Level 3Travel

What Travel Actually Teaches You

Grammar: Past Simple

A Level 3 English lesson exploring travel.

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What's in this lesson

A Level 3 (intermediate) ESL lesson on travel, practising past simple. The worksheet has a reading, target vocabulary, a grammar reference with practice and discussion questions.

From the reading: What Travel Actually Teaches You

In 2023, a survey of 12,000 adults across 15 countries found that 71% said travel had changed how they see other people. But what does that change actually look like? Three countries — Japan, Brazil, and the Netherlands — offer very different answers.

Vocabulary

  • as a matter of fact
  • in other words
  • in the long run
  • on the other hand

Grammar: Past Simple

Past simple — events
She arrived in São Paulo and felt completely lost. — the main action in a story
Past continuous
He was walking through the market when he heard the music. — scene or interrupted action

Discussion questions

  1. How do you think travel will change in the next ten years?
  2. Will young people travel more or less than their parents' generation?
  3. What assumption about another culture do you think you will lose next?

What Travel Actually Teaches You

Grammar: Past Simple

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