Travelling

Discuss the questions:
What is your dream holiday destination?
Have you ever been on a holiday without your parents? Would you like to? Why? / Why not?
When was the last time you went somewhere? Tell about your trip

Dream holiday
Rank the places you would like to go to (places 1-5)
Explain your choice

Quiz time! What’s your kind of holiday?

Keys

photograph the sights
cruising on a yacht
get a tan
try out
chill out
wander around
hiring
stay up all night
go trekking

Listening
We’re going to practise Listening, Task 1 in the State Exam
Discuss the strategies of the task (how and when we read the sentences, what we should pay attention to, etc)
Read the sentences and try to predict what the speakers are going to talk about

Listen to the audio:
(at the exam, students will listen to the audio twice. Please, listen to each Speaker to the end! Very often you can find the main idea at the end of the monologue)
Good luck!

Listen to the audio once again and say which words or phrases are missing in the text:

Look at the pictures and give a brief description of what is happening in the pictures.
How are they different?

State exam. Speaking, Task 4
Task 4. Imagine that you and your friend are doing a school project
“Ways to have a good time on holiday”. You have found some illustrations and want to share the news. Leave a voice message to your friend. In 2.5 minutes be ready to:
• explain the choice of the illustrations for the project by briefly describing
them and noting the differences;
• mention the advantages (1–2) of the two types of shopping;
• mention the disadvantages (1–2) of the two types of shopping;
• express your opinion on the subject of the project – which way of shopping
you prefer and why.
You will speak for not more than 3 minutes (12–15 sentences).
You have to talk continuously.

Keys to the listening part:
3 1 6 7 5 4