PRE IELTS UNIT 4 TRAVEL AND HOLIDAYS A Grammar Vocabulary Exercise 1 Complete the sentences with the types of holidays in the box A beach holiday a city break a family holiday a language exchange An.
PRE IELTS UNIT TRAVEL AND HOLIDAYS A Grammar & Vocabulary Exercise 1: Complete the sentences with the types of holidays in the box A beach holiday a city break a family holiday An adventure holiday a language exchange You can lots of activities, like cycling and horsing riding, on My friends want to go on , but I don’t enjoy relaxing by the sea all the time I went on to Paris It was interesting to visit all the museums My sister is going to and will stay with a family in Italy I went on with my parents and we camped by a lake Exercise 2: Complete the table using the words in the box go horse riding go on cycling tours go on cultural visits see famous buildings see local attractions visit beach resorts swim in the sea go mountain climbing stay with host families learn new language try local food City break Adventure holiday Beach holiday Language exchange Exercise 3: Complete the sentences with the holiday activities in the box go horse riding go mountain climbing go on a beach holiday go on a cultural trip go on a cycling tour go on day trips go shopping stay with host family visit local attractions visit water parks We often _in the airport where you can buy things cheaper When I visit my aunt on her farm, we often _in the countryside I love animals UNIT 4_STUDENT PRE IELTS You can visit _like an old castle in my town Families like to _when the weather is hot so they can cool down From the city, you can _by coach to the countryside It is often cheaper to _in their own home than in a hotel If you are fit, a good way to see more of a country is to _ You shouldn’t _alone as it can be a dangerous sport When you _to a city, you have the chance to see museums and art galleries 10 If you _, you can enjoy being by the sea and doing sports, like surfing and waterskiing Exercise 4: Complete the sentences with the words in the box boring cultural delicious natural famous popular fun interesting local traditional The USA is a very country to visit Last year, it had over 70 million visitors I think it is more to go on holiday with friends than with family because you are interested in doing similar activities I would prefer to see animals in their environment than in the zoo If you go on a language exchange programs, you can learn a lot about the area where your host family lives A lot of people like go to the beach for holidays, but I find it I prefer to activities on holiday, like visiting museums and art galleries, than to spend all my time on the beach Barcelona has o lot of buildings Many of them were designed by the artist Antoni Gaudi On the last night of my holiday, I ate the most meal in the restaurant by the sea The Eiffel Tower is the most building in Paris – people all over the world know what it looks like 10 I love to eat food when I go on holiday I don’t always like it, but it is fun to try it Exercise 5: Read the conversation and choose the correct answers A: Do you like/ You like going on holiday? B: Yes, I do/ I did I always have a great time on holiday with my family A: Me too Where you usually go/ did you usually go? B: We usually go on a beach holiday, but last summer we go/ went on a city break A: What you do/did you there? B: Well, because my parents enjoy/enjoys going to the theatre, we all go/ we all went to see a play by a famous British writer A: Is it/ Was it good? I don’t really like/ not really like plays I think they are boring B: I thought that, too, but this one didn’t/ wasn’t boring at all It was really fun UNIT 4_STUDENT PRE IELTS Exercise 6: Complete the email with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets Hi Tony, I _(go) to Germany with my family in February last year My family and I _ (not/like) beach holidays, so we _ (decide) to go to Berlin for a week Usually on holiday, I _ (enjoy) visiting lots of famous museums and monuments but we _ (not/ have) time to see everything, so we just _ (see) the main ones, like the Berlin Wall and the Brandenburg Gate In my opinion, I think they are (be) both very interesting monuments I _ (learn) about them at school last year Unfortunately, we _ (feel) cold lot of the time because it _ (be) the middle of winter Where _ (you/like) going on holiday? _ (you/prefer) city breaks in the winter or beach holidays in the summer? Take care, Sarah Exercise 7: Match the sentence halves I go to the French lessons The weather in Stockholm I’m not good at sport Did you decide to Are you good ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● stay with a host family? twice a week but I enjoy hiking and horse riding wasn’t very nice at sailing? Exercise 8: Choose the best words for the gaps The first question has been done for you I didn’t go on the language exchange because my language level wasn’t high enough we enjoy kayaking, we decided to go on an adventure holiday this year The host family spoke English really well I wasn’t worried that we wouldn’t be able to communicate We prefer city breaks we find laying on a beach for a week really boring my parents enjoy trying traditional food, they