Match the holiday accidents with the pictures Break a leg/ an arm/ the head … Car crash Lose/forget the passport, tickets, ID Miss the flight/plane / train Be robbed Get lost Forget to lock the door and 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 windows Food poisoning Face a natural catastrophe Get an allergy Flight delay Have a flat tire The car breaks down Oversleep Bad room service Face a services strike Get a sun burn Get sick Carjacking Bad weather Fall down Be arrested Get a speed fine/ticket Be bitten by an animal Be stung Lose the luggage/baggage No room vacancy David has just arrived from his holidays abroad, and is writing an email to his friend George to tell him everything that happened Some words are missing Complete the email with the vocabulary on the other page Pay attention to the verb forms! Hi George! Finally I am at home! I have just had the worst holidays you can imagine On our first day, we , and when we arrived at the check-in desk at the airport, my mum _ and plane tickets at home We had to go back to pick them up, and of course we We had to take another flight, in the evening When we arrived at the hotel, our room reservation had been cancelled and there was no _ The receptionist called another hotel and got us rooms The hotel room was ok, but the was terrible Every time we needed something we had to wait for hours As there was a fantastic beach near the hotel, we went there for a swim Imagine! The first time I went into the water, I by a jellyfish I was scared and my parents took me to the hospital There, we had to wait for hours because there was a Most of the staff wasn’t working My sister stayed there and got a _ She was so red that looked like a lobster On the second day, the weather was fantastic, As my parents wanted to go sightseeing, they rented a car On the way to the mountains, first we had a _, I had to help my father to change the tire Then we got _ because the car had no GPS We finally managed to get back My father was tired and speeding The police caught him, and gave him a _ We arrived late at the hotel, but as we were hungry, my parents ordered some food It tasted funny On the next day we were all We vomited, and had fever On the third day we decided not to leave the place to avoid more accidents, so we went to the hotel swimming pool When my brother was running to the pool board, he fell _ and his right leg He spent the rest of the holidays on crutches The other three days were ok, except for the _ weather It was always raining When we arrived at the airport there was a 6-hour We had to wait there for the plane to take off After landing we went to the to pick up our luggage, but our suitcases didn’t appear They were lost My father had to fill in some papers, before going home My uncle was already there waiting to bring us home On our way home there was a _ My uncle’s BMW was stolen and he had to call the police and for taxis to take us home Home, sweet home! Here we are! Ah! The door was open, and my parents’ computer and TV had disappeared We _ My mother had _ the door and the windows I will never forget these holidays, but for the wrong reasons And your holidays? How were they? I hope they weren’t as bad as mine! 20 22 18 17 16 26 14 27 25 19 10 23 12 13 11 24 15 21 Hi George! Finally I am at home! I have just had the worst holidays you can imagine On our first day, we overslept, and when we arrived at the check-in desk at the airport, my mum had forgotten the passports and plane tickets at home We had to go back to pick them up, and of course we missed the flight We had to take another flight, in the evening When we arrived at the hotel, our room reservation had been cancelled and there was no room vacancy The receptionist called another hotel and got us rooms The hotel room was ok, but the room service was terrible Every time we needed something we had to wait for hours As there was a fantastic beach near the hotel, we went there for a swim Imagine! The first time I went into the water, I was stung by a jellyfish I was scared and my parents took me to the hospital There, we had to wait for hours because there was a strike Most of the staff wasn’t working My sister stayed there and got a sun burn She was so red that looked like a lobster On the second day, the weather was fantastic As my parents wanted to go sightseeing, they rented a car On the way to the mountains, first we had a flat tire I had to help my father to change the tire Then we got lost because the car had no GPS We finally managed to get back My father was tired and speeding The police caught him, and gave him a speed ticket We arrived late at the hotel, but as we were hungry, my parents ordered some food It tasted funny On the next day we were all sick We vomited, and had fever On the third day we decided not to leave the place to avoid more accidents, so we went to the hotel swimming pool When my brother was running to the pool board, he fell down and broke his right leg He spent the rest of the holidays on crutches The other three days were ok, except for the bad weather It was always raining When we arrived at the airport there was a 6-hour flight/plane delay We had to wait there for the plane to take off After landing we went to the baggage claim to pick up our luggage, but out suitcases didn’t appear They were lost My father had to fill in some papers, before going home My uncle was already there waiting to bring us home On our way home there was a carjacking My uncle’s BMW was stolen and he had to call the police and for taxis to take us home Home, sweet home! Here we are! Ah! The door was open, and my parents’ computer and TV had disappeared We had been robbed My mother had forgotten to lock the door and the windows I will never forget these holidays, but for the wrong reasons And your holidays? How were they? I hope they weren’t as bad as mine!