I'm studying English at a school in the UK at the moment and having a wonderful time, meeting new friends and getting to know the country. We have the chance to go on lots of trips and recently we visited the famous town of Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare. Our English teacher wanted us to do more than that.
Before we went, we prepared for the trip. Some students did one on the environment, while another group wrote some questions about hobbies and interests. There were five groups altogether. I'm really interested in business studies and my group had questions to ask local businesspeople and shopkeepers.
We were there for the whole day and we all thought it would be best to do the research in the morning. When we arrived in Stratford, each group went off around the town to ask local people their questions. It was really good fun. We had the chance to practice our English and the local people were very friendly and helpful. In fact, they told our teacher how polite they thought we all were.
Stratford is a lovely town and we spent the afternoon enjoying the sights. After lunch we looked around Holy Trinity Church, and of course we visited the house where the world's most famous playwright was born and grew up. I got home feeling tired but I had had a fantastic day out.
Besides being fun, it was a great way to practice our English, and not only because we were able to speak to local people. We took it in turns to stand up and explain to the other groups what our questions were about and the things we found out. We all enjoyed it so much that we're hoping to repeat it later in the year in a new location.
A. However, many of the shops were closed.
B. We could then relax in the afternoon and have a tour.
C. In class the next day we presented the results of our surveys.
D. But we didn't just walk around the town taking photographs.
E. On the other hand, the weather was better than we had expected.
F. That was followed by some fun boating on the river before we left.
G. We worked in teams and created some surveys on different subjects.
