Flash Cards: Holiday / Going on Vacation

Name over eighty holiday and travel items and actions in English, from suitcase and parasol to conductor and signpost

Group vocabulary by situation, sorting cards into beach, air, rail, road, camping, city and cruise holidays

Talk about a holiday using the cards as prompts, describing preferences, experiences or a sequence of events

The teacher page describes Stop and Swap, where learners walk around holding a card, say their word to a partner and exchange cards until everyone has said every word - it needs no preparation beyond cutting the deck

The same page suggests extending Stop and Swap for stronger groups by asking for a description, an association or the opposite of the word on the card

Use infinitive phrases in a frame such as “I like to…”, or model changing the verb when describing a past trip

Holiday vocabulary in English - learners meet over eighty terms, from beach, sun cream and parasol to campfire, signpost and conductor.

Semantic grouping - the deck divides into beach, air travel, rail journey, accommodation, road trip, farm, camping, city trip and cruise, so cards can be sorted by situation.

Writing from a prompt - the postcard cards and the "(to) write a postcard" card give a ready starting point for a short written task.