ESL WORKSHEET - Adventure vacation activities

LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

ADVENTURE HOLIDAY

LinguaHouse

Mar. 29, 2021

Level: Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
Type of language: General English
Tags: People and Places; Health and Well-being; Types of Holiday; Vocabulary and Grammar; Past Tenses; Irregular Verbs; Mixed Tenses; Present Perfect
Publication date: 03/29/2021

Students review past participles and define vocabulary related to adventure vacation activities before listening to a dialogue. They contrast the use of the present perfect with the past simple and activate this language in a pair work “truth and lies” interview. There is also a short optional extension activity to review past participles in a wordsearch. (by Stephanie Hirschman)

• CLICK HERE to download the student’s worksheet in American English.
• CLICK HERE to download the teacher’s lesson plan in American English.
• CLICK HERE to download/listen to the audio in American English.
• CLICK HERE to download the student’s worksheet in British English.
• CLICK HERE to download the teacher’s lesson plan in British English.
• CLICK HERE to download/listen to the audio in British English.

AUDIO TRANSCRIPT

Jim: Hi, I’m Jim. I’ll be your activity leader this week.
Matt: Good to meet you. I’m Matt, and this is Sophie.
Sophie: Hi! I’m so excited!
Jim: OK, before we start, I want to say that safety is very important to us. So, I need to ask you some questions about which activities you’ve tried before. First of all, what’s your experience with running and cycling? Have you ever run more than 6 miles or cycled more than 18 miles?
Sophie: Yes, I have. I’ve run and cycled in lots of long-distance races. But Matt hasn’t.
Jim: When did you do these races?
Sophie: I ran in a 6-mile race about a year ago, but then I hurt my knee last summer, so I started cycling. I completed a cycling race last month.
Jim: OK, that’s good to know. And have you ever climbed a mountain over 3000 feet?
Matt: I have! But, of course, I was much younger then. I loved it.
Sophie: I haven’t, I’m afraid. But I want to try. Can I ask about the sea swimming? Are we gonna swim with dolphins?
Jim: Yes. Have you ever done that?
Sophie: No, neither of us have. But we’re really excited about that activity.
Jim: Well, the swimming is on Wednesday morning. And in the afternoon, we’re going to jump out of a plane!
Matt: Cool! I’ve never done that.
Jim: Really? It’s amazing! I did my first plane jump when I was 20, and I really loved it.
Sophie: I’ve never jumped out of a plane, and I’ve never wanted to!
Jim: You can try it if you want to, but if you just want to watch, that’s fine. Now, I have a few more questions…

Adapted from: https://www.linguahouse.com/esl-lesson-plans/general-english/adventure-holiday. Accessed on November 27, 2025. LinguaHouse.com © 2008–2025. All rights reserved.