My Holiday in Canada

Drive, September 2017

1. Listen to the whole story. Are these statements true (T) or false (F)?

  1. She spent her holiday in a house on the beach at Lake Huron.
  2. She wanted to see a bear.
  3. They travelled by boat to see it.
  4. They saw many bears.
  5. Back at home, strange noise woke them up.
  6. They went onto the bedroom balcony.
  7. There was a burglar outside the house.

2. Now listen again and fill in the gaps.

I spent my holiday in Canada at my friend Tony’s place. He lives in a house ______at Lake Huron. Because I was in Canada, I expected to see a lot of wild animals. And I had one special wish. “I would like to see a ______,” I said to Tony. “Then we will go to the Rockies!” he replied. We bought the flight tickets and ______to Calgary. Then we hireda car and ______to the mountains. We spent a wonderful week in a chaletin the mountains. The landscape was beautiful, and we saw elkin the forest, salmonin the ______and other fish in the lakes. Even a cheeky chipmunkcame to us for food. But ______bears!

  1. Put these into plural forms.

singular: one / plural: many / singular: one / plural: many
salmon / balcony
elk / family
fish / wife
sheep / knife
  1. Retell the story.

SOLUTIONS

1. Listen to the whole story. Are these statements true (T) or false (F)?

  1. She spent her holiday in a house on the beach at Lake Huron.
  2. She wanted to see a bear. T
  3. They travelled by boat to see it.F
  4. They saw many bears.F
  5. Back at home, strange noise woke them up.T
  6. They went onto the bedroom balcony.T
  7. There was a burglar outside the house.F

2. Now listen again and fill in the gaps.

I spent my holiday in Canada at my friend Tony’s place. He lives in a house on the beach at Lake Huron. Because I was in Canada, I expected to see a lot of wild animals. And I had one special wish. “I would like to see a bear,” I said to Tony. “Then we will go to the Rockies!” he replied. We bought the flight tickets and flew to Calgary. Then we hireda car and drove to the mountains. We spent a wonderful week in a chaletin the mountains. The landscape was beautiful, and we saw elkin the forest, salmonin the rivers and other fish in the lakes. Even a cheeky chipmunkcame to us for food. But no bears!

  1. Put these into plural forms.

singular: one / plural: many / singular: one / plural: many
salmon / salmon / balcony / balconies
elk / elk / family / families
fish / fish / wife / wives
sheep / sheep / knife / knives

4. Retell the story.