holiday and do various activities
• walking tour
NOUNa trip on which you walk from one place to another, spend the night, and then continue walking the next day
• working holiday
NOUNa holiday during which you work, for example doing unpaid work to benefit the community in
which you are staying
EXPLORE RELATED MEANINGS

• To be, or to go on holiday
Free thesaurus definition of types of holiday from the Macmillan English Dictionary - a free English
dictionary online with thesaurus and with pronunciation from Macmillan Education.
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 Reasons for going on holidays

• Meeting new people from different cultures

• stepping outside your usual comfort zone will help you to look at the
world in a different way
•  Getting close to nature makes you feel better emotionally, and
contributes to your physical wellbeing,
• Open your mind to new experiences and you’ll feel refreshed and re-
energised
• Spending quality time with family and friends 

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 Part 1
• Examiner: What kind of holiday do you like?
• Miguel: I try to avoid tourist traps … I like to get away from it all and prefer going somewhere off
the beaten track … last year I had the holiday of a lifetime … a two week wildlife safari in Kenya

Vocab
• tourist trap: somewhere where too many tourists go to get away from it all: to take a
holiday to escape a busy or stressful lifestyle
• off the beaten track: in or into an isolated place
• holiday of a lifetime: a special holiday that you are unlikely to repeat
• wildlife safari: a holiday, often in Africa, to observe wild animals
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 Part 1
• Examiner: What do you like to do when you’re on holiday?
• Anna: I enjoy visiting the local places of interest … I like to go sightseeing and always
sign up for guided tours as it’s a chance to be shown around and take photographs …
one of my hobbie

Vocab
• places of interest: sites of interest to tourists to
• go sightseeing: to look around the tourist sites
• guided tour: an organised group shown around a place of interest by an expert
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 Other common questions
• Where did you go for your last holiday?

• Do you like holidays? Why?  

• Which public holiday do you like best?

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 Part 2
Describe a holiday or vacation you have been on.
You should say:
• when you had it
• where you went
• what you did
• and explain how you felt about it

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 Vocabulary- part 2
Vocab
• coastal city: a city that is located along the coast or near the ocean
• in advance: before it happens
• on time: to happen at the expected time
• incredible: amazing or hard to believe
• overwhelmed: to feel a sudden strong emotion
• a blast: a good time
• skydiving – jumping from an airplane and landing with a parachute
• unique – one of a kind
• breezy – a little windy
• spectacular – very exciting or interesting

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 Sample
A few months ago, I went to the South of Vietnam for a vacation with my family. It’s was to the lovely coastal city
of Nha Trang, which is also a very famous tourist destination. We decided to go there by plane since it is nearly 1200
kilometres from Hanoi, and would take a long time by car or train.
I was so eager for the trip that I prepared everything such as my clothes, camera and other accessories a week in
advance. It took about an hour to fly there, and luckily, the flight took off on time. The trip began with an incredible
view from the airplane window and I can still remember being quite overwhelmed by the beauty of my city from
above and the amazing sunset.
The time we spent in Nha Trang was a blast. We got to try out so many new things such as skydiving, surfing, and
diving to see the coral reef. This place has one of the most beautiful beaches in Vietnam with deep blue water and
pearly-white sand. Also, the food there was so unique and delicious. I think the most memorable moment of that trip
though was definitely when we bought fresh ingredients from a local market and grilled them by the beach. Sitting
there by the fire on a breezy night with the delicious smell freshly barbequed fish was an amazing experience.
The trip to Nha Trang really was the holiday of a lifetime. We had a lot of fun and got to see a lot of spectacular
scenery. We definitely enjoyed it and we will definitely go there again if we have a
chance.

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