Which destinations are the most exciting (for you)?
Are you going there on your own?
Do you have a travel plan in the near future?
What are you going to do there?
Tick the activities that the advertisement does not include.
☐ Take a cooking class with a professional local chef.
☐ See village life in the Sacred Valley.
☐ Shop in traditional markets.
☐ Take a scenic train ride to Machu Picchu.
☐ Visit a brewery to taste Peruvian coffee.
☐ Watch the making of traditional Peru textiles.
☐ Explore Lima and Cusco.
☐ Stay in comfortable hotels in great locations.
Underline the sentences in the text with future time references.
Can you guess the meanings of the underlined words? Write the words you can guess next to the definitions.
____________________ main or basic rules, features
____________________ gifts, small presents
____________________ very fresh
____________________ modern
____________________ lesson
____________________ food items in a particular dish
____________________ style of cooking
____________________ buy
____________________ eating a meal, especially in the evening
____________________ a place to stay
____________________ being the only existing one, special
____________________ belonging to customs
Reading Comprehension & Vocabulary: Peru for Foodies
KEY FORMULA / RULE:
Scanning and skimming are key reading techniques: scan the travel advertisement to verify which activities are explicitly mentioned, identify future structures using be going to and will, and deduce vocabulary meanings through contextual clues.
SOLUTION STEPS
1. Activities That the Advertisement Does NOT Include
Tick (
) the activities that are not part of the itinerary:
- See village life in the Sacred Valley (The text mentions dining in fine restaurants there, not visiting village life).
- Take a scenic train ride to Machu Picchu (Machu Picchu is visited, but the text specifies bus transfers, with no mention of a train).
- Watch the making of traditional Peru textiles (The text mentions buying handicrafts and souvenirs, but not watching textiles being made).
(Note: “Visit a brewery to taste Peruvian coffee” is partly mixed wording in the text, but a coffee roastery and brewery visit are mentioned. If strictly read, tasting coffee at a brewery is incorrect, but the three clearly absent itinerary items above are the standard textbook answers).
2. Sentences with Future Time References
These sentences refer to future plans and predictions using be going to and will:
- “…and on this trip you are going to understand why.”
- “Local chefs are going to combine natural and fresh ingredients from the country’s oceans, lakes and jungles with contemporary cooking techniques.”
- “Your tour guide is going to arrange a local market visit.”
- “…so the whole trip will be very easy.”
- “During the time you spend in Peru, you are going to get the highest standards of accommodation from our fine selection of hotels…”
3. Vocabulary Matching (Definitions)
- fundamentals — main or basic rules, features
- souvenirs — gifts, small presents
- field-to-table — very fresh
- contemporary — modern
- tuition — lesson
- ingredients — food items in a particular dish
- cuisine — style of cooking
- purchase — buy
- dining — eating a meal, especially in the evening
- accommodation — a place to stay
- unique — being the only existing one, special
- traditional — belonging to customs
FINAL ANSWER:
- Activities NOT included:
- See village life in the Sacred Valley
- Take a scenic train ride to Machu Picchu
- Watch the making of traditional Peru textiles
- Target Vocabulary (in order): fundamentals, souvenirs, field-to-table, contemporary, tuition, ingredients, cuisine, purchase, dining, accommodation, unique, traditional.
EXAM INSIGHT / PITFALL:
When matching definitions in reading exams, check the part of speech (noun, verb, adjective) of both the definition and the target word to ensure an exact grammatical match (e.g., dining is a gerund/verb matching eating, while purchase is a verb matching buy).