Travel - Writing

Writing

B1

about a journey

by Allisson Cornejo

Questions to keep in mind

When speaking or writing

Once you finish your text you can go back to the questions and check if you have answered everything or if there's somehting missing.

If you're going to write about a journey you had, you have to make sure you give complete information. The following questions will help you to be fully confident of your writing.

• where you went
• who you went with
• when you went
• the transport
• the weather
• how you felt

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Connecting

Ideas

Conjunctions

Connect your ideas with different linkers such as:

• and
• in addition
• so
• because
• but
• however
• though

Conjunctions can be used to give more information, give alternatives, give reasons, give results or give unexpected information.

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Useful Phrases

I went to (Brazil / a beach / a beautiful place). I went (in February / two months ago / last year /in the summer). I went with (my family / some friends / my cousin). We went by (plane/bus/car). We were there for (three weeks / a month). We stayed in (a small hotel / my cousin's house). The weather was (good/bad/hot/cold). We (went to the beach / swam in the sea / ate out). It was (fantastic/amatzing/boring/awful)!

Your turn!

Writing

Prepare a story about a journey you had

Make sure to add all the points given previously.

• where you went
• who you went with
• when you went
• the transport
• the weather
• how you felt

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My Last Trip

My last holiday was a five-day trip to Prague in the Czech Republic. I know Prague well because I lived there when I was at university, more than ten years ago. Instead of staying in a hotel, I stayed with one of my old friends. It was so much fun, and a little bit like my old life. I wanted to do all the same things I did in my university days, so I visited the university. It has changed a lot and looks more modern. I also went to the supermarket near my old house. I loved seeing all the different foods. I was really happy to find my favourite cheese and chocolate biscuits but they were a bit more expensive than I remember! We did some touristy things too. We walked up beautiful Petrin Hill and around the castle. The views of the city are amazing up there. We walked across the historic Charles Bridge. My friend's flat is very near the TV Tower so we saw the famous baby statues climbing up it. Those things haven't changed, of course.

• Try to make your writing interesting for the reader. To do this, you can make it personal with your own memories and experiences.
• Use adjectives to add detail to your descriptions.
• Write clear and simple sentences and organise your ideas in short paragraphs. Give each paragraph a different topic.
• Use so, but, and, because and other linking words.