CURSO

Departamento de Educacin
y Ciencia

C.E.

Escuela Oficial de Idiomas n 2

de Zaragoza

INGLS

ACTIVIDAD SOPORTE FICHA N

05

EXPRESIN
ESCRITA

AULA DE
AUTOAPRENDIZAJE
DESCRIBING A HOLIDAY
1. Read the information about Jim and Alison. Make notes about your last holiday.
Questions

Jim

Alison

Where/go ?
When/go?
How long/stay?
How/travel?
Where/stay?
What/do?

Kenya
last June
three weeks
plane
a tent
took photographs of
wild animals
elephants, lions,
giraffes; not any
crocodiles
yes

Scotland
last October
one week
train
a hotel
went walking in the
mountains
some beautiful
lakes; not the Loch
Ness Monster!
yes

What/see?
Enjoy the holiday?

Me

2. Complete the questions about Jims holiday and write short answers.
Example
Where did he go?
To Kenya
a) When _______________________________________________________________ ?
b) How long _____________________________________________________________ ?
c) How _________________________________________________________________ ?
d) Where _______________________________________________________________ ?
e) What ________________________________________________________________ ?
f) What _________________________________________________________________ ?
g) Did ___________________________________________________________ ? Yes, he did.

3. Complete the paragraph about Jims holiday.

Last June Jim (a) ____________ to Kenya for three weeks. He (b) ____________ by plane and
he (c) ____________ in a tent. He (d) ____________ photographs of wild animals. He (e)
____________ some elephants, lions, and giraffes, but he (f) ____________ any crocodiles. He
(g) ____________ the holiday very much.

4. Write a similar paragraph about Alisons holiday.

5. Write a paragraph about your last holiday in about seventy words.

KEY
2.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)

When did he go? Last June.

How long did he stay? Three weeks.
How did he travel? By plane.
Where did he stay? In a tent.
What did he do? He took photographs of wild animals.
What did he say? Elephants, lions, and giraffes.

3.
a) went
b) travelled
c) stayed

d) took
e) saw
f) didnt see

g) enjoyed

4. Alisons last holiday (sample paragraph)

Last October Alison went to Scotland for one week. She travelled by train and she stayed in a hotel. She went
walking in the mountains. She saw some beautiful lakes, but she didnt see the Loch Ness Monster! She enjoyed
the holiday very much.

From Headway Elementary Workbook, p. 39

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