TRAVEL.

HOLIDAY AND JOURNEYS

Verbs to describe a trip or a journey

arrive = get to:
break a journey = stop off/over:
carry on = go on = continue
look around = explore:
get back = return
land:
leave = set out
take off
can afford:

General Vocabulary

airsick: off the beaten track:

backpacking: peak period:
beach holiday: peak hours:
bed and breakfast (B&B) physical activity:
camping holiday relaxing:
campsite rush hour
carsick: (at) sea:
cathedral: (at the) seaside:
cheap cut-price tickets: seasick:
(in the) city centre: seeing new places:
climbing: sights:
crowed places: sightseeing holiday:
cruise: sunbathing:
hiking: square:
hitch-hiking: tour:
holiday resort: tour operator:
homesick: travel:
journey: travel agent:
leisure: trip:
luxury hotel unspoilt:
meeting new people: visiting monuments
off-peak hours: voyage:
off-peak charge: (at a) youth hostel:

Plane Train

baggage = luggage: carriage:

baggage reclaim: platform:
boarding card/pass: railway:
(suit)case: railway station:
check-in desk: the underground:
gate: the tube:
seat: ticket:
seat-belt: ticket office:
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1. Put each of the following word or phrases in its correct place in the passage below.

peak off the beaten track hitch-hiking leisure resort off-peak

package holiday youth hostels travel agents cut-price tickets

People have more money and more (a) _________________ nowadays and even young
people can afford to go abroad. Many (b) _________________ offer cheap (c)
______________________ for flights to all part of the world, so youngsters can avoid
the crowded well-known places and get to less famous areas which are (d)
___________________. Instead of using public transport and hostels, they can travel by
(e) _________________ and stay at (f) _________________. But most people prefer
some kind of (g) _________________ at a popular holiday (h) _________________,
which means that everything is arranged for you and the price you pay includes
transport, food and accommodation. Try to avoid taking your holiday during busy
(i) _________________ tourist season. Its more crowed and expensive. If possible, go
in the quieter (j) _________________ period.

2. Put each of the following word in its correct place in the passage below. Some words
must be used more than once.
trip travel journey cruise tour voyage flight
a) For general advice about _______________, go to a travel agent.
b) One day I would like to do the _______________ by train and ship across
Russia to Japan.
c) Were going on a _______________ of Europe, visiting 11 countries in 5 weeks.
d) We went on a three-week _______________ round the Mediterranean. The ship
called at Venice, Athens, Istanbul and Alexandria.
e) He once went by ship to Australia. The __________ took there and a half weeks.
f) Im going on a business _______________ to Paris next weekend.
g) Air France_______________ 507 from Paris to New York will be taking off in
ten minutes.
h) The _______________ from Heathrow Airport to the centre of London takes
about 45 minutes by underground.
i) On our first day in New York we went on a three-hour _______________ of the
city by bus, which slowed us the main sights
j) During our stay in London we went on a day _______________ to Oxford, an
another to Windsor.

3. Put one of the following words in each space in the sentences below: in; at; by; on

a) We went ______ car.

b) We went ______ Johns car.
c) We went ______ a journey.
d) She arrived ______ London at midnight.
e) She arrived ______ the hotel.