🎁 Gratuit · English From Zero · Level A2 · Lesson 29

🏝️ Where Should We Go? — Vacations & Should

Time to plan a trip! Today you will learn vacation activities, how to give advice with should and shouldn't, how to ask "Where should we go?" — and the difference between a vacation and a holiday.

🎬 Let's Imagine...

Family Meeting

Read the little scene below.

NoraDad, summer vacation is in two weeks! Where should we go?

DadHmm… We should go to Djerba. You love the beach!

NoraYes! And Grandma should come with us. What should we do there?

🧑‍🏫 Teacher SamiDid you hear should? We use it to give advice or make a recommendation: "We should go to Djerba." After should, just the verb — no "to", no "-s"!

🤔 Where should your family go this summer?

Le soir au salon, Nora montre l'île de Djerba sur une carte de la Tunisie posée sur la table ; son père, sa mère avec un sac de voyage et sa grand-mère sourient — 🗺️ "Where should we go?" — "We should go to Djerba!"

Step 1

🎒 Vacation Activities

What do people do on vacation? Click a card to hear it.

Step 2

💡 Giving Advice With Should / Shouldn't

Use should to give advice or make a recommendation. Use shouldn't (= should not) to advise someone not to do something.

✅ should + verb

Oscar should exercise more.
You should drink a lot of water.
We should go to bed early.

🚫 shouldn't + verb

Oscar shouldn't eat all the cake.
You shouldn't watch TV all day.
We shouldn't forget our sun hats.

⚡

Subject + should / shouldn't + main verb. Should is the same for everyone: I, you, he, she, we, they should — never "she shoulds" ❌. And no "to": "You should go" ✅, not "You should to go" ❌.

🩺 The Advice Doctor

Your friends have little problems. Is it good advice? Choose should or shouldn't! 8 rounds.

Step 3 · Final Task!

❓ Should We…? Where Should We Go?

To ask a yes / no question, put should first. For an open question, start with a question word: What, Where, When…

✅❌ Yes / No questions

Should we go camping? — Yes, we should.
Should I take my coat? — No, you shouldn't.

🔎 Open questions

What should we do this weekend?
Where should we go?
When should we leave?

🗺️ The Vacation Planner

Choose a season and what your family loves. Where should you go in Tunisia? Listen to the family conversation!

Step 4 · Reading

📖 Reading: Vacation Or Holiday?

Read the text. Click 🔊 to listen.

In American English, a vacation is time away from normal work or school. In British English, this is called a holiday. We say that someone is "on vacation" or "on holiday": Nora is on vacation in Djerba for two weeks.

In American English, a holiday is a special day when most people don't go to work or school, and many businesses are closed. For example, New Year's Day is a holiday. In Tunisia, Independence Day (March 20th) is a holiday too!

🇺🇸 Vacation Or Holiday?

American English! Is it a vacation (time away) or a holiday (one special day)? 8 rounds.

À gauche, une famille en vacances sur une plage de Djerba ; à droite, une fête nationale dans une rue tunisienne avec des drapeaux, des ballons et un défilé — 🧳 a vacation (time away) · 🎉 a holiday (one special day)

🎧 Sound Lab

Listen And Repeat!

Click 🔊 Listen to hear the phrase, 🐢 Slowly to hear it slower, then 🎙️ My turn and say it out loud into your microphone!

Step 5

✍️ Practice Time!

Exercise 1 — True Or False?

Exercise 2 — Complete The Dialogue

Fill in the missing word in each line of the conversation.

Step 6 · Create!

🎭 Create & Record: Planning Our Vacation

Write a family conversation: ask "Where should we go?" and "What should we do there?", give advice with should and shouldn't.

Where should we go?We should go to… What should we do there?We should visit… Should we go camping?Yes, we should. No, we shouldn't.We shouldn't forget…

🎙️ Now, Record It!

Act out your conversation out loud (alone with both voices, or with a friend) and record yourselves. Then listen back!

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🎯 Final Quiz — Vacations & Should

Answer 7 questions to test everything you learned in this lesson!