IELTS VOCABULARY

Backpacking – travel or hike carrying one’s belongings in a rucksack

Sentence – She did a year backpacking around the world.

Camping – the activity of spending a holiday living in a tent.

Sentence – We’re going camping next week.

Holiday Resorts – a place that is frequented for holidays.

Sentence – This is a great holiday resort that is full of life.

Guided tour – a tour of a historic site or place of interest conducted by a guide.

Sentence – There are guided tours of the house twice daily.

Holiday Season – the period of time from Thanksgiving until New Year

Sentence – Here we go again – back to work after the holiday season.

Local crafts – manually produced objects

Sentence – I bought it at a local craft fair.

Inn – a pub, typically one in the country, in some cases providing accommodation

Sentence – You’ve got a inn to run

Short break – A short vacation or holiday

Sentence – I’m going for a short break next week.

Souvenir – a thing that is kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event.

Sentence – I bought the ring as a souvenir of Greece.

Expedition – a journey undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose

Sentence – He learned a lot during his scientific expedition

Vacation – a fixed holiday period

Sentence – During his summer vacation, he visited England.

Youth hostel – a place providing cheap accommodation

Sentence – We went youth hostel together last year.

Kayaking – travel in or use a kayak.

Sentence – The kayak rode the waves gently.

Sun bath – a period of sunbathing.

Sentence – I’ll treat myself to a sunbath

Knapsack – a soldier’s or hiker’s bag with shoulder straps

Sentence – He had a knapsack over his shoulder

Lodging – temporary accommodation.

Sentence – Who will look to his board and lodging ?