Reading: A Travel Blog
Travel blogs are the engaging A2 reading genre that combines personal narrative with practical information. The text in this worksheet covers a typical traveller’s account of visiting Japan — arrival, accommodation, food experiences, cultural observations, transport, highlights, low points, and recommendations. Learners read for sequence (what happened first, then), detail (where, when, how much), and personal response (what the writer enjoyed and didn’t).
This worksheet builds A2 reading comprehension through an authentic-style travel blog, with focus on narrative sequence and travel vocabulary.
Worksheet preview
What’s inside:
- An A2 travel-blog text (~350 words) on a visit to Japan
- Pre-reading vocabulary box with travel and Japan-specific terms
- Comprehension items: sequence questions, detail-finding, gist
- Vocabulary-in-context: travel-and-culture lexis
- Writing follow-up: write a short blog post about a recent trip
- Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes
Common challenges: Past tense recognition is the central reading skill these blogs develop — travel writing relies on Past Simple, Past Continuous, and time markers (on the first day, the next morning, after lunch). Cultural vocabulary mixes with travel vocabulary: ryokan, sushi, bullet train, temple, shrine are Japan-specific. Personal voice: bloggers use I, we, my, us throughout — different from the depersonalised news register.
For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR A2, in pre-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge A2 Key (KET) Reading Parts 4–5. Part of the Culture & Lifestyle Readings collection — the natural next step is Volunteering and Community Service, which extends accessible A2 reading into the social-engagement domain.
