My First Trip Abroad
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Read about the trips one person has made and a trip to Lisbon last year, then do the exercises. You can listen to the sentences, too.
Reading text
helicopter
an aircraft with a big fan on topship
a very big boatadvice
words that help you decide what to doabroad
in or to another countryairport
a place where planes arrive and leavebeach
sand next to the sealost
not knowing where you aretram
a long vehicle that runs on rails in a city streetmuseum
a building where you can see old or important thingspostcard
a card with a picture that you send from a holidayPractice exercises
Choose the correct answer
Select the option that answers the question.
1.Where has the speaker never been?
2.Who did the speaker go to Lisbon with?
3.What did they do on their last day?
Right or wrong?
Decide whether each sentence is correct.
4.The speaker's brother has been to nine countries.
5.The speaker has never travelled by ship.
6.It was sunny on the last day in Lisbon.
Match the words
Match each word with its meaning.
Choose a word on the left, then its match on the right.
Listen and choose
Listen once or twice, then choose what you hear.
11.How did they get to the airport?
12.What did they eat?
13.Who helped them?
Listen and write
Listen to the sentence, then type what you hear.
14.Listen and write the sentence.
15.Listen and write the sentence.
16.Listen and write the sentence.
Frequently asked questions
What level is this reading text?
It is written for A2 learners. It uses the present perfect with never and already, the past simple, and common words about travel and transport.
How can I use this page to learn English?
Read the text, check the glossary, answer the questions, then listen and write three sentences from the text.
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Yes. Press the play button on a sentence to hear it, or use the listening exercises to practise what you hear.
Answer key
1. Where has the speaker never been?
Answer: Asia
The text says: I have been to Portugal, but I have never been to Asia.
2. Who did the speaker go to Lisbon with?
Answer: A sister
The text says: I went to Lisbon with my sister in May.
3. What did they do on their last day?
Answer: They visited a museum
The text says: It rained on our last day, so we visited a museum.
4. The speaker's brother has been to nine countries.
Answer: True
The text says: My brother has been to nine countries.
5. The speaker has never travelled by ship.
Answer: True
The text says: I have never flown in a helicopter, and I have never travelled by ship.
6. It was sunny on the last day in Lisbon.
Answer: False
The text says: It rained on our last day.
7. airport
Answer: a place where planes arrive and leave
They took a taxi to the airport and flew to Lisbon.
8. tram
Answer: a long vehicle that runs on rails in a city street
In Lisbon, they rode a yellow tram.
9. museum
Answer: a building where you can see old or important things
On the last day, it rained, so they visited a museum.
10. postcard
Answer: a card with a picture that you send from a holiday
The speaker wrote a postcard to their mother on the plane.
11. Listening question 11: We took a taxi to the airport and flew there in two hours.
Answer: By taxi
The speaker says, “We took a taxi to the airport and flew there in two hours.”
12. Listening question 12: We rode a yellow tram and ate fresh fish at a small restaurant.
Answer: Fish
The speaker says, “We rode a yellow tram and ate fresh fish at a small restaurant.”
13. Listening question 13: On Monday, we got lost, but a kind driver showed us the way.
Answer: A driver
The speaker says, “On Monday, we got lost, but a kind driver showed us the way.”
14. Dictation 14
Answer: I went to Lisbon with my sister in May.
The sentence uses went, the past simple, for the trip last year.
15. Dictation 15
Answer: I have been to Portugal, but I have never been to Asia.
The sentence uses have been and have never been for places in your life.
16. Dictation 16
Answer: It rained on our last day, so we visited a museum.
The sentence uses two past simple verbs: rained and visited.