T6.10 Listen t o the conversation they have with the travel agent. Look at the list of the travel agent's questions below. Make a note of Andy and Fiona's answers.

a When would you like to go?

b How long are you planning to go away

for?

с What kind of place would you like to go

to?

d Do you want a beach holiday or

something else?

e Are you looking for somewhere quiet?

f How many people are going to travel?

g How much would you like to pay?

h Do you want self-catering or would you

rather stay in a hotel?

Look at the information about holidays 1-8. Choose three holidays which you think are suitable for the Kings.

Spain

Andalucia

14 nights £ 8 9 9

Self-catering villa with swimming pool.

• Quiet mountain village

• 40 minutes' drive from beach

Turkey

Bodrum

7 nights £ 429

5-star hotel

Next to beach

Busy nightlife

24-hour room service

Mexico

Cancun

8 nights £489

3-star hotel

• Fantastic beaches and nightlife •

1 5-minute bus ride to beach

Dubai

5 nights £689

Self-catering, luxury apartments.

Fantastic shopping in modern city

Near beaches

Florida

Orlando

14 nights £815

3-star hotel

Near Disney World and other theme parks and beaches

Cuba

Havana

8 nights £779

Self-catering/ hotel

4 days on beach, 4 days in Havana (capital city of Cuba)

Barbados

7 nights £685

3-star hotel

• Quiet resort

• Next to the beach

Thailand

12 nights £ 799

5-star hotel

Asia’s number one holiday resort

Tropical climate, plenty of nightlife.

Task: speaking

Work in pairs, Student A and Student B.

Student A: You are a travel agent. Ask Student В questions to find out what kind of holiday he/she would like. You can use the questions in Preparation exercise 1 and add some extra ones if you want to. You can use the holidays here or you can invent some of your own!

Student B: You are planning to go on a last-minute holiday. Decide:

• who you're going with and for how long.

• what kind of place you would like to go to (beach, mountain, city).

• the kind of accommodation (hotel, self-catering).

• how much you want to pay.

Work in groups. Tell each other about the holidays you have planned. Decide who has chosen the most interesting holiday.

Writing

Write a postcard

A Read the postcard below. In the following pairs of phrases, underline the one that is suitable for a postcard. Why are the other phrases not suitable?

a Hi Tim! / Dear Mr Buchanan,

b on the 28th November. / when I get home!

c There are loads of places to go ... / The city has more than fifty nightclubs and over 800 restaurants ...

d The food's not too expensive and really tasty ... / Meals usually cost around $20 and are of excellent quality.

e I 'm staying in ... / My postal address is ...

f Bye for now! / Yours sincerely,

g It's lovely and sunny, / The weather is warm with an average temperature of 30°C,

h I am pleased to inform you that I have arrived safely ...

Well, here I am in ...

B Complete the postcard with phrases from part a.

Tim Bauchanan

Flat A

156 Rutherford Road

Leeds

LS4 9FT

United Kingdom

(1)______________

(2) _____________Australia! I left England a week ago ami after a short stopover in Thailand, (3)__________ a nice little hotel just a few minutes' walk from Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Opera House and all the other sights. (4)_______so I'm getting quite tanned here!(5 )_____ and there's every kind of restaurant 40ч can think of Chinese, Italian, Thai... not too many English ones though! I think I'll have to go on a diet (6 )_____. (7)_____ in the evening so I'm never bored!

Give mg love to everyone,

(8)______.

Paul

You are on holiday and you are going to write a postcard to a

friend or someone in your family. Decide where you are and who you are going to write to. Include:

• the name and address of the person/people you're writing to.

• a greeting.

• where you are now and some information about it.

• other places you've visited.

• signing off.

Grammar Summary

Module 1

A Question words

We use what if there are many possible answers.

What's your name?

We use which if there are only a few possible answers.

Which do you prefer: coffee or tea?

Some other expressions with what and which

What sort/ kind of car have you got?

Which places do you want to visit?

What time does the restaurant open?

Which part of Mexico is Monterrey in?

What colour are her eyes?

What size are your shoes?

B Word order in questions

1 be

They are in the kitchen. Are theyin the kitchen?

You were late for class. Were youlate for class?

Modal verbs

With modal verbs (can, will, might), we also invert the subject and

the verb to form the question.

Erika can ride a motorbike. Can Erikaride a motorbike?

Tomas will be here tomorrow. Will Tomasbe here tomorrow?

Other verbs

a With other verbs, we put the auxiliary verb do or does before the subject.

They play basketball. Dothey play basketball?

Jamie lives near the school. DoesJamie live near the school?

b The question word comes before the auxiliary verb.

Where do you play chess?

How often do you go to the gym?

C Present Simple

Positive form

I / you / we / they know

he / she I it knows

Negative form

I / you I we / they don't(= do not) know

he / she doesn't(= does not) know

Question form

Do I/ you / we / they know?

Doeshe / she know?

1 We use the Present simple for:

a habits or things we do regularly.

I go for a run before breakfast.

b things that are generally or always true.

They livein a small village.

2 These are the spelling rules for he / she / it.

D How often?

Adverbs

Never sometimes often usually / generally always

a With most verbs, we put the adverb before the main verb.

We never go outat lunchtime.

b With the verb be, we put the adverb after the verb.

He's always late for class.

Other phrases

every a day/ week/ month

once

twice

X times

a We usually put these phrases at the end of the sentence.

We go swimming every week

Nadia visits her aunt twice a week

b But we can also put them at the beginning of the sentence.

Every day I go for a walk in the park.

Once a month we go out for a really nice meal.

Module 2

A Past simple

Regular Past simple forms end in -ed in the positive form.

1 We use the Past simple to talk about a finished action or state in the past. It can be something that happened once or many times. We often say whenit happened.

He diedin 1980. (=once)

My father always tookme to school when I was young. (= many times)

We lived in a very small house in those days. (= state)

2 For regular verbs, we add -ed (watched, started). But there are some exceptions.

3 The past of be is was / were.

B T i m e phrases often used in the past: at, on, in, ago

Ago

Ago means before now. We use it to show how far in the past something happened.

I first met Jackie two years ago.

We do not use ago after specific time periods with the.

Module 3

A should, shouldn't

1 We use should to say that something is a good idea or the right thing to do. We use shouldn't to say that something is not a good idea or not the right thing to do.

You shouldbuy a new alarm clock

You shouldn'tleave your bag open on the bus.

2 Should is not as strong as have to.

We have to gonow or we'll be late. (= it is necessary to go)

We should go now or we'll be tired tomorrow. (= this is a good idea)

3 The forms below are often used for giving advice.

Why don't you look for a flat in the centre of town?

Try putting an advertisement in the local newspaper.