went on a food tour UNIT 4_STUDENT PRE IELTS B Language Builder Exercise 1: Match the words with the pictures Use the words in the box computer games cooking gym radio television walking restaurant shopping Exercise 2: Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences He likes plays/ playing/ play football They hate listen/ listening/ listens to the radio in English I loves/ love/ loving reading a book at home She hate/ hating/ hates shopping in the mall We don’t like does/ do/ doing sport UNIT 4_STUDENT PRE IELTS Do you like cook/ cooks/ cooking for friends Don’t they hate goes/ going/ go for walks in bad weather? Exercise 3: Match the sentence halves I like going I hate shopping I don’t like going for I don’t like listening I hate playing I don’t like spending time I love cooking ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● surfing the internet to the gym with my friends to the news on the radio for clothes dinner for my family walks in the rain tennis Exercise 4: Complete the sentences Use the words in the box boring fit friendly funny happy interesting lazy sad She does a lot of sport She’s very _ He makes me laugh He’s really _ They don’t like working hard They’re _ They are always smiling They’re _ She cries a lot She’s _ He always tells the same stories He’s very _ My teacher explains things well and I want to learn more She’s is _ The neighbors are every kind and helpful to us They are very _ Exercise 5: Read about William and his friends Complete the sentences with the correct adjectives Hello, my name’s William I’m an engineer and I work for a big company I know lots of people at work and some of them are also my friends My best friend is called Eddie We work in the same office He always makes me laugh because he’s so boring/ funny He loves playing tennis and football He also likes swimming Eddie is very fit/ lazy, because he does so much sport My sister, Maxine, also UNIT 4_STUDENT PRE IELTS likes playing tennis and she loves going for long walks, but her main interest is shopping for clothes! I often go with her to the shopping mall, but I hate shopping myself For me, it’s boring/ friendly to wait while someone chooses lots of clothes, so I normally sit and play games on my mobile phone while I wait for her That’s much more interesting/ sad! My other friends are all very different John, for example, hates doing sport and is only funny/ happy when he’s at home reading a book or watching TV Another friend, called Dave, is a really nice guy who loves going out with friends Dave hasn’t got a job and he doesn’t want one, because he doesn’t like working He’s very interesting/ lazy Marta is my sister’s best friend She’s very friendly/ sad so loves chatting for hours on the internet She has hundreds of online friends Exercise 6: Complete the sentences Use the phrases in the box hate doing like going out like playing loves talking loves going loves reading My best friend _football Maxine _to the gym John and Martin _sport Thomas _a book at home I _to restaurants with my friends Marta _to friends on the internet Exercise 7: Read the profiles of the people from the internet Choose True or False Kyra Hello, my name’s Kyra I’m from Mexico, but I live in Germany now I’m 22 years old, but I’m not married I like reading and playing the piano I love watching tennis and football on the TV, but I don’t like doing sport My friends say I’m a bit lazy and I think they’re right I’m a student, by the way Lars Hi, I’m Lars I’m from Sweden I’m 24 years old and I’ve got lots of friends I like inviting them for dinner at the weekend I love cooking French and Italian dishes People say that I’m a friendly person and I think they’re right because I like being with people and helping them I’m quite sporty and fit I don’t like sitting at home watching TV or playing computer games Rachel Hi there, my name’s Rachel I’m 26 I’m from France I like playing football and I love swimming That’s my main interest I go to the swimming pool about three or four times a week Most of my friends like doing sport as well They’re all quite fit At the weekend we all love going for long walks and then in the evening we love having a meal together in a restaurant That’s usually great fun UNIT 4_STUDENT PRE IELTS True False ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Kyra is German Kyra loves playing tennis 3.Kyra is lazy Lars is Italian Lars loves cooking Lars loves playing video games Rachel enjoys swimming Rachel’s friends are fit Rachel loves going for walks with her friends in the evening Exercise 8: Put the words in the correct order to complete the sentences I the friends cinema with love my going to Hate for clothes shopping I The park The Really Guy Friendly going for to like love best very long don’t radio I Ic hatting really nice wife is like listening on is my walks I internet friend in the a my UNIT 4_STUDENT PRE IELTS C Reading & Writing Exercise 1: Match the words with the pictures Use the words in the box airport hotel beach museum castle fun park restaurant skyscraper _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ UNIT 4_STUDENT PRE IELTS Exercise 2: Read the information about a museum Complete the sentences with one word or a number from