Are you coming to England?

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Lots of you have told me that you plan to come to England this year.
Some of you are hoping to stay here and find work or study.


How are you going to travel? Have you booked your tickets yet? Where will you stay? What transport will you use here? Double-decker bus or the tube?


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We have lots of opportunities to practise different tenses and to make sure you know the right vocabulary.

Start practising now! Take a look at the worksheets on travel and start planning your conversations!

 Look at worksheet 9

and worksheet 10

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