Check Your English Vocabulary for Leisure, Travel and Tourism: All you need to improve your vocabulary , Second Edition (Vocabulary Workbook)

This workbook provides exercises to help teach and build English vocabulary relevant to the hotel, tourism and catering industries. It has been written both for students studying towards professional exams and for those who want to improve their specialist communication skills. The material covers general and topic-specific vocabulary, as well as grammar and use of English, comprehension, pronunciation and spelling. Together with the companion Dictionary of Leisure, Travel and Tourism (0-7475-7222-4), this workbook provides a complete package to help students improve their specialist English. Cover......Page 1 Titlepage......Page 2 Copyright......Page 3 Introduction......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Abbreviations 1: International organisations......Page 6 Abbreviations 2......Page 8 Abbreviations 3: Holiday brochure......Page 10 Accommodation types and tariffs......Page 11 Airline terminology......Page 13 At the airport......Page 15 At the hotel......Page 17 Basic foods......Page 18 British and American English......Page 20 Currencies......Page 21 Documents and paperwork......Page 23 Employment......Page 25 Environmental and conservation issues......Page 26 Food issues......Page 28 Geography and geographical features......Page 30 Holiday activities and equipment......Page 32 Idioms 1......Page 34 Idioms 2......Page 36 In the air......Page 38 Money matters......Page 40 Nationalities......Page 42 On the road / Car hire......Page 43 On the water......Page 45 Positive or negative? (Common adjectives)......Page 47 Prepositions......Page 48 Restaurants and bars......Page 49 Services, amenities and attractions......Page 51 Travel equipment......Page 52 Travel health and safety......Page 53 Two-word expressions 1: A - Z......Page 54 Two-word expressions 2......Page 55 Types of holiday......Page 56 Types of tourism......Page 58 What has gone wrong? (Holiday mishaps and disasters)......Page 59 What is their job 1?......Page 61 What is their job 2?: Hotel staff......Page 63 Where are they 1?......Page 65 Where are they 2?......Page 67 Answers......Page 69 This workbook provides exercises to help teach and build English vocabulary relevant to the hotels, tourism and catering industries. It has been written for both students studying towards professional exams and for those who want to improve their specialist communication skills This is a useful title for all non-native English speakers wishing to improve their language skills for these hugely popular and expanding industries.