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My School Trip to Sicily

Fill the gaps with: is ~ are ~ was ~ were


Hi there. My name ____ Angela. When I ____ fourteen, I went on a school trip to Sicily.
There ____ three teachers and thirty students. Sicily ____ the island at the foot of Italy.
People say Sicily ____ the football that Italy ____
kicking. It ____ a very beautiful island. When we went, it
____ summer and the weather ____ lovely. The food
Taormina
Sicily ____ delicious. There ____ many interesting towns in
Sicily. Our first stop ____ Taormina. In Taormina, you
can see Mount Etna in the background. Mount Etna ____
The Mediterranean a volcano. One night, we ____ in the main square in town.
We ____ laughing and having a great time. I ____ beside
my best friend, Sarah. It ____ getting dark. Suddenly, we heard loud noises. Then we saw
bright, flashing lights in the sky. We froze. We ____ terrified. We thought the volcano ____
erupting! We screamed. Our teacher turned round and told us not to be silly, it ____ just
fireworks! The rest of the group laughed at us and we felt very silly.
True or false?
1. Angela went to Sicily with her parents. T/F
2. Sicily is an island in the Mediterranean sea. T/F
3. Sicily is an ugly island. T/F
4. It was very good weather when Angela was there. T/F
5. Mount Etna is a volcano near Taormina. T/F
6. They were in the hotel when they heard loud noises. T/F
7. The whole group was terrified. T/F
8. The teachers ran away and left the students behind. T/F
Answer the questions:

1. How old was Angela at the time of the school trip? __________________________
2. Where did she go? __________________________________________________
3. How does Angela describe Sicily? (One word) ______________________________
4. How was the food? __________________________________________________
5. Which town was their first stop? _______________________________________
6. What is Mount Etna? ________________________________________________
7. Where were they when they heard loud noises? _____________________________
8. Who was Angela standing beside? _______________________________________
9. What did they think? ________________________________________________
10. What did the teacher tell them? _______________________________________

Over to you: Have you ever been to Italy or Sicily? How was it? If not, would you like to go?
Why or why not? If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? Why?

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When I was fourteen, I went on a school trip to Sicily. There were three teachers and thirty
students. Sicily is the island at the foot of Italy. People say Sicily is the football that Italy
is kicking. It is a very beautiful island. When we went, it was summer and the weather was
lovely. The food was delicious. There are many interesting towns in Sicily. Our first stop was
in Agrigento. In Agrigento, you can see Mount Etna in the background. Mount Etna is a
volcano. One night, we were in the main square in town. We were laughing and having a great
time. I was beside my best friend, Sarah. It was getting dark. Suddenly, we heard loud
noises. Then we saw bright, flashing lights in the sky. We froze. We were terrified. We
thought the volcano was erupting. We screamed. Our teacher turned round and told us not to
be silly. It was fireworks! The rest of the group laughed at us and we felt very silly.

T/F 1f, 2t, 3f, 4t, 5t, 6f, 7f, 8f

Q&As

1. She was fourteen.


2. She went to Sicily.
3. Beautiful!
4. It was delicious.
5. Taormina was their first stop.
6. It’s a volcano.
7. They were in the main square.
8. She was (standing) beside her friend Sarah.
9. They thought the volcano was erupting.
10. She told them not be silly – it was fireworks!

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