the text At the Nature Museum, you can find out about many different animals, from dinosaurs to dolphins The animals in the museum are not only to look at Visitors are welcome to play with them, learn how they eat, and of course, take lots of photos From May until September, on the second floor, visitors can learn about how dinosaurs lived in the past, play with our friendly model dinosaur, and even make their own dinosaur Visitors can take a group tour of the museum, or explore the museum on their own with our new mobile phone app If you get tired, you can visit our café on the third floor for hot drinks, sandwiches and cakes There is also a shop on the ground floor, where you can buy presents for your friends and family The museum is open from 9:00 a.m until 5:00 p.m from Monday to Friday, and 10:00 a.m until 4:00 p.m at the weekend Tickets cost £6.00 for adults and £3.00 for children A family ticket for two adults and two children costs £12.00 The museum is free on the first Saturday of every month Visitors to the Nature Museum are welcome to take _ From May until September, there is a model of a _ that visitors can play with Visitors can take a tour of the museum in a _ or on their own The café is on the _ floor of museum The museum closes at _pm at the weekends A family ticket to the museum costs £ _ Exercise 3: Read the text about a famous building Complete the gaps with the correct verbs The Burj Khalifa is a modern skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates It is made/ take of metal and glass and it is over 800 metres high Many people from all over the world travel/visit the Burj Khalifa every day Visitors can take a lift to the 148th floor and look out of the windows at the city Inside the Burj Khalifa, visitors can eat in the highest restaurant in the world, which serves fantastic food Visitors can also look at and enjoy paintings by famous artists from the Middle East They can even leave/ stay there for the night, in the world’s highest luxury hotel The Burj Khalifa is not only for tourists as many people live in the building, in luxury apartments or visit/ work in one of the many offices inside the UNIT 4_STUDENT PRE IELTS building It is also a good place to celebrate special occasions For example, on New Year’s Eve, many people go to the Burj Khalifa to see the famous fireworks at midnight The Burj Khalifa is an important tourist place in Dubai, because it is the highest building in the world It is also the most popular place to visit in the United Arab Emirates Many people from all over the world want to go to the top of the world’s highest building and put/ take their photos on the internet Many people see/ watch the photos and then want to visit Dubai If you like/ want to visit Dubai, you should definitely go/ see to the Burj Khalifa Exercise 4: Read the postcard from Tom to his friend Adam Choose True or False Dear Adam, Hello from Coconut Island! I am having a brilliant time relaxing on the beach with my aunt and uncle and my brother It’s a shame that my parents aren’t here – they had to stay at home and work The beach has beautiful white sand, palm trees and clear blue water I went swimming this morning, and the water was lovely It wasn’t too cold There are a lot of different activities to on the beach Yesterday morning me and my brother tried surfing He was much better than me, but I still enjoyed it My favorite activity was the boat trip yesterday afternoon We saw dolphins and a lot of colorful fish Yesterday evening, we had dinner in a restaurant next to the beach and ate fish I usually don’t like fish, but the food at the restaurant was delicious! See you next week Best wishes, Tom True False Tom is on holiday with his parents The water was very cold when Tom went swimming Tom did some activities on the beach yesterday Tom’s brother was good at surfing Tom’s favorite activity was surfing Tom didn’t like the fish at the restaurant ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Exercise 5: Read the text about a famous fun park Match the headings in the box to the paragraphs A–E UNIT 4_STUDENT 10 PRE IELTS Different times of year How to visit Things to What is Tivoli Gardens? Why is it so popular? A _ Tivoli Gardens is a fun park in Copenhagen, the capital city of Denmark The park was built a very long time ago in 1843 In the past, Tivoli Gardens had many famous visitors, including the Danish children’s writer Hans Christian Andersen and the American filmmaker Walt Disney Today, the fun park is still one of the most popular places for tourists to visit in Copenhagen and people who are both young and old enjoy visiting the park every day of year B _ There are a lot of popular things to for tourists to Tivoli Gardens It is most famous for its rides The oldest ride in the park was built in 1914, and people can still ride on it today One quite scary ride is called ‘vertigo’ and it travels at 100 km per hour This ride won the prize for the Best Ride of 2014 There are also many restaurants, where people can eat food from all over world There are many old buildings and the beautiful gardens are a very good place to relax C _ Many people ask the same question about Tivoli Gardens – how does it still get so many visitors