Choosing holidays like and can practice

Live Wire 2 Unit 12

Choose two cards of the same kind (e.g. two kinds of holiday cards) at random. Look at your cards, but don’t show your partner. If you don’t understand one of your cards, the teacher will tell you if you should change it or how you can find out what it means.

Ask questions to find out which of the two kinds of holiday is better for your partner, without using any of the words on the cards. When you are sure, tell your partner which holiday you chose for them. Then show them both cards and see if they agree.

 

Useful language for doing the activity

Suggested questions (not using the words on the cards)

How do you feel about…?/ Do you like…?/ What’s your favourite…?

Do you prefer… or…?

Can you…?/ How good are you at…?

Have you tried…? How was it?

 

Useful language for guessing

I think you would prefer… to… Is that right?

I think… would be better for you than… Do you agree?

 

Kinds of places cards

 

city

 

 

farm

 

 

island

 

jungle/ rainforest

 

mountains

 

 

seaside

 

nature reserve

 

national park

 

 

riverside

 

 

lakeside

 

theme park

 

forest/ wood

 

Names of places cards

 

Brazil

 

 

China

 

 

England

 

 

Greece

 

 

India

 

 

Indonesia

 

 

Ireland

 

 

Russia

 

 

Scotland

 

 

South Korea

 

 

Thailand

 

 

Vietnam

 

 

The Philippines

 

Wales

 

North Korea

 

Kinds of holidays cards

Adventure holiday

 

Agritourism

 

Airbnb in a foreign city

 

Backpacking in SE Asia

 

Beach holiday/ Sunbathing

 

Bicycle tour

 

Bird watching

 

Bus tour

 

Camping

 

Caravanning

 

(Weekend) city break

 

Clubbing

 

Couch surfing

 

Cruise (ship)/ Boat trip

 

Dark tourism

 

Eco-tourism

 

Ferry trip

 

Fishing

 

Flat swap

 

Guided tour

 

Health resort

 

Hiking/ Trekking

 

Hitchhiking

 

Holiday home/ cottage

 

Homestay/ Host family

 

(Youth) hostelling

 

Hot spring/ Spa

 

Hunting

 

Jungle exploration

 

Log cabin

 

Long distance train journey

 

Medical tourism

 

Meditation retreat

 

Mountain climbing

 

Round the world trip

 

Safari

 

Scuba diving (course)

 

Self-catering flat

 

Six countries in five days

 

Study abroad

 

Summer camp

 

Summer festival

 

Survival weekend

 

Unlimited travel train ticket

 

Volunteering

 

Water sports

 

Winter sun

 

Working holiday – au pair

 

Working holiday on a farm

 

Yachting

 

Yoga retreat

 

Bootcamp

 

Pony trekking/ Horse riding Writer’s retreat
Holiday camp

 

Ski resort Underwater hotel
Hackathon

 

Space tourism Writers’ retreat
The Olympics

 

The Football World Cup Arts festival
Overseas Grand Prix

 

(Open-air) music festival Surfing

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Related pages

Live Wire 2 page

Travel and tourism page

Likes and dislikes page

Can and can’t page