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Understanding a text about holidays without parents Read the texts. Match the three writers with the sentences describing their experiences. I had an enjoyable experience with a friend. Kevin I had an experience that friends found amusing. Terry I had an embarrassing experience with an adult. Hilary Hilary went red because her penfriend's mother knew that Hilary didn't hear the doorbell. that Hilary was in her bathroom. that Hilary was not telling the truth. why Hilary did not want to open the door. On Kevin's first holiday without his parents, he walked all the way to the south-west of England. decided to hitch-hike around south-west England. spent the holiday at a campsite in Cornwall. camped at various places along the coast. Meeting lots of different people taught Kevin some useful skills that he later lost. that negotiating with strangers can be dangerous. how to decide wht strangers are like. that talking to strangers is usually boring. Terry had circles around his eyes because his friends put lots of suncream on his face. the rest of his face was red from the sun. his eyes were sore from too much sun. he wanted to make his friends laugh. Terry decided to walk back to the hotel because he wanted to get back to the hotel before his friends. he knew there were no more buses. he didn't feel like standing at the bus stop. he knew it was not very far. Form holiday-related compound nouns (složenice) by matching the words below with words from the text. All of them are in the text. 1) travel guide2) penfriend3) travel programme4) backpack5) campsite6) suncream 7) sunburn8) sunglasses Translate the following words into English. Be careful about spelling. 1) zaspati fall asleep2) stopirati hitch-hike3) krema za sunčanje suncream4) opeklina od sunčanja sunburn5) prometna cesta busy road6) šator tent7) velika šalica mug8) važiti matter9) čavrljati chat10) pregovarati negotiate11) prijatelj za dopisivanje penfriend12) suosnivač co-founder13) vodič za putovanja travel guide14) emisija o putovanjima travel programme15) vještina skill Which holiday would you prefer to go on? A, B or C? Explain why. Do you find this worksheet useful and fun?