after all these years? One reason why so many people love Tivoli Gardens is because there is something there for everyone Some of riders are old, and others are new Some riders are scary and other are relaxing The rides are not just popular with children Adults enjoy them too because they make them think about when they were young Is has beautiful buildings and gardens, and colored lights at night time, so people feel relaxed and happy D _ Tivoli Gardens is open all year, and there are different things to see and all year round In spring, visitors can enjoy the beautiful flowers in the gardens In summer, the park is open until late, and there are dance shows There are pumpkins, spiders and witches for Halloween, and in winter there are many colored lights on the trees and a market It is a popular place to go celebrate the New Year, when there are fireworks at midnight E _ UNIT 4_STUDENT 11 PRE IELTS There are two different types of ticket that visitors can buy to visit Tivoli Gardens They can pay to enter the gardens and pay for rides later, or they can pay a little more for a ticket which includes as many rides as they like This is generally the best ticket to choose, as it saves spending a lot of extra money on rides If guests have a Copenhagen visitor card, they can enter the Garden for free People can buy tickets at the gardens or on the internet Exercise 6: Put the words in the correct order to complete the sentences In Empire State Building Is of New York building wood If because very old With there beautiful sand where Has white Where A Tickets for it’s is made the is an place flowers beach a famous building tourists are gardens relax the important beautiful can people the restaurants people internet can there many buy buy are eat presents the on shop can can people there is people where Exercise 7: Complete the sentences with the correct words Most people like to relax in/ on/ to the beach You can swim at/ in/ on the sea every day – it is not too cold You cannot take photos in/ on/ to this museum You can eat in/ on/ to a restaurant every night People can take pictures at/ in/ to the top of a tall building UNIT 4_STUDENT 12 PRE IELTS We went in/ on/ to an amazing boat trip Exercise 8: Match the sentence halves The castle is over The hotel has Over a million people In summer the fun park is close to the The building is made of People can have lunch The Royal Palace is the ● ● ● ● ● ● A thousand years old ● ● ● ● Ten floors and 100 rooms ● ● ● ● In the museum café ● ● Visit the museum every year Glass and metal The gardens are open until late City center Most popular place for tourists Exercise 9: Read the text about the Burj Khalifa Match the information with paragraph A or B A The Burj Khalifa is a modern skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates It is made of metal and glass and it is over 800 meters high Many people from all over the world visit the Burj Khalifa every day Visitors can take a lift to the 148th floor and look out of the windows at the city Inside the Burj Khalifa, visitors can eat in the highest restaurant in the world, which serves fantastic food Visitors can also look at and enjoy paintings by famous artists from the Middle East They can even stay there for the night, in the world’s highest luxury hotel The Burj Khalifa is not only for tourists as many people live in the building, in luxury apartments or work in one of the many offices inside the building It is also a good place to celebrate special occasions For example, on New Year’s Eve, many people go to the Burj Khalifa to see the famous fireworks at midnight B The Burj Khalifa is an important tourist place in Dubai, because it is the highest building in the world It is also the most popular place to visit in the United Arab Emirates Many people from all over the world want to go to the top of the world’s highest building and put their photos on the internet Many people see the photos and then want to visit Dubai The Burj Khalifa is popular with UNIT 4_STUDENT 13 PRE IELTS people of all ages Young people, families and older people will all enjoy visiting this amazing building If you want to visit Dubai, you should definitely go to the Burj Khalifa where to eat Why the building is important People of diffeernt ages like visting the building A place to stay How some people find out about the building A description of the building A B ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Exercise 10 Write a description of an important place for tourists in your country Use the notes to help you Notes Say what type of place it is Say where it is Say what people can there Say why it is important _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ UNIT 4_STUDENT 14 PRE IELTS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ UNIT 4_STUDENT 15 PRE IELTS C Listening & Speaking Exercise 1: Listen to the descriptions and match them with the different kinds of holiday (Tracks 4.1 – 4.6) City break Language exchange Sailing holiday Wildlife holiday Adventure holiday Beach holiday Exercise 2: Listen to people talking about activities they like to on holiday and match them with the pictures (Tracks 4.7 – 4.12) UNIT 4_STUDENT 16 PRE IELTS Exercise 3: Listen to John