Renovating a hotel speaking and vocabulary
English for architects/ Travel English
You are going to take part in a competition for the best hotel renovation.
| Draw and/ or make notes about the hotel before renovation here. Your teacher will tell you if, when and how you can use the suggested language to help. |
| Draw and/ or make notes about the hotel after renovation here. Make sure that it is just renovated, not just totally rebuilt! Your teacher will tell you if, when and how you can use the suggested language to help. |
| Language to describe bad hotels | Language to describe good hotels |
| Bare light bulbs Broken Claustrophobic Cracked Cramped Creaking Crooked Crumbling Damp Dingy Drab Draughty Dusty Excess Filthy Fleas/ Bedbugs Gloomy Holes Inadequate Leaking Low ceilings Lumpy mattress Musty Narrow Noisy/ Loud Not enough/ Not sufficient(ly)/ A lack of Old fashioned Peeling Problems with Run down Sagging Shaky Squeaky Stains Steep Sticky Tacky Tiny/ Miniscule Too much/ Too many Uneven Unsafe Unsafe Unsanitary Very few/ Hardly any | Abundant/ Numerous Balcony Ballroom Bell boy/ Porter Brand (spanking) new Buffet/ Eat-all-you-like buffet Chandelier Coal fire Complementary… Concierge Easy access to… Elegant/ Stylish Four-poster bed Full English breakfast Gleaming/ Spotless Gold-plated taps Golf course Helicopter landing pad Hot springs Jacuzzi Key cards Lobby Luxurious Magnificent/ Fabulous Mist shower Natural light Panoramic views Plenty of Pool/ Indoor pool/ Outdoor pool Poolside bar Private beach Rooftop garden Room service Shoe shine service Shuttle bus Silk sheets Spa Spacious/ Vast Spiral staircase Suite Tennis courts Trouser press Wine cooler |
Look at all of the vocabulary above, ask about any which you are not sure about, then you have five minutes to add more if you like.
Look at the before part of another group’s worksheet, predict the renovation, then compare with the actual renovation.
Vote on the best before and after.
Test each other on the vocabulary by reading out words and seeing if your partner can say if they are positive or negative.
Discussion questions
How would you feel about living (rather than just staying) in a luxury hotel? Why do you feel that way?
What about living on a cruise ship?
What things would a cruise ship need to make it a permanently liveable place?
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