Holidays: Ways of travelling – A2 English Vocabulary Test

1  Complete the sentences with suitable words.

1   They travel to school ……by bike…… because it is good exercise.

2   I think it is easy to travel ……… u………………. in cities like Madrid and Moscow.

3   In Amsterdam we travelled ……… t………………. in the city centre.

4   We explored the city ……… f………………. and walked for miles.

5   In Vietnam a lot of people travel ……… s………………. because they are cheap to run.

6   After the accident they flew ……… h………………. to the hospital.

7   My parents went from England to New York ……… s………………. . The journey took a week.

8   We travelled ……… c………………. to Windsor Castle because we were a big group.

9   Last summer we flew ……… p………………. from Madrid to Rome.

2  Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

1   My dad always takes a lot of ……luggage…… when he goes on holiday.

2   The hotel has room for twenty ………………… .

3   We bought a ………………… about the city before we went on holiday.

4   A lot of ………………… visit this museum in London because it’s so interesting.

5   The hotel manager gave me a ………………… of the city centre so I didn’t get lost.

6   The ………………… at the hotel was very helpful when we arrived.

7   What do you have in this …………………? It’s so heavy!

8   The art museum has over 1,000 ………………… every day.

3  Underline and correct the mistakes in five of the sentences.

1   I bought a guidebook of the underground to help us move around.   ……map……

2   During the summer, the city is full of guests visiting the museums and attractions.   …………………

3   I took an empty luggage because I planned to buy a lot of souvenirs to take home.   …………………

4   The hotel has 200 rooms, so there are about 350 receptionists at the moment.   …………………

5   The receptionist offered to give us a different room with more space.   …………………

6   The success of the TV series means the town gets more suitcases every day.   …………………

4  Listen to the words and write them in the correct column. Underline the stressed syllable.

5  Complete the text with suitable words. Add by or on where necessary.

Last summer we flew 1……by plane…… from Madrid to Cancún. From Cancún we travelled 2…… c……………… to the town of Playa del Carmen and then went across the sea 3…… b……………… to the island of Cozumel. We stayed in a hotel with a beautiful view of the 4…… s……………… . Our room was on the ground floor, so we didn’t need to use the lift. All the hotel staff were very 5…… h……………… and we made friends with some of the other hotel 6…… g……………… . We went swimming with 7…… d………………, which was incredible, and we explored parts of the island 8…… f……………… . At the end, we exchanged 9…… e……………… a……………… with our new friends so we could share our photos. We had a great holiday.