GCSE French Conversation Preparation: Travel and Tourism

Thematic Context 6: Travel and Tourism

1. Preferences for Types of Vacations:

• Personally, I have always preferred vacations in Spain with my family.
• Going to the beach always puts me in a good mood.
• I also like visiting my grandparents who live in Barcelona.

2. Preferred Activities During Vacations:

• Frankly, I have always preferred organized vacations.
• I like to visit Spain with my family.
• What I like the most is eating, drinking, and practicing extreme sports like surfing. For me, this is extremely exciting.

3. Reasons for Enjoying Vacations:

• In my opinion, I love to go on vacation because I can spend time with my family.
• Also, I love to sunbathe by the pool.
• In my opinion, I hate England during school vacations because it is always cold.

4. Vacation Last Year:

• Last summer, I went to Spain with my family.
• We traveled by plane and stayed in a hotel near the sea.
• One day we took a boat tour, and in my opinion, it was boring.
• But I swam in the pool with my brother, and it was very hot. What luck! In my opinion, it was great!

5. Vacation Next Year:

• Next year in the summer, I am going to visit Ibiza with my father.
• We stayed in a hotel, and if the weather is good, we swam.
• I would like to go to a restaurant where I will eat local dishes. For me, it will be extremely exciting. What a joy!

6. Disastrous Vacation Experience:

• Last year, I spent a week in a hotel in Ibiza with my family.
• I slept well because the bed was extremely comfortable.
• Unfortunately, the hotel was very small, and my room was not clean.
• My family was boring.

7. Dream Vacation (HIGHER):

• If I had a lot of money, where would I want to go?