II. Vocabulary and grammar practice.

1. Complete the gaps using the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Trends in tourism

Throughout history, people 1) ……… (travel) all over the world for a variety of purposes. However, it is only in the last fifty years that people 2) ……… (travel) in such huge numbers for pleasure. Until the 20^th century only the very rich and leisured people in society 3) ……… (have) the free time and the money to travel outside their own local area. For instance, it is known that wealthy Romans 4) ……… (go) to seaside resorts in Greece and Egypt. In the 17^th century the sons of the British aristocracy 5) ……… (travel) throughout Europe to improve their knowledge. With the railways and the industrial revolution in Britain working-class people 6) ……… (begin) to travel. By the 1870s a typical family holiday 7) ……… (be) a day’s trip to the seaside. A century later, during the 1970s, the advent of the cheap package holiday 8) ……… (result) in many people being able to enjoy the sun, beaches and food of Spain. Growing affluence, faster planes and improved facilities 9) ……… (mean) that more and more people travel abroad every year and now people 10) ……… (begin) to want to travel further afield.

2. Put each verb in brackets into the correct tense, Past Simple, Present Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous.

Life on the tiny Caribbean island of Antigua 1) ………… (be) the same for centuries. The few hundred inhabitants of the island 2) ………… (always / live) a quiet life, growing their own vegetables and catching fish.

This nearly 3) ………… (change), however, when a group of hotel developers 4) ………… (visit) the island. They 5) ………… (offer) to buy the houses and land of the locals so as to build a huge resort. The Antiguans 6) ………… (refuse) to sell. When the hotel developers 7) ………… (realize) that the islanders wouldn’t change their minds, they 8) …………. (leave) and Antiguans 9) ………… (enjoy) their peaceful lifestyle ever since.

3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive tense.

The Little Mermaid 1) ……… (locate) in the Langelinie harbour of Copenhagen and is the national symbol of Denmark. It is a small statue of a mermaid sitting on a rock like a real mermaid, she is half human, half fish.

The statue 2) ……… (inspire) by a fairy tale by the famous Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. It 3) ……… (order) by Carl Jacobsen, of the famous Carlsberg Brewery, after he attended a performance of The Little Mermaid by the Royal Danish Ballet Company. The statue 4) ……… (make) by Edvard Eriksen and 5) ……… (put up) at Langelinie on 23^rd August, 1913. Sadly, it 6) ……… (damage) many times since then.

The Little Mermaid 7) ……… (visit) by more than a million people every year. It 8) ……… (can / see) quite easily from the Langelinie Harbour. Tourists can also enjoy the wonderful harbour view and buy postcards, T-shirts and other souvenirs at the harbour.

You will be amazed by this delightful statue, which 9) ……… (should not / miss) by any visitor to the Copenhagen area.