Exercise 1
1. Peter was on holiday with a friend in Scotland last summer. They were looking for the Loch Ness monster. Listen and answer the questions.
What was the weather like?
2. Listen again and answer the questions.
1 What day of the week was it?
2 What did Peter do after he woke up?
3 What could Peter see on the other side of the loch?
4 What did Peter think he could see in the water?
5 Why did Peter wait before he took the photo?
6 What did his friend see in the water?
Answer & Audioscript
1 It was foggy.
2 1 It was Wednesday.
2 He sat and watched the loch.
3 He could see the trees.
4 Nessie / The Loch Ness monster.
5 It was foggy and they couldn’t see anything. / He was waiting for Sam to give him the camera.
6 He saw a duck.
Audioscript
Peter: My friend Ollie and I were on holiday in Scotland and we were camping in a field near Loch Ness. I was hoping to get a photo of Nessie, the Loch Ness monster. I know everyone wants to take one, but you never know!
So, that morning – it was a Wednesday, I remember – I woke up first. It was early. It wasn’t raining, but there was fog over the water. I was sitting and watching the loch. The fog was getting thinner and thinner, and then, I could see across the loch to the trees on the other side. Suddenly, I saw something in the water. Nessie at last! The Loch Ness monster! I shouted to Ollie to bring the camera. ‘Right. Just a minute’ he said. ‘Quickly’ I called. By the time he arrived with the camera, it was foggy on the loch again and we couldn’t see anything. Slowly the fog got thinner and I was ready to take the photo. ‘Look, Ollie. Can you see Nessie?’ I said to him. He laughed. ‘That’s not Nessie,’ he said. ‘That’s a duck!’ I know Ollie didn’t believe me, but I’m sure I really saw something that morning.
Exercise 2
1. Listen to the conversation about Jack’s holiday and tick (✓) the activities his family did.
1 go swimming
2 go to the beach
3 play games
4 go on a boat
5 go shopping
6 go to a restaurant
7 go skiing
2. Listen again and match the days to the weather.
1 Saturday
2 Sunday
3 Monday
4 Tuesday
5 Wednesday
6 Thursday
a snowy
b rainy
c cloudy
d windy
e sunny
f foggy
Answer & Audioscript
1 2, 3, 5, 6
2 1 b 2 d 3 e 4 f 5 c 6 a
Audioscript
Sam: How was your holiday, Jack?
Jack: Oh, it was OK. Cornwall’s a beautiful place. But the weather was really bad.
Sam: Oh, no! Was it bad every day?
Jack: Well, we got to Cornwall on Saturday morning. It was OK for the first hour, but then it started raining. It rained all day. We sat on the beach holding umbrellas. We didn’t have much fun!
Sam: What about on Sunday? Was the weather any better then?
Jack: No, it was worse. It was really cold and windy on Sunday. We stayed in the hotel all day. We played some games but it wasn’t very interesting.
Sam: Really? What about the next day? Did you leave the hotel on Monday?
Jack: Yes! We went out on Monday morning. It was sunny that day. But it wasn’t very warm, so we didn’t swim in the sea.
Sam: Was Monday the only sunny day?
Jack: Yes, it was! On Tuesday, it was foggy. We went to the town to go shopping but we couldn’t see the sea. On Wednesday, it was very cloudy but we had a meal in a nice restaurant. We enjoyed that day because it wasn’t raining.
Sam: Your last day was Thursday, wasn’t it?
Jack: Yes, that’s right. Guess what happened that day.
Sam: What?
Jack: It snowed!
Sam: In May?
Jack: Yes, in May! We’re never going to Cornwall again!
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