Grammar for speaking Planning a trip 1
Ascolta e leggi il dialogo. Poi completa le frasi.
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Matt Shall we plan a trip together this summer, girls? Amy Yeah, where do you want to go? Lucy I won’t have a lot of money, so it needs to be a short trip and quite local. Matt Are we thinking of a beach holiday or a city break? Amy Maybe a city break will work better if we are only going away for a long weekend. Lucy How about visiting somewhere none of us knows? Matt Good idea! What about Liverpool? We could do the Beatles tour and visit the Tate Gallery. Amy Can we choose somewhere else? I’ll be living there when I go to uni next year. Chester? There’s plenty to see and they have a theatre festival there every summer. Lucy Yes, and they have great shops there too.
Matt I’m not going away to spend the whole time shopping! Amy We can plan lots of cultural activities like walking around the Roman walls... Lucy Or sightseeing the historic buildings. Amy And you’ll want to have afternoon tea in Chester – it’s famous for it! Matt That’s sound like a great plan! Lucy OK, now all we need to do is find train tickets and a cheap place to stay. Amy I’m going to check out the Airbnbs in Chester... Matt And I’ll look for good value train tickets... Lucy Awesome! We’ll have booked everything in no time!
1 Matt, Amy and Lucy are planning a trip. 2 Lucy ___________________ a lot of money. 3 Amy ___________________ in Liverpool next year.
4 Matt ___________________ away to spend the whole time shopping. 5 Amy ___________________ the Airbnbs in Chester.
FUNCTIONS Making/ Shall we plan a trip together? / Maybe a city break will work better for a long weekend. / Asking for How about visiting...? / What about...? / We could do the Beatles tour and visit... / We can plan... / suggestions You’ll want to have... Where do you want to go? / What do you want to do? / Are we/you thinking of... or...? Expressing It needs to be a short trip and quite local. / Good idea! / Can we choose somewhere else? / There’s plenty preferences to see. / They have great shops there too! / I’m not going away to spend the whole time shopping! Planning next steps
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Now all we need to do is... / I’m going to check out... /I’ll look for... / We’ll have booked everything in no time!
ROLE PLAY Stai progettando un breve viaggio con un amico/un’amica. Ascolta, leggi e completa il dialogo seguendo la traccia. Usa il Functions box come aiuto. 116
Friend You Friend You Friend You Friend
Where shall we go?
You
Spiega che un fine settimana lungo basterebbe.
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Rispondi.
Won’t that be expensive?
Rispondi di no e spiega perché.
What are we going to do while we are there?
Elenca le attività che ti piacerebbe fare.
That sounds like fun! How long are we planning to stay?
Friend We’re going to need to find somewhere cheap to stay. You Rispondi che chiederai ospitalità a tuo zio
che ha un appartamento lì.
Friend So we won’t be taking too much money with us then. That’s good! You Rispondi con la cifra che pensi che servirà. Friend It’s going to be awesome! You Rispondi che sei d’accordo e che tutto sarà
organizzato in un attimo.
Ascolta e controlla se hai risposto in modo adeguato.
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