talking about the different places he’s visited Match the countries with the main reasons he went to them (Track 4.13) Turkey So he could study art Morocco Italy Thailand Russia Spain ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Because he loves mountain climbing So he could improve his language skills So he could try the food Because he loves beach holidays Because his grandmother lives there Exercise 5: Listen to Cristina talking about her holiday Choose the correct answers (Track 4.14) Cristina and her friends went to the Palace of Versailes Cristina usually goes on ○Adventure holidays ○Beach holidays ○Sailing holidays ○By bus ○By car ○By train Cristina and her friends stayed Cristina ○In a gueshouse ○In a hotel ○With a family ○Didn’t enjoy her holiday ○Enjoyed her holiday ○Wasn’t sure if she enjoyed her holiday On the first day, Cristina and her friends visited Cristina thinks that Paris is ○The Eifel Tower ○The Louvre museum ○The Pompidou Centre ○Expensive ○Great ○Very clean Cristina says that the food in the restaurant was ○Delicious ○Not very dood UNIT 4_STUDENT 17 PRE IELTS ○Very expensive Exercise 7: Put the words in the correct order to make sentences Practice saying the sentences With family On I Water Travelled a went parks Attractions A we I cycling trips saw They visits And galleries local cultural visited visited we by host day they tour they stayed went train went on on museums we Exercise 8: Choose the correct words to complete the sentences I like to go on wildlife holidays because I prefer to see animals in their delicious/ fun/ natural environment I’m an architect, so when I travel, I like to visit easy/ famous/ long buildings like the Burj Al Arab in Dubai I don’t like beach holidays so going to a beach resort is very boring/ interesting/ short for me I love travelling to China because the food is cultural/ delicious/ quick I enjoy going to museums, so I often go on cultural/ delicious/ difficult visit When I’m on holiday, I like shopping and visiting boring/ difficult/ local markets I love eating, so when I go on holiday to another country, I think it’s famous/ fun/ popular to try traditional food UNIT 4_STUDENT 18 PRE IELTS I think France is great It’s a very local/ natural/ popular country to visit It has over 50 million visitors a year Exercise 9: Complete the sentences with so or because I love animals _ I often go on wildlife holidays We satyed in a guest house _ hotels are very expensive she loves sports _ she went on an adventure holiday He wanted to improve his Italian _he went on a language exchange Rome They love holidays by the sea _they stayed at a beach resort I went on a city break to London _ I love visiting museums Exercise 10: Describe a holiday you really liked Look at the ideas below Spend a few minutes thinking about what to say Talk about: • • • • where you went what you did on the trip why you went why you liked it UNIT 4_STUDENT 19 PRE IELTS LISTENING SCRIPT Exercise The food in Turkey is very good, especially the fish and the mezze, and I like to try traditional dishes when I’m on holiday And there are lots of traditional dishes in the different parts of the country I went to Morocco last year for the first time for three years In the past, I went more often It’s a beautiful country, but the main reason was that my grandmother lives there When I was a child, we went to Italy quite often and stayed in a hotel by the sea But two years ago I went to study I’m an art student and with so many famous painters, Italy’s a fantastic country to study Art History The weather in Thailand is fantastic! At least on the islands and parts of the coast, and that’s great for me, because my favorite type of holiday is just being on the beach, and swimming in the sea The first time I went to Russia, I visited the famous art galleries in St Petersburg But this year I went to Moscow on a language exchange and stayed with a host family My Russian is much better now! A lot of people don’t know that Spain has lots of mountains It’s not just a place to go for a beach holiday, or to eat traditional food or go to museums It’s one of the best places in Europe for mountain climbing I went there about five years ago Exercise I like all kinds of holidays Usually, I go on long beach holidays with my friends, and two years ago we went on an adventure holiday Another time we went on a sailing holiday But last year we had less time, so we decided to go on a short city break It was more expensive than a beach holiday, but we had a wonderful time We went to Paris We couldn’t afford a hotel so we thought about staying with a host family, but then we decided to stay in a small guesthouse It was very comfortable, but it was a long way from the city centre We chose it because it was cheap And the public transport in Paris is good, so we moved around very easily UNIT 4_STUDENT 20 ... _ UNIT 4_ STUDENT 15 PRE IELTS C Listening & Speaking Exercise 1: Listen to the descriptions and match them with the different kinds of holiday (Tracks 4. 1 – 4. 6) City break Language... holiday and match them with the pictures (Tracks 4. 7 – 4. 12) UNIT 4_ STUDENT 16 PRE IELTS Exercise 3: Listen to John talking about the... _ _ UNIT 4_ STUDENT 14 PRE IELTS _