What a vacation!

Instructions:

Listen to the video carefully and answer the following questions. Choose the best answer for each question. Click “Submit Answers” when you’re done to see your results.

Vacation Stories and Travel Experiences – Listening Comprehension Exercise

1. What happened to someone's car on vacation last year?

It broke down
Someone stole it
It had an accident
It got lost

2. What kind of vacation did someone go on that had illness?

Beach vacation
Mountain trip
Cruise
City tour

3. How long was someone sick in their room?

Three days
A week
Two weeks
A month

4. What got stolen at Disney World?

A wallet
A phone
A map
A bag

5. How long did it take to get another map?

5 minutes
10 minutes
15 minutes
20 minutes

6. How long did someone spend in the Caribbean?

One week
Two weeks
Three weeks
One month

7. What water activities did someone do in the Caribbean? (Choose the one NOT mentioned)

Diving
Snorkeling
Surfing
Swimming with dolphins

8. When did someone go to China?

Last year
A few years ago
Two years ago
Last month

9. What did people in China want to do with the visitor?

Take photos
Practice their English
Show them around
Teach them Chinese

10. What food did someone eat at the beach for their "best vacation"?

Fish
Crab
Shrimp
Lobster

11. How does one person feel about exciting vacations?

Loves them
Doesn't like them
Sometimes likes them
Has never tried them

12. Why does someone work at a travel agency if they don't like to travel?

Good pay
It's across the street from their apartment
Their family owns it
They have experience

Your Results

yes Mr Rasheed welcome back come tell me

about your

vacation what a terrible vacation Mr

Rasheed had

oh you know on my vacation last year

someone stole my car that was a horrible

vacation I went on a cruise and there

was an outbreak of illness I was in my

room for a week that was a really bad

vacation I went to Disney World and

someone stole my

map that’s your worst vacation it took

10 minutes to get another map all right

what was your favorite vacation I spent

two weeks in the Caribbean last year

diving snorkeling and swimming with

dolphins it was amazing I went to China

a few years ago it was incredible the

people there were so friendly and

everyone wanted to practice their

English with me I went to the beach and

ate

shrimp that’s your best

vacation I really like shrimp well you

need to go on more exciting vacations I

don’t like exciting vacations in fact I

don’t like to travel very much

then why do you work in a travel agency

it’s across the street from my apartment

so I don’t have to travel far to go to

work