3. Look at the pictures and discuss the following questions in pairs. a.What sort of things can ruin a holiday? b.Has any of these things ever happened to you? Try to remember how you felt. 1

4. Listen to the whole letter and check your ideas at 3. 4 You’re going to read a letter sent to a newspaper by a family who had a bad holiday experience. Look at the title and try to imagine. Who (or what) do you think the unwanted houseguest was? Read the first four words of the article and discuss in pairs. Look at the Wordle version of the article and discuss in pairs. 2 Listen to the first part of the letter and check your ideas at 2. Then in pairs discuss the following question. Apart from cooking smelly food, what other problems do you think the unwanted houseguest cause? 3

5. Talk in pairs. What would you do if this ever happens to you? 6 1 3 2 4 7 6 8 9 Adapted fromhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/galleries/Holidays-from-hell/ Adapted from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel /galleries/Holidays-from-hell/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/galleries/Holidays-from-hell/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel /galleries/Holidays-from-hell/ 5 Read the letter carefully and do the following. a.In pairs write 5 questions about the letter. b.Exchange the questions with another pair and try to answer their questions. c.Work with the other pair and check your answers. 5

6. a.…so always knew when he had snooped around. nowpast Try again! Read these two sentences taken from the text. Look at the verbs in bold. They bothrefer to events in the past, but what is the sequence? Choose the correct option. Read these two sentences taken from the text. Look at the verbs in bold. They both refer to events in the past, but what is the sequence? Choose the correct option. a.We realised that he had not taken the "vacant property" clause far too literally. 7 b. …so we always knew when he had snooped around. He had snooped around Past Perfect nowpast We realised Simple Past Try again ! He had not taken Good! The Past Perfect makes it clear that something happened before a Simple Past event Past Perfect We knew Simple Past Exactly! The Simple Past event happened after the Past Perfect one

7. Which of these timelines is correct? Click on the right one. 8 That’s right! You got it! Have look at 7 and try again!

8. We form the past perfect with had (or ‘d) + past participle. The negative is formed with had not (or hadn’t) + past participle. We form the past perfect with would (or ‘d) + past participle. The negative is formed with would not (or wouldn't) + past participle. We form the past perfect with have (or ‘ve) + past participle. The negative is formed with have not (or haven’t) + past participle. Look at the sentences in 7. How do we form the PAST PERFECT tense? 9 That’s right! You got it! Have look at 7 and try again!

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10. 11 Look at the following pictures and write a sentence using the past simple and the past perfect. More than one correct answer is possible. Possible answer: When he arrived at the station, the train had already left.

11. Possible answer: When he got to the airport, he realised that he’d forgotten his passport.

12. Possible answer: When he got back home, he realised that he’d lost his keys.

13. Possible answer: He went to the hospital, because he’d cut himself.

14. 12 The person in the picture is a tourist who went on holiday last summer. Unfortunately, he had a lot of problems. In pairs, first answer the questions below using your imagination, then write down the all story from the beginning adding more problems and as many details as possible. Why did he feel so sick when he was on holiday? Why did he have to go to the police? What did he realise when he arrived back home?

15. Student A – Travel agent You work for the travel agent CONTRAVEL. A customer who bought a package holiday from you arrives with a lot of complaints. Be polite and try to calm him/her down. Try not to offer any refunds. If the customer is really angry, offer a discount on the next holiday. 13 Student B – Customer You have just been on a package holiday that you booked with the travel agent CONRAVEL. The holiday has been a nightmare. You are very angry. Go to the travel agent and complain. Try to get a refund. 13