Travellers` tales: vocabulary and grammar

1. Complete the compound nouns with the words below. 1. Newport Southside is a popular beach resort in Miami, Florida. It has a large hotel complex and is close to some great beaches.2. We used public transport to travel around Florida. It’s cheaper to use the local buses than to hire a car.3. Many people consider Miami to be a tourist trap . Everything is expensive and, in the shops, you can only buy overpriced souvenirs.4. Our tour guide was fantastic. She knew so much about the city and was really helpful.5. We decided to go on a package holiday because we wanted to have our hotel, food and all our trips organized by our travel company.6. Biscayne is a national park near Miami where you can see marine wildlife. 2. Choose the correct verbs+ prepositions.1. On summer weekends, we jump in the car and _ the beach. It’s the only place to go when it’s hot! head for cut through drive along 2. The mountain road _ Mount Hazel, so drive slowly because there are lots of turns and it’s dangerous. connect to winds around head for 3. ‘Do you know where the Ohio River _ the Mississippi River?’ ‘I think it’s at Cairo, Illinois. That’s the place where the two major rivers join.’ lead to drive along connect to 4. If you want to get to the shop quickly, _ the park. It’s a much shorter route. put off drive over cut through 5. Don’t walk down unmarked forest paths. You don’t know where they’ll _ You could get lost. lead to go on put down 6. If you’re in your car, just _ this minor road for fifty kilometres and you’ll see the hotel. follow after drive along go with 3. Tick the correct words to complete the sentences. 1. Last summer, Penny visited / had visited London with her friends for a long weekend.2. They stayed at a hotel that Penny’s parents had booked / were booking for them on the internet.3. Penny was a little worried about the trip because she never went / had never been on holiday without her mum and dad before.4. On the first day, while they were walking / had walked through London, Penny and her friends saw a lot of famous sights.5. They wore sunglasses because the sun was shining / had shone and the sky was blue.6. Penny wanted / was wanting to buy some souvenirs that she had seen in a shop.7. Penny couldn’t find her purse. She realized that she lost / had lost it.8. Then, suddenly, one of her friends ran into the shop. She was holding / had held Penny’s purse. Penny was so happy! 1. had visited visited 2. had booked were booking 3. never went had never been 4. were walking had walked 5. was shining had shone 6. wanted was wanting 7. lost had lost 8. was holding had held