Reading: Travelling on a Budget
Travelling on a budget is the B1 reading text that combines practical advice with the analytical comparing-and-contrasting reading required at intermediate level. The text covers budget-travel strategies — hostels vs hotels, free walking tours, public transport over taxis, street food over restaurants, off-season travel, working holidays. Learners read for advice, comparison, and the underlying value judgment (saving money vs comfort).
This worksheet builds B1 reading comprehension through a practical-advice travel text.
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What’s inside:
- A B1 reading text (~450 words) on budget-travel strategies
- Pre-reading vocabulary box with travel-and-budget terms
- Comprehension items: detail-finding, comparison, recommendation
- Vocabulary-in-context: budget-and-travel collocations
- Writing follow-up: write five tips for budget travel in your own country
- Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes
Common challenges: Comparing-and-contrasting language is the central B1 reading skill — while, whereas, on the other hand, by contrast, compared to. Recommendation vocabulary: we recommend, it’s worth, you should consider, look into, opt for. Budget-travel vocabulary: hostel, dorm, single room, free walking tour, off-season, peak season, low-cost airline, layover.
For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1, in intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B1 Preliminary (PET) Reading. Part of the Culture & Lifestyle Readings collection — the natural next step is Music and the Brain, which extends practical reading into science-popular territory.
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