Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Talking about Holidays

Do you know words for different types of holiday in English?
Read these definitions, then choose the right one to fill the blanks in the exercise.

Holiday definitions
bank holiday = a type of public holiday in the UK when banks and businesses close for the day. All bank holidays in the UK are on Mondays. You might also hear the phrase "bank holiday weekend".
cruise = a journey on a luxurious ship.
city break = a short holiday where you visit a city (often in a different country) for a few days or for a weekend.
day trip = a day's holiday – often to the seaside. A person who goes on a day trip is called a "day tripper".
long weekend = a weekend plus one or two days.
outward-bound course = an activity holiday, often for children and teenagers.
package holiday = a holiday where everything has been pre-paid.
public holiday = a national holiday (on any day of the week).
sightseeing tour = a holiday where you visit places of interest.

Examples:
1. Student: "I'm coming to your lesson next week."
Teacher: "OK. Please remember to bringyour dictionary." (bring / take)
2. Can you lend me €10 until tomorrow? (lend / borrow)
3. High petrol prices will affect the economic recovery. (effect / affect)
4. You need to study economic policy to understand their decision. (economic / economical)
5. I think we're lost. Let me look at the map. (watch / look at)
6. Can you check these figures for me please? (check / control)
7. Is he attending the reception tomorrow? (attend / assist)
8. Please remind me to cancel the order. (remember / remind)
9. At the weekend I often go to my parents' house. I like being with my family. (stay / be)
10. If you lose my phone, you'll be in trouble! (lose / loose)

Exercise
Fill in the blanks with a type of holiday from the list above.
1. I like going on ——–, because I don't have to worry about booking hotels or flights.
2. Next weekend is a ——– bank holiday weekend. We've got three days to do something interesting.
3. When we were in Paris, we decided to pay for a ——–. It was worth it, as we got to see all the sights.
4. They've taken Friday and Monday off work, so they've got a ——–.
5. Let's get up early tomorrow and go off somewhere on a ——–.
6. In the UK, Christmas Day and Boxing Day are ——–.
7. The travel agent is advertising ——– to Barcelona.
8. For their honeymoon, they've booked themselves a caribbean ——–.
9. Her children learnt how to climb rocks on their ——–.

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