A postcard from Scotland

Read about Jenny's holiday in Scotland and do the exercises to practise and improve your writing skills.

Preparation

Exercises

1. Are the sentences true or false?

• Jenny is on holiday in the Scottish city of Edinburgh. True  False
• Eric is on holiday on a beach.  True   False
• Jenny is not having a good holiday.  True   False
• The weather is beautiful in Scotland.   True   False
• Jenny went swimming in the hotel.  True   False
• Jenny likes the people in Scotland.   True   False
• Jenny is going to Loch Ness to see the monster tomorrow.   True   False
• The hotel is in a good location   True   False

2. Rewrite de sentences using contractions.

• It is so hot and sunny at the beach today.

• The hotel is very big and it has got a games room.

• Tomorrow, we are going on a tour of the old castle.

• They are not meeting us for dinner.

• We could not go to the museum yesterday because it was closed.

• I did not bring my sunglasses.

• I cannot understand the words on the menu.

• She is the tour guide for today's trip.

3. Write a postcard to a friend or family member. Think about these questions: Who will you write to? Where are you? Are you having a good time? Where are you staying, and what’s the place like? What are the people like? What’s the weather like? What did you do yesterday? What are you doing tomorrow?

KEY

1. True.  True.   False.   False.   False.   True.   False.   True.

2. 

• It's so hot and sunny at the beach today.
• The hotel’s very big and it's got a games room.
• Tomorrow, we're going on a tour of the old castle.
• They're not meeting us for dinner. / They aren't meeting us for dinner.
• We couldn't go to the museum yesterday because it was closed.
• I didn't bring my sunglasses.
• I can't understand the words on the menu.
• She's the tour guide for today's trip.