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!