Travel English Practice with Quizzes and Worksheet

Activity: Weekend Trip with Mia

Theme: Travel & Planning
Level: Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate
Cities: 🌄 Willowdale & 🌊 Bayshore
Structure:

• 5 Input steps (Text/Audio + instruction)
• 5 Action steps (Challenging MCQs based directly on the previous input)

🎯 Learning Outcomes

By the end of this activity, students will be able to:

• Read short texts and find important details
• Understand and use common travel English words
• Make simple choices using English
• Talk about weather, food, activities, and places

Download the worksheet before you begin.

✅ STEP 1 – INPUT (Listening)

Instruction:
Listen carefully and remember the temperature and weather conditions in both cities.

🎧 Voice Message from Mia:

✅ STEP 2 – ACTION (MCQ)

✅ STEP 3 – INPUT (Reading)

📜 Message from Mia:

“There’s a local market at Seaside Park in Willowdale on Sunday from 10 AM to 2 PM. It has food trucks, local crafts, and live music. Locals say the crowd starts growing around 12 PM. It’s a 15-minute walk from our Airbnb.”

Instruction:
Read the message carefully and focus on time, location, and walking distance.

✅ STEP 4 – ACTION (MCQ)

✅ STEP 5 – INPUT (Listening)

Instruction:
Listen carefully to how Tina prefers to spend her vacations.

🎧 Podcast Excerpt:

✅ STEP 6 – ACTION (MCQ)

✅ STEP 7 – INPUT (Reading)

📜 Travel Guide Excerpt:

“The Willowdale Nature Reserve offers three trails:

• Birch Loop (Easy, 30 minutes)
• Fox Ridge (Moderate, 1.5 hours, includes a lookout point)
• Eagle Peak (Hard, 3 hours)
  The trails open at 7 AM and close at 5 PM.”

Instruction:
Focus on trail names, difficulty, duration, and special features.

✅ STEP 8 – ACTION (MCQ)

✅ STEP 9 – INPUT (Reading)

📜 Restaurant Review:

“The Green Fork Café in Willowdale opens at 8 AM and serves vegetarian meals. It’s quiet until 9:30 AM, then gets very busy. The average meal price is $9 to $12. Perfect for hikers wanting a peaceful breakfast.”

Instruction:
Pay close attention to the timing and cost details for a good breakfast experience.

✅ STEP 10 – ACTION (MCQ)

Language You Experience

📚 Target Vocabulary List (Grouped by Theme):

🧳 Travel & Destination Vocabulary

• Weekend trip
• Local market
• Nature reserve
• Lookout point
• Trail
• Airbnb
• Retreat

🌦️ Weather & Climate

• Sunny skies
• Chance of rain
• Forecast
• Temperature
• Dry / wet weather

🕒 Time & Scheduling

• Opens / closes
• Crowd starts growing
• Early / late
• Peaceful / busy hours
• Duration

🧍‍♀️ Personal Preferences & Travel Styles

• Quiet spots
• Noisy tourist areas
• Reading and journaling
• Scenic
• Affordable
• Vegetarian

🍽️ Food & Eating Out

• Vegetarian meals
• Food trucks
• Average meal price
• Breakfast spot
• Café

🧩 Sentence Structures Practiced

✅ 1. Describing Places & Conditions

• “Willowdale will be around 45°F with sunny skies.”
• “There’s a local market at Seaside Park on Sunday.”
• “The Willowdale Nature Reserve offers three trails.”

➡ Focus:

• There is / There are
• Be going to / will for future description
• With + noun phrase (e.g. with sunny skies)

✅ 2. Expressing Time and Frequency

• “The crowd starts growing around 12 PM.”
• “The café opens at 8 AM and gets busy after 9:30.”

➡ Focus:

• Present simple for schedules and routines
• Time expressions (around, after, until)

✅ 3. Making Comparisons or Decisions

• “Which trail is the best option for a short but scenic hike?”
• “Which city is more suitable for dry hiking?”

➡ Focus:

• Comparatives (more suitable, better option)
• Superlatives (the best option)
• Making choices based on reasoning

✅ 4. Talking About Preferences

• “Tina enjoys quiet spots for reading and journaling.”
• “Tom plans every detail.”

➡ Focus:

• Likes / enjoys + verb-ing
• Simple present for habits and preferences

✅ 5. Giving and Following Instructions

• “Listen carefully and remember the temperature.”
• “Read the message carefully and focus on the time.”

➡ Focus:

• Imperatives (Listen, Read, Focus)
• Sequence language for tasks (first, then, next)

📘 Grammar Focus

Grammar Point	Examples from Activity
Present Simple	“The market opens at 10 AM.” “Tina avoids noisy areas.”
Future (will)	“Willowdale will be around 45°F.”
Comparatives	“Which city is more suitable…?”
Superlatives	“Which trail is the best option…?”
Prepositions of Time & Place	“At 9:30 AM”, “in Willowdale”, “from 10 AM to 2 PM”
Gerunds	“Loves murals”, “enjoys quiet spots for reading”
Imperatives	“Listen carefully”, “Read the text”, “Pay close attention”

💬 Common Expressions & Phrases

Category	Useful Expressions
Travel Planning	“I’ve got two cities in mind”, “Perfect for hikers”
Weather & Climate	“Chance of rain”, “Sunny skies”, “Hate getting wet”
Time & Crowds	“Starts growing around”, “Quiet until 9:30 AM”
Food & Dining	“Vegetarian meals”, “Affordable breakfast”
Preferences	“Enjoys reading and journaling”, “Avoids noisy areas”
Decision-making	“Best option for…”, “Most suitable for…”

✅ Conclusion

This 10-step reading and quiz journey is a fun and effective way to help students improve their travel English.

By following Mia’s weekend trip, learners build important skills—like reading and listening for details, making decisions, and understanding real-life English.

With easy-to-follow tasks and practical vocabulary, students stay focused and motivated. It’s a great tool for classroom lessons, homework, or self-study.

❓ Updated FAQs

1. What level is this activity for?
This activity is for B1 (intermediate) learners, based on the CEFR levels.

2. What skills does it help improve?
It focuses on listening, reading, and answering multiple-choice quizzes based on real-life details.

3. Can I use this in an online class?
Yes! It’s perfect for both online and in-person classes. You can use slides, audio, or share the reading texts digitally.

4. How long does it take to complete?
It usually takes 20 to 30 minutes, depending on the students’ level and pace.

5. Can students work in pairs or groups?
Yes. Working in pairs or small groups is a great way to support peer learning and discussion.

6. Is there an answer key?
The correct answers are shown after submitting each quiz in green.

7. What topics are covered?
The topics include weather, weekend activities, food choices, nature trails, and people’s interests.

8. Is there a speaking part?
No. This version focuses on listening, reading, and multiple-choice quizzes only.

9. Can I change the city names or texts?
Yes! You can edit the reading texts to reflect different cities, cultural contexts, or student interests.

10. Are there any follow-up tasks?
Yes. You can ask students to write their own trip plan, give a short summary, or share personal travel ideas in English.