SWT 6 A report about holiday preferences

Special Writing task 6 was set today, and is due on Tuesday, July 23.

You must interview someone using the questions below and then report both the questions and the answers they gave. The interview is about holidays. You can make up the answers if you don´t want to or don´t have anyone to interview. Remember to report only the most important information from the answers otherwise your SWT will be very long!

This is Paul´s example. Only two of the questions and three of his answers have been put into reported speech. When you write your SWT, there must be no direct speech.

REPORT ON HOLIDAY PREFERENCES:

Today, I asked Paul what did he enjoy doing most on holiday. He said that he loved going to the beach and going swimming. He also said that he really liked the sun and he also enjoyed visiting museums and going out for meals at night.

Then, I asked him what was the best ever holiday he had ever had. He answered that he had gone to Lanzarote once and it had been the first time that he had gone away without his parents so he had felt very free.

Where are you going to next? (a direct question - you have to change this to a reported question)

He told me that he was going to Mijas to see a friend, but that he was not looking forward to the long drive.

(which is Paul´s answer in reported speech - his direct speech is below for comparison. Can you see how the unnecessary information has been removed?)
"I´m going to Mijas near Malaga. My friend has a house there and we´re driving down to see her. I´m not looking forward to the drive – it´ll be a very long way.”

Do you help decide where you go?
“usually, but our family is in Ireland, the UK and Germany so we don´t need to think about where to visit – we just go to see them.”

What´s your favourite way of travelling?
“definitely flying – I love it, but going on the car ferry is good fun too!”

Do you have any advice for people going away with their parents

“Yes! Try to plan to get away from them for a while. Staying with your parents all the time can be a bit boring, particularly if there are younger children in the family.”