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Topic Holiday English

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Quiz topic: Holiday EnglishFor each of the six questions choose the one correct answer.

1. When you arrive at the airport, the first thing you do is go to ________.

a) receptionb) the check-in deskc) the departure lounged) the arrival desk

2. Its boring going on holiday with you, all you want to do is __________ on the beach.

a) take the sunb) sunbathec) take a sun bath

d) have a bath in the sun

3. Which of the following is NOT holiday accommodation?

a) guesthouseb) Im youth hostelc) B & Bd) borstal

4. I love going away, but theres no place like __________.

a) houseb) the officec) homed) my bed

5. It was the best holiday ever! We had a ________ of time!

a) fishb) sharkc) whale

d) great

6. The nearest town was 80 km away, I mean really in the middle of _________.

a) nowhereb) somewherec) anywhered) everywhere

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Quiz topic: Holiday English

Answers:

1. When you arrive at the airport, the first thing you do is go to ________.

a) receptionb) the check-in deskc) the departure lounged) the arrival desk

You find a reception in an office or hotel.Go to the check-in desk and show your ticket.Go to the departure lounge after you check in.The arrival desk is not correct

2. Its boring going on holiday with you, all you want to do is __________ on the beach.

a) take the sunb) sunbathec) take a sun bathd) have a bath in the sun

Take the sun is not correct.Sunbathe is the verb which describes lying in the sun to get brown.

Take a sun bath is not correct.Have a sun bath is not correct.

3. Which of the following is NOT holiday accommodation?

a) guesthouseb) Im youth hostelc) B & Bd) borstal

A guesthouse is a small hotel.Youth hostels offer cheap accommodation especially for young people.

B & B stands for bed and breakfast and is similar to a guesthouse.Borstal is a place that young criminal are sent to rather than to prison.

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4. I love going away, but theres no place like __________.

a) houseb) the office

c) homed) my bed

One of the words completes the expression but house is not the correct one.One of the words completes the expression but the office is not the correct one.Theres no place like home means being at home is my favourite place.One of the words completes the expression but my bed is not the correct one.

5. It was the best holiday ever! We had a ________ of time!

a) fishb) sharkc) whaled) great

One of the words completes an idiom meaning we had a fantastic time.One of the words completes an idiom meaning we had a fantastic time.We had a whale of a time means we had a fantastic time.You can say we had a great time, but not we had a great of time

6. The nearest town was 80 km away, I mean really in the middle of _________.

a) nowhereb) somewherec) anywhered) everywhere

We can describe an isolated place as being in the middle of nowhere.How do we describe a place that is very isolated?How do we describe a place that is very isolated?How do we describe a place that is very isolated?