A Summer Story

A Summer Story
Pre-reading Discussion Questions:

• When is summer in your country?
• What do you usually do in the

summer holidays?
Sara’s summer holidays in England are

usually spent relaxing at home with her
parents, but if they have to work, then she
spends some days at her grandparents’
house. For years she’s longed to go abroad
to see something other than her local park,
beach and lake, and her wish finally came
true this summer! Her dad surprised
her with a two week holiday in
Türkiye, as a congratulations
present for doing so well in her
summer exams.
Sara had been on a plane before in

the past, but the flight to Istanbul
was over three hours so she was
nervous about getting bored. Despite
her initial concerns, she made some real
progress with her book and even started
to learn a little bit of the local language so
she wouldn’t have to speak in English while
she was there. She learnt that ‘selam’ means
‘hi’ and ‘hoşça kal’ means ‘bye’, among other
words, and she also read the guidebook that On the first day, the family was exhausted
she’d bought in the airport and started to after so much time travelling, so they
look up some exciting activities that she’d decided to chill by the Istanbul river and eat
like to take part in. a typical delicacy which is a fish sandwich
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served from a boat on the riverbank - it everyday life. On the other hand, she was
was delicious! The next few days were spent pleased she’d had the chance to experience
visiting all the nearby cities in their rental such a variety of special and unforgettable
car, sightseeing and sampling some more experiences, and she’d made memories that
local food and drink. Sara and her parents would last forever with her parents. The
agreed it was the best food they’d ever day after they returned to England, Sara’s
tasted. Then, to round off the holiday, they parents had to go back to work so she spent
spent two nights at an all-inclusive hotel the day with her grandparents.
which even had its own private beach
and spa. Obviously, she told them all about the trip
and her grandma decided she’s going to go
At the end of her holiday of a lifetime, Sara to Türkiye on her own next year to ride in a
was upset because she didn’t want to leave hot air balloon in Cappadocia! Who knows,
such a beautiful country to return to her maybe Sara will go with her, too?
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A Summer Story
Questions
Reading Questions
1. How does Sara usually spend her summer holidays in England?
2. What two Turkish words did Sara learn and what do they mean in English?
3. What did the family do on the first day of their holiday?
4. What did they do to end their holiday?
5. What does Sara’s grandma plan to do?

A Summer Story
Writing Questions
1. Where are you going to spend the summer holidays this year?
2. Do you prefer beach holidays or mountain holidays? Why?
3. When you go to a different country, do you try to learn the local language before you go?
4. What would be your dream holiday? Write about it in the space below and think about
the following aspects:
- Where you would go;
- Who you would go with;
- How you would travel there;
- How long you would spend there;
- What activities you would do.

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Answers
Reading Questions
1. She usually spends her summer holidays relaxing at home with her parents or at her
grandparents’ house.
2. She learnt that ‘selam’ means ‘hi’ and ‘hoşça kal’ means ‘bye’.
3. They relaxed by the river and ate a typical fish sandwich.
4. They spent two nights at an all-inclusive hotel.
5. She plans to go to Türkiye on her own and ride a hot air balloon in Cappadocia.
Writing Questions
Students’ own answers.

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Pre-reading Discussion Questions:

• What do you usually do in the

Sara’s summer holidays in England are

Sara had been on a plane before in

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1. How does Sara usually spend her summer holidays in England?

3. What did the family do on the first day of their holiday?

4. What did they do to end their holiday?

5. What does Sara’s grandma plan to do?

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2. Do you prefer beach holidays or mountain holidays? Why?

- Who you would go with;

- How you would travel there;

- How long you would spend there;

- What activities you would do.

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3. They relaxed by the river and ate a typical fish sandwich.

4. They spent two nights at an all-inclusive hotel.

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