The document provides information and activities for teaching English vocabulary and reading comprehension related to travel. It includes a list of travel-related vocabulary words, fill-in-the-blank and multiple choice activities about travel plans and destinations, and reading passages about the city of Vancouver with corresponding comprehension questions. The overall purpose is to help English language learners practice and improve their skills through interactive exercises focused on travel topics.

1. By Belinda Baardsen, American Ex
Pat, ESL Instructor, King Saud
University, Saudi Arabia,
March 2013

2. Vocabulary
mountains
A train
sailing The sea

3. Vocabulary
A ticket
A trolley bus
A bridge
A beach

4. Adjectives
Italian beautiful spectacular
excellent biggest
best

5. Where is it?
The United States
of America
New York
City

6. Where to stay?
A hotel

7. When to go?

8. What to do?

9. How to travel?

10. Where to eat?

11. Activity
Make a list of everything you need to
prepare for your trip.
Example: I need to book my flight to Paris.
What else do you need to do?
1. ___________________________
2. ___________________________
3. ___________________________

12. Activity #2
Reading & Vocabulary
Turn to Page 60
Unit 8
New Headway Plus Book
1. Look at the map & find
Vancouver. Where is it? Is it
near Vancouver?

13. Activity #3
Read the text about Vancouver.
Write the five paragraph headings in
the correct place.
Example:
Where is it?
Paragraph one – “Vancouver is in ….”

14. Activity #4
Answer the questions.
1. Where is Vancouver?
2. _______?
3. ____________?
4. _____________?
5. _______________?
6. _____________?
7. _____________?
8. __________________?

15. Activity #5
Complete the chart with adjectives from the text.
ADJECTIVES ----------------- NOUNS
BUSY, COSMOPOLITAN ---------------- CITY

16. Where do you come
from?
My home is in The United
States of America.
My home town is in Denver,
Colorado
I live in a condo outside of
Denver.

17. Activity #6
Turn to page 62
Listen to Steve. He
lives in Vancouver.
Tick the things he talks
about.

18. Activity #7
Listen again.
Answer the
questions about
Steve.

19. Activity 8
Listen to 4 conversations with Steve.
Complete the chart.

20. Activity 9
Write about a town you know.

21. Activity 10
I’m lost! Turn to page 63
How do I get
Where is Granata Mall?
to the
Kingdom
Towers?
Turn left
Where is the Al Raji
Bank?
Go straight Where is King
Saud
University?
Turn Right

22. Activity
Write a postcard to
someone about your
trip!