B1

Travel scams: giving advice and warnings

Travel scams — a B1 English lesson. Practise giving advice with modal verbs and expand vocabulary around online safety and booking holidays.

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Summary

This 90-minute ESL lesson for B1 learners explores Travel scams: giving advice and warnings through a real video. Across 9 interactive exercises, you'll develop listening comprehension, vocabulary, speaking skills — all built around authentic English content.

What you'll practise:

  • 5 key vocabulary items with definitions and usage notes
  • Gap-fill and cloze exercises to test vocabulary in context
  • Matching exercise to connect terms with their meanings

Lesson activities (9 exercises)

Each exercise builds on the previous one. Work through them in order for the best learning experience.

  1. Warm-up — Discussion questions to activate what you already know about the topic.
  2. Watch — Watch the video and note the main arguments and examples.
  3. Comprehension — Answer questions to check your understanding of the main ideas and supporting details.
  4. Vocabulary — Learn key words and expressions from the video, with definitions and usage notes.
  5. True / False — Test your detailed understanding — decide if each statement matches the source.
  6. Fill the gaps — Complete sentences with the correct vocabulary. Drag and drop or type your answers.
  7. Multiple choice — Choose the correct answer from four options — testing comprehension and language use.
  8. Matching — Connect words, phrases, or concepts to their correct counterparts.
  9. Discussion — Reflect on the topic and share your opinions using the language you've learned.

Vocabulary

This lesson introduces 5 key terms drawn directly from the video:

  • To fall for something — to be tricked into believing something that is not true.
  • Too good to be true — an offer or deal that is so attractive that you should be suspicious.
  • A legitimate website — a real and official website for a company, not a fake one.
  • To double-check something — to check something again to be absolutely sure it is correct.
  • A red flag — a sign or warning that something might be wrong, dangerous, or dishonest.

Grammar

This lesson includes a grammar focus with clear explanations and practice exercises.