This document provides a grammar and vocabulary reinforcement exercise for a travel unit. It contains multiple choice questions testing vocabulary related to travel items, activities, and accommodations. It also includes exercises practicing verb tenses such as past simple, past continuous, and past perfect when talking about travel experiences in the past. Students are to complete sentences and questions using the correct tense based on time frames and actions occurring simultaneously or prior to other events. The focus is on building English skills around discussing travel plans, experiences, and activities through a variety of grammar and vocabulary questions.

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UNIT 2: REINFORCEMENT
Vocabulary
1 Circle the word that doesn’t belong.
1. sunscreen • swimsuit • sleeping bag • surfboard
2. tent • wetsuit • backpack • hiking boots
3. snorkel • skis • boots • jacket
4. museum • restaurant • shopping centre • pocketknife
2 Choose the correct answer.
1. If you are going to snorkel in cold water, wear a money belt / wetsuit.
2. When flying to the USA, you mustn’t take more than two suitcases / binoculars.
3. I never travel without a travel guide / agent in my backpack.
4. Today’s travellers are more likely to send e-mails than souvenirs / postcards.
5. Don’t forget to take extra batteries for your pocketknife / torch.
3 Match the wordsin A to the examplesin B.
A B
1. school trip ...... a. a plate from Venice, a stone from the beach, a T-shirt from New York
2. souvenirs ...... b. Sammy’s Fish Bar, The Steakhouse, Paulo’s Pizza
3. travel docume nts ...... c. go to the theatre, visit a museum, go hiking
4. seaside items ...... d. surfboard, wetsuit, sunscreen
5. local restaurants ...... e. passports, tickets, visas
4 Complete the sentenceswith the wordsbelow.
first-aid kit • raincoat • sightseeing • camera • sunglasses
1. Let’s rest today. Tomorrow we can go …………… … .
2. Remember to take your …………… … so you can take lots of photos.
3. It’s important to take a ………… …… when you go hiking, just in case someone gets hurt.
4. I always wear ………… … … to protect my eyes in the summer.
5. He forgot to take his …………… … and his clothes got very wet.
5 Match A to B to form sentences.
A B
1. With 24 beds in each room, it is very cheap to stay in this basic ...... a. resort.
2. We built a fire when we arrived at the ...... b. caravan.
3. The service was wonderful and there was so much to do in this ...... c. bed and breakfast.
4. You can travel from place to place and sleep in your own ...... d. youth hostel.
5. You can turn your home into a successful ...... e. campsite.

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6 Complete the text with the wordsin Exercise 5, column B.
When my friends and I go on holiday, we can’t afford to stay at an expensive (1) ………… … …… … … , so we
stay at a (2) ………… … …… … … with lots of other young people. Once we stayed at a (3) …………… … …… … ,
but I hated sleeping in someone else’s home. I like being outdoors and would like to buy a tent and stay at a
(4) ………… …… … …… . My friend’s parents are thinking of buying a (5) ………… … …… … … because they like
to travel but don’t want to sleep in a tent.
7 Choose the correct answer.
1. They set up / set off on their trip early this morning.
2. She always closes her eyes when the plane takes off / gets to.
3. Let’s check in / set off our suitcases.
4. He got to / took off the hotel at midnight.
5. I checked in / set up my new computer before I went on holiday.
8 Complete the sentenceswith the wordsbelow.
travel expenses • travel arrangem ents • boat trip • business trips
1. My dad goes on lots of ………… …… … …… abroad.
2. She made her ………… …… … …… on the Internet.
3. I have always dreamed of going on a ………… … …… … … on the River Thames.
4. Her company pays all her ………… …… … …… when she travels.

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Grammar
1 Choose the correct answer.
1. Where did you buy / were you buying your tent?
2. My brother bought / was buying me a gift while he shopped / was shopping.
3. Why didn’t you sleep / weren’t you sleeping at 3.00 am?
4. While the children played / were playing, their parents talked / were talking.
5. As I walked / was walking to the bus stop, the bus drove / was driving past me.
2 Complete the sentenceswith the time expressionsbelow.
in 1990 • while • when • at 6.00 pm • yesterday morning
1. The baby was crying …………… … …… … his mother went into his room.
2. ………… …… … …… we were playing football, our father was cleaning the house.
3. My mum’s car is very old. She bought it ………… … …… … … .
4. It started to rain ………… … …… … … , so we went inside and made dinner.
5. ………… …… … …… , my best friend went to France on holiday.
3 Complete the sentenceswith the verbsin brackets. Use the Past Simple or Past Continuous.
1. While he …………… … …… … (shave), he ………… …… … …… (cut) himself.
2. She ………… …… … …… (break) her nail while she ………… … …… … … (clean) the house.
3. While Adam …………… … …… … (look) for his keys, he ………… …… … …… (find) his glasses.
4. Rosa ………… …… … …… (meet) her boyfriend while she ………… … …… … … (travel) in India.
4 Complete the sentenceswith the verbsin brackets. Use the Past Perfect Simple.
1. By the time she reached the airport, she ………… …… … …… (miss) the plane.
2. They …………… … …… … (learn) the play by heart before they performed it on the stage.
3. ………… …… he ………… …… (go) to sleep by 11 o’clock?
4. The film …………… … already ………… …… (start) before he arrived at the cinema.
5. How much homework ………… … … he ………… … … (finish) when you arrived?
5 Choose the correct answer.
1. They studied / had studied Portuguese for a year before they travelled / had travelled to Brazil.
2. My parents decided / had decided to visit India after they saw / had seen a documentary about the Taj Mahal.
3. By the time they reached / had reached the station, their train left / had left. Naturally they were upset.
4. Nick was hungry when the plane landed / had landed at the airport because he didn’t eat / hadn’t eaten on the
flight.

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6 Complete the sentenceswith the verbsin brackets. Use the Past Simple, Past Continuousor Past Perfect
Simple.
1. They …………… … …… … (not finish) packing their suitcase when their taxi ………… …… … …… (arrive).
2. They …………… … …… … (be) friends for five years before they …………… … …… … (get) married.
3. Clara …………… … …… … (try) to study while her brother ………… …… … …… (play) his drums.
4. Mr Brown …………… … …… … (cross) the street when a car ………… …… … …… (hit) him.
5. They …………… … …… … (read) the whole travel guide before they ………… …… … …… (go) on their trip.
6. Why …………… … you ………… … …… … … (cry) when I ………… … …… … … (see) you yesterday?
7 Write questionsfor the answersbelow. Pay attention to the wordsin bold.
1. ................................................................................................................................................
Victor was visiting a museum while we were eating.
2. ................................................................................................................................................
Ingrid had bought souvenirs before we arrived.
3. ................................................................................................................................................
Toni was working at the bank when he met Eva.
4. ................................................................................................................................................
Mr Duncan had smoked 20 cigarettes a day before he stopped smoking.
5. ................................................................................................................................................
My parents went sightseeing in Paris in the summer.
6. ................................................................................................................................................
I didn’t wear a jacket because it was warm outside.