Lesson 4

Before you start

Look at these popular holiday destinations. Where do you think they are?

Photo A: beautiful, boring, crowded, exotic, modern, new, peaceful, relaxing.

Photo B: active, beautiful, busy, crowded, exotic, peaceful, quiet.

Photo C: active, ancient, beautiful, noisy, old.

Photo D: beautiful, boring, calm, exotic, isolated, peaceful, relaxing, quiet.

Reading

2. Read about Lara’s holiday. Put the sentences a–h in the order you think they happened.

a. As I was photographing the castle, my little brother started crying. 4

b. We walked around Lisbon and I took lots of photos. 3

c. We went to the shops, they are a bit expensive but my mum was happy. 7

d. My uncle met us at the airport and drove us to the old part of town. It’s very quiet and peaceful. 2

e. We sailed along the river to see the sun going down. It was beautiful and very relaxing! 8

f. We went to Europe to visit my cousins in Portugal. 1

g. My uncle decided to take us to a restaurant for lunch. 6

h. He was eating an ice cream and a bird stole it! He was very upset. 5

Writing

3. Work in pairs. Discuss where you could add these words to the text in Exercise 2. Then write the text in order with the joining words to form a complete paragraph in your notebooks.

Last year, we went to Europe to visit my cousins in Portugal.
On the first day, my uncle met us at the airport and drove us to the old part of town.
We walked around Lisbon and I took lots of photos.
As I was photographing the castle, my little brother started crying.
He was eating an ice cream and a bird stole it!
He was very upset.
Next, my uncle decided to take us to a restaurant for lunch.
After that, we went to the shops, they are a bit expensive but my mum was happy.
Finally, we sailed along the river to see the sun going down.
It was beautiful and very relaxing!