Module 2 Travelling

So many countries, so many customs.

Part 1

1. Do you like to travel? How do you prefer travelling? What forms of transport do you know?

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2 a) Match the verbs in the box with the forms of transport from the word search. Each verb can go with several forms of transport.

go by get on/off get into/out of catch take miss ride

E.g. go by bus/train...

b) Listen and check your answers.

3. Correct the underlined mistakes in each question (lexical mistake).

1. Do you ever go to work/school on bicycle?

2. Do you like taking a bicycle in cities? Why/Why not?

3. Have you ever got in a train without a ticket?

4. When did you last ride a taxi?

5. Have you ever got out of a moving train or bus?

6. Have you ever lost a plane?

4 a) Explain in your own words what each type of holiday means.

sightseeing holiday beach holiday camping holiday skiing holiday

b) Find the opposite pairs.

E.g. rent a car- use local transport

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1. rent a car 2. pack 3. go abroad 4. go sightseeing 5. stay in hotels 6. book early 7. go clubbing	a) unpack b) get a last-minute deal c) sunbathe on the beach d) use local transport e) go to bed early f) stay in your country g) go self-catering

Pronunciation

5 Listen and mark the main stress for each adjective. Translate them.

1 fascinated, fascinating

2 daunted, daunting

3 challenged, challenging

4 petrified, petrifying

5 annoyed, annoying

6 disgusted, disgusting

7 inspired, inspiring

8 worried, worrying

-ED and –ING ADJECTIVES (e.g. worried-worrying)

-ing adjectives	Describe a person, a thing or a situation	We met interesting people. It was a frightening story. I had a relaxing bath.
-ed adjectives	tell us how people feel	I’m interested in museums. They were frightened. He was tired.

6. a) Complete the dialogues with the most appropriate adjective from Ex. 5.

A: Do you like camping?

B: I can honestly say I hate it! I spent a week camping once and every night I was (1)______because it was so dark and I kept hearing animals. I even found putting up my tent quite (2)______. It’s quite old and one or two of the bits were missing.

A: Are you scared of heights?

B: Well, no actually. I like being high up. I went up in a small airplane a few years ago. I was a little (3)______at first because it was a bit bumpy. But in the end I found the whole experience really (4)______. It made me want to do other things – perhaps even go parachuting one day.

A: How do you feel about eating food you’ve never tried before?

B: I don’t usually mind new vegetables and things but I’m not very keen on eating meat I’ve never tried before. Actually, the other day, a friend of mine persuaded me to try snails. I was (5)______with him because he didn’t tell me what they were. He pretended they were bits of chicken. Well, when I found out, I was nearly sick! They were really (6)______!

A: How would you feel about a job that involved working with animals?

B: I’ve just spent the summer holidays working at a monkey sanctuary and I loved it. You might not think monkeys are very interesting but they’re (7)______when you get to know them. Some things were difficult – like catching them to give them medicine was pretty (8)______, but it was all very rewarding.

b) Listen and check your answers.

Word order

7 Complete the sentences. Put the words in column В in the correct order.

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1. We were terrified jungle / of / snakes / the / seeing / in

2. She was interested ruins / of / in / history / the / ancient / the

3. We were exhausted fourteen / our / hour / after / flight

4. They were worried holiday / the / foreign / about / cost / of / their

5. I was sorry she / to / in / hear / hospital / was

6. I was shocked room / cockroaches / our / in / find / hotel / to

Part 2