Holiday home adverts

Holiday home adverts

Read two adverts for places to stay on holiday to practise and improve your reading skills. 

Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.

Preparation

Reading text
Holiday home adverts

City flat

Beautiful two-bedroom city flat five minutes' walk from the cathedral. Fully equipped kitchen, living room with a large sofa and chairs, big TV and balcony. The balcony has space for four people to sit and gets the sun in the mornings, and the flat is light and warm. It has Wi-Fi and fast internet. The upstairs bedroom sleeps four people, with two double beds; the downstairs bedroom sleeps two in single beds. The flat is perfect for families and is near shops, bars and restaurants.

Holiday home adverts

Farmhouse

Four-bedroom farmhouse in the countryside. All of the four double bedrooms are en suite with luxury shower and bath. Farm kitchen with barbecue, tables and chairs outside. Great for groups of friends. The supermarket is half an hour by car and you can take a train from the village into the city. Escape from normal life for a few days as we have … NO INTERNET and you can only use mobile phones at the bottom of the garden!

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Submitted by hpboy92 on Sat, 11/03/2023 - 00:24

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Which place would you choose for a holiday?
I would choose a farmhouse for a holiday. Firstly I'm living in a city at the moment so I prefer a peaceful and quiet place. Besides, my family has 8 people, therefore the farmhouse seems perfect for us.

Submitted by julia.LENCINA1 on Fri, 24/02/2023 - 15:46

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I would love to go to Buenos Aires for a good holiday in the city.

i would like be to my holidays in canada or cold weater where i can see the snow and see
Aurora borealis with my boyfriend, i would like that house have five bedroom with one chimeney and the beautifull kitchen and good conecction internet

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Submitted by marwa hussin on Fri, 17/02/2023 - 21:02

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i'd prefer to stay at the farmhouse

Submitted by Trang Luu on Wed, 01/02/2023 - 07:04

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I prefer to stay in farmhouse if only haft an hour to drive to the supermarket. On my vacation, I usually to stay in a quiet place because it is the time to relax.

Submitted by FeliipeAndresA on Thu, 08/12/2022 - 20:12

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I love to go to the beach

Submitted by Ibrahimyousef on Wed, 09/11/2022 - 14:05

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I prefer to countryside , I like to live farmhouse in holiday, it's big garden , I can cook used to barbecue , table and chair at site outside in the natural.
It's stunning view in the countryside.

Submitted by Lucalvesilva on Wed, 02/11/2022 - 15:48

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I'd choose the first option. I definitely love the contact with the nature and the countryside, but a place with no internet is hard for me to stay in as I consider wi-fi an important communication tool.

Submitted by jmajo on Thu, 13/10/2022 - 15:31

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Without any doubt I would choose the farmhouse because I love the countryside, it’s quiet and rounded by nature, the chirping of birds and green everywhere it’s really good for rest.

Thanks for the episode.
Great site!

Submitted by E_eg on Thu, 08/09/2022 - 23:41

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I would like to be in a house on the countryside, so I can rest and spend more time with my friends and my family.