Unit 5: English for Tourism

Index:

Aims and Objectives

In this unit you will learn and practise vocabulary related to telephone communications.

You will practise the following skills and functions:

The grammar focus of this unit is:

Vocabulary

medio
alojamiento
aventura
costa
crucero
playa
reserva
folletos
camping
abarrotado
ecoturismo
retraso
salida
destino
precio de entrada
excursión
vuelo
exposición
patrimonio
visita guiada
década
temporada alta
temporada baja
folleto
sol
vacaciones
parque nacional
vida nocturna
viaje programado
regalos
aliviar
ambiente
sitio de vacaciones
extranjero
en la costa
sin servicio de comidas
visitas de lugares de interés
reserva natural
recuerdos
rafting
sitios
ruinas
gastar
oficina de turismo
agencia de vajes
merecer
excursión/viaje
peninsular
vacaciones
isla

Exercises

Section 1: Vocabulary Practice

Exercise 1: Test Yourself

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Section 2: Listening Comprehension

Exercise 1: Multiple Choice Questions

Exercise Help

Chose the correct answer.

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This exercise can be also done purely aurally/orally:
  1. What kind of holiday does Thomas want?
    a. 
    b. 
    c. 
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  2. Where does Thomas want to go?
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    b. 
    c. 
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  3. How long does Thomas want to go away for?
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    b. 
    c. 
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  4. When does the high season start?
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    b. 
    c. 
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  5. How many tickets does Thomas book?
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    b. 
    c. 
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Exercise 2: Multiple Choice Questions

Exercise Help

Chose the correct answer.

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This exercise can be also done purely aurally/orally:
  1. Where is Tenerife?
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    b. 
    c. 
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  2. What's the weather like in Tenerife?
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    b. 
    c. 
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  3. Which is correct?
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    c. 
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  4. What is NOT mentioned in the text?
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    b. 
    c. 
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Exercise 3: Multiple Choice Questions

Exercise Help

Chose the correct answer.

Recording: show transcript
This exercise can be also done purely aurally/orally:
  1. Thomas went to Greece because:
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    b. 
    c. 
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  2. Which is correct?
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    b. 
    c. 
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  3. The tourist office girl mentioned guided tours of:
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  4. Thomas decided to go to:
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  5. The tourist office girl gave him:
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Exercise 4: Multiple Choice Questions

Exercise Help

Chose the correct answer.

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This exercise can be also done purely aurally/orally:
  1. Tourism does NOT include:
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    b. 
    c. 
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  2. Which is correct?
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    b. 
    c. 
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  3. Which is correct?
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  4. What is a package holiday?
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    b. 
    c. 
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  5. Which is correct?
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    b. 
    c. 
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Section 3: General Comprehension

Exercise 1: True/False Statements

Exercise Help

For each of the statements below, choose True or False.

This exercise can be also done purely aurally/orally:
  1. Organised tourism is now a very important industry.


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  2. Tourism hasn't changed in the last 200 years.


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  3. Tourists aren't usually interested in the weather at their destination.


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  4. Tourist offices don't usually sell souvenirs and gifts.


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  5. Camping holidays are not considered as tourism.


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  6. Travel agents book tickets and make reservations.


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  7. Making your own food in an apartment is called self-catering.


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  8. Airline flights are never delayed.


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  9. For entrance into museums and galleries you sometimes pay an entrance fee.


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  10. A holiday resort can be in the mountains or at the seaside.


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Exercise 2: Sentence Completion

Exercise Help

Speaking Practice. Complete the sentences you hear, using the example as a model.

Press Play to listen to the instructions:

Section 4: Grammar Practice

Exercise 1: Transformation

Exercise Help

Make questions for the following statements.

This exercise can be also done purely aurally/orally:
Example:

The Acropolis is over 2000 years old. (How old ...?)
How old is the Acropolis?

The guide works six hours a day. (How many hours a day ...?)
How many hours a day does the guide work?

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Exercise 2: Transformation

Exercise Help
Explanation:

In a question like: `Where did the Petersons go?' the subject is `the Petersons'.

