Vocabulary practice

1. Match what you want on the left with what you need on the right.

You want: to have a cup of tea in your room to go on the top floor to open your door to get up at 6 a.m. to phone your country to watch the news to wash your hair to dry your hair

You need: the lift an outside line a shower a kettle a hair dryer a morning call a TV a key

2. Complete the sentences with the suitable words.

changed, in advance, view, exchange, bring, noisy, free, mini, locked, reception

1. Can you get someone to ………. our bags to our room?

2. Are the sheets ………. every day?

3. We didn’t take anything from the ………. -bar.

4. I ………. my key in my room.

5. Do I leave the key at the ………. desk?

6. Do I have to pay ………. ?

7. Is there somewhere I can ………. money around here?

8. The fan is really ………. . Can I turn it off?

9. Is this service ………., or do I have to pay for it?

10. The ………. is fantastic. We can see the whole city!

3. How important are the following things when you are deciding at what hotel to stay on holiday?

low price comfort WI-FI or Internet access cooking facilities parking air conditioning

views from the building a convenient location a babysitting service a swimming pool or gym organised activities or entertainment a good restaurant

4. With a partner, decide what advice to give in each of the situations below. Use If I were you, I’d …(на твоєму місці я б …) .

1. I can’t really afford to stay anywhere nice.

2. They expect tips for almost everything. It’s so annoying!

3. It’s very inconvenient for me to have breakfast from 7 till 9, I like to stay in bed much longer.

4. I’m thinking of renting a car from the hotel.

5. My flight gets in at midnight and I’m not sure how I’m going to get to my hotel.

6. When I turn the air conditioning on, it’s too noisy, but when I turn it off, it’s too hot!

5. Complete the sentences with the pairs of words.

available / booking bill / overcharged boiling / air conditioning filthy / insects

fixed / low main road / noisy toiletries / room service wake-up call / missed

1. Our room was next to the ………. so there was lots of traffic and it was really ………. .

2. I didn’t get my ………. and so overslept and I ………. my flight.

3. My room was absolutely ………. – and there was no ………. !

4. I couldn’t understand why it was so expensive. Then I checked the ………. and found they’d ………. us by 100 euro!

5. The room was absolutely ………. ! There were ………. all over the walls and the bathroom. It was disgusting.

6. There were no ………. in my room. I tried ringing ………. , but there was no answer.

7. They told me that the room wasn’t ………. and that they didn’t have any record of my ………. .

8. The shower really wasn’t designed for tall people. It was ………. to the wall – and the water pressure was so ………. that hardly any water came out.

6. Read the following dialogues.