Choosing a Hotel – Listening Lesson (A1-A2)

1. What are the speakers doing?

2. Put these things in the order that the speakers mention them.

1. Tick the words that the man says. Choose as many as you think are right!

2. Which two words are things you would see from a hotel room window?

3. Which two words are adjectives that describe types of bathroom?

4. Which two things are features of a booking website or app?

5. Which things can the adjectives ‘budget’ and ‘self-catering’ describe?

6. Finally, which is a service provided by a hotel?

1. “What do you think of this one? It’s much cheaper.”

What does the underlined adjective describe?

(You can only know from the context if you’ve listened to the full conversation above!)

2. “Looks like a great view of the mountains.”

We haven’t underlined the adjective this time. Find the adjective and decide which noun it describes.

3. “And no shared bathrooms. We want a budget option, but gotta have en-suite!”

This is another example where the adjective describes a specific noun, but the noun is not after it in the sentence. What does ‘en-suite’ describe?

4. “It looks like I can tick ‘hotel only’ and also ‘self-catering’ …”

In this sentence, the underlined adjective describes the noun ‘accommodation’, but the speakers never say this word. Why is it not necessary to say this noun?

5. “so you get the benefits of a hotel – like an airport shuttle and 24-hour reception”

Finally, look at the underlined adjective in this sentence. We normally put ‘s’ on the end of nouns to make them plural, e.g. ‘two beds, three nights, 24 hours’. But what’s the rule for adjectives?