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Reading Lesson • 8 Minutes

☀️ Summer Holiday Plans in the EU

A short reading module about how and where European Union citizens spent their summer holidays in 2024.

📌 How to use this lesson

👩‍🏫 For Teachers

Read the text together in class for 2 minutes. Check answers after students complete the 8 tasks in 6 minutes.

🧑‍🎓 For Learners

First, read the short story about EU trips carefully. Next, answer the 8 questions below from easy to hard.

📖 Summer Trips in 2024

Listen 🔊

In 2024, August was the busiest month for trips by people living in the European Union, and July came next. People in the EU spent one in every three of their nights away in July and August. Nearly three of every four trips stayed in the traveller's own country. An average trip lasted five nights.

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💡 Key Words & Useful Example

Busiest

Having the most people travelling.

"August was the busiest month."

Spent nights

Slept away from home on a trip.

"They spent five nights in a hotel."

Own country

The country where you live.

"We stay in our own country for summer."

Lasted

Went on for this many days.

"The holiday lasted five days."

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Useful Pattern:

"We are going to rent a small house."

✏️ Practice Tasks (1-8)

Easy to Hard

Task 1 True / False

1. August was the busiest month for EU trips in 2024.

____ True ____ False

Task 2 True / False

2. December was the busiest month for EU trips in 2024.

____ True ____ False

Task 3 Multiple Choice

3. Which month was the second busiest, after August?

____ a. June ____ b. July ____ c. September

Task 4 Multiple Choice

4. Out of every 3 nights away, how many were in July and August?

____ a. 1 in every 3 ____ b. 2 in every 3 ____ c. 3 in every 3

Task 5 Fill in the blank

5. Nearly 3 of every 4 trips stayed in the traveller's ____ country.

Type one missing word from the story.

Task 6 Multiple Choice

6. Where did nearly 3 of every 4 trips stay?

____ a. In another country ____ b. In their own country ____ c. On a boat

Task 7 Fill in the blank

7. An average trip lasted ____ nights.

Type the number or word from the text.

Task 8 Fill in the blank

8. July came ____ after August for summer trips.

Type the missing word from the story.

Reading: Summer Holiday Plans in the EU

☀️ Summer Holiday Plans in the EU

📌 How to use this lesson

📖 Summer Trips in 2024

💡 Key Words & Useful Example

✏️ Practice Tasks (1-8)

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