Planning a trip to the UK

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Planning a trip to the UK

To do

• Introduction
• Listening
• Speaking

Introduction

After this lesson you should be able to make suggestions and

speak about likes and dislikes.

What do you like to do on holiday?

Holiday activities

• Eating local food
  
• Going shopping
  
• Going sightseeing
  
• Relaxing by a pool or at the beach
  
• Doing some sport or activities
  
• Watching a concert or going to the theatre
  
• Going to a football match
  
• Going to an art gallery or museum

Listening

Many tourists go to see football matches as part of their trip to the UK. A Premier League travel agency wants suggestions for things that these people could do in addition to watching a match. You are going to listen to two people planning a weekend trip to Manchester. 

Write down which activities are mentioned.

Answers

• eating local food
• going shopping
• going sightseeing
• going to an art gallery or a museum
• going to a football match

Listening: Activity 1

 Listen again, this time listen for who mentions each activity. 

Write K for Kerry, J for John, or N if it is not mentioned.

Answers

Going to a local pub - K

Getting up early - J

Practising English - N

Going to independent shops - K

Going to a football museum - K

Going to see some paintings - N

Visiting a famous building - K

Doing a cooking class - N

Staying out late - J

Activity 2

In pairs: underline the phrases in the transcript for making suggestions, saying what you like and saying what you don't like and complete the table.

Answers

Activity 3: speaking

Would you prefer to ...

• Watch a football match or play a football match?
  
• Go out for dinner or cook at home?
  
• Watch a horror film or watch a comedy?
  
• Meet a famous sports person or meet a famous singer?
  
• Go on holiday in your own country, or go abroad?
  
• Eat some cake or eat some chips? 

Explain why

Main Task: Planning a trip

 Imagine that you are working for a Premier League Travel agency and they want to organise a weekend itinerary to a UK city. They will have to take the trip themselves first and plan an itinerary together and agree on what they would like to do.

Cities

Main Task: Planning a trip

 Imagine that you are working for a Premier League Travel agency and they want to organise a weekend itinerary to a UK city. They will have to take the trip themselves first and plan an itinerary together and agree on what they would like to do.

In pairs: choose a city, read the fact file about the city and look up more information online. You should agree on at least five activities that you want to do over the weekend. You're going to present your itinerary to the rest of the class.

premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org