In this case we have to use the auxiliary `did' to make the question because the subject is not an interrogative word.

In a question like: `Who went to Ibiza last year?' the subject is `who' and it is an interrogative word, so the auxiliary is not used.

In this exercise we are going to make questions with an interrogative expression as subject.

This exercise can be also done purely aurally/orally:
Example:

The Petersons went to New Zealand. (Who?)
Who went to New Zealand?

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Exercise 3: Selections

Exercise Help

Chose the correct answer.

This exercise can be also done purely aurally/orally:
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Section 5: Consolidation

Exercise 1: True/False Statements

Exercise Help

For each of the statements below, choose True or False.

Recording: show transcript
This exercise can be also done purely aurally/orally:
  1. Nobody buys package holidays nowadays.


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  2. On an ecological safari tourists don't kill animals.


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  3. National parks are protected areas.


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  4. Young people are becoming interested in adventure holidays.


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  5. Visiting old industrial sites is not a form of tourist activity.


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  6. A lot of people travel abroad to learn a language.


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  7. A spa is a place where tourists can eat and drink all day.


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Exercise 2: Dictation

Exercise Help

Listen to the complete recording first. Then go to the textbox and use the > key to listen to the text section by section. Type what you hear into the textbox. For detailed instructions, read the Exercise Help.

Recording: show transcript
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Exercise 3: Cloze

Exercise Help

Listen to the recording carefully and then fill in the gaps in the text below using the same words.

Recording:

This offers safaris, trips to rain forests or national parks, or ? cruises in the polar regions. Sport tourism, particularly skiing, and adventure activities ? rafting attract ? and more young people, ? cultural tourism visiting historical or interesting cities is often ? opportunity to take a long weekend ?. Heritage tourism, visiting historical or industrial sites, language tourism, and health tourism to relieve stress, often in "health spas", are ? alternatives. In recent years ? people have started taking two holidays ? year, with a package tour to a typical tourist resort, ? a winter skiing vacation or weekend break.

Exercise 4: Gap Filling

Exercise Help

Choose the correct option to fill the gaps in the following sentences.

This exercise can be also done purely aurally/orally:
  1. 1. On a ____ holiday your travel and hotel are arranged for you.
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    b. 
    c. 
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  2. 2. A ____ is a person or book that gives tourist information about a place.
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    b. 
    c. 
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  3. 3. People often bring back ____ from holiday destinations.
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    c. 
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  4. 4. Last year we went ____ in France.
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    c. 
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  5. 5. ____ accommodation is cheaper than most hotel accommodation.
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    c. 
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  6. 6. Enjoy a ____ around some of the most beautiful islands of the Caribbean.
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    b. 
    c. 
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  7. 7. A ____ is a place where a lot of people go on holiday, often by the sea.
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    b. 
    c. 
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  8. 8. Last year we went on a coach ____ round Austria and Switzerland.
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    b. 
    c. 
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  9. 9. Organised tourism is now a major ____ around the world.
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    b. 
    c. 
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  10. 10. Ecotourism is tourism which has minimal impact on the ____ .
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    b. 
    c. 
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  11. 11. When you visit a museum you sometimes have to pay an entrance ____ .
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    b. 
    c. 
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  12. 12. Cheap ____ mean more people can fly more often.
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    b. 
    c. 
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  13. 13. Sometimes flights are cancelled or ____ .
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    c. 
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  14. 14. Tenerife enjoys temperatures of 20 ____ in winter.
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    c. 
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  15. 15. Is June high or ____ season?
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    c. 
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  16. 16. I'll ____ a look at the brochures.
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    c. 
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  17. 17. There was over-____ in our hotel last year.
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    c. 
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  18. 18. I hate ____ beaches.
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    b. 
    c. 
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  19. 19. A travel ____ organises trips.
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    b. 
    c. 
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  20. 20. Goodbye! Have a good ____ !
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    b. 
    c. 
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Checklist

Use the following list to check whether you have obtained full benefit from this unit. You should be able to:

You should also have greater skill and confidence in the use of:

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