TESOL/Talking about vacation plans

Where do you want to go on vacation?

Key sentences

Asking about vacation plans Telling about vacation plans
Where are you going to go this (holiday and why?) ? I'm thinking of going to (place).
Asking about vacation plans Telling about vacation plans
What are you gonna do there? I want (infinitive verb).
Asking about vacation plans Telling about vacation plans
How long will you stay? For (time).

Drills

Say these sentences without looking.

Where are you going to go this (holiday and why?) ?
holiday and why? sentence
New Year's Where are you going to go this New Year's ?
summer vacation Where are you going to go this summer vacation ?
spring break Where are you going to go this spring break ?
winter holiday Where are you going to go this winter holiday ?
I'm thinking of going to (place).
place sentence
Canada I'm thinking of going to Canada.
Hawaii I'm thinking of going to Hawaii.
the countryside I'm thinking of going to the countryside.
Paris I'm thinking of going to Paris.
I want (infinitive verb).
infinitive verb sentence
to go shopping I want to go shopping.
to go sightseeing I want to go sightseeing.
to have the local food I want to have the local food.
to go to the beach I want to go to the beach.
For (time).
time sentence
a week For a week.
three nights and four days For three nights and four days.
a month For a month.
ten days For ten days.

Example

Practice this conversation.

Asking about vacation plans Telling about vacation plans
Where are you going to go this (New Year's) ? I'm thinking of going to (Canada).
Asking about vacation plans Telling about vacation plans
What are you gonna do there? I want (to go shopping).
Asking about vacation plans Telling about vacation plans
How long will you stay? For (a week).

Change partners. Use your imagination and change the sentences.

Exercise

Use your imagination. Make your own conversation.

Asking about vacation plans Telling about vacation plans

Where are you going to go this ... ?

I'm thinking of going to ... .

Asking about vacation plans Telling about vacation plans
What are you gonna do there? I want ....
Asking about vacation plans Telling about vacation plans
How long will you stay? For ....

Change partners. Use your imagination and make another conversation.

Practice

Asking about vacation plans Telling about vacation plans
Ask your partner about their vacation. Imagine you are going on vacation soon. Answer your partner's questions.

Further study


  Resource type: this resource is a lesson in English as a second language.