Tour Itineraries

Referring to the future

When referring to the future itinerary, we can use a wide range of tenses.

• The present simple can be used for a program or regular schedule which is unlikely to change.

• WILL can be used to make a deduction, a factual prediction or a spontaneous offer.

• GOING TO can be used to predict future events based on a present evaluation of circumstances.

Practice

Work in pairs, one as a travel agent, the other as a tourist. Ask and answer questions about this day trip from London to Oxford.

Listen to the travel agent explaining the tour from Bangkok to Malaysia and complete this tour itinerary.

(Adapted from a listening exercise in First Class, 1991)

Pre-reading

• What means of transport do you like for a short journey? for a long journey? Why?
• What are some of the most popular means of transport available in Can Tho that tourists can use?

Reading

THAILAND, CAMBODIA AND LAOS

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Writing and Speaking

Write an itinerary for a 4-day tour in the Mekong Delta. Then, explain your tour itinerary to the whole class.