Active Skills for Reading Intro (Unit 5: Travel)


CHAPTER 1 A Postcard from Hong Kong

Scenic Hong Kong

Jacquie Martin
22 Ridley Gardens Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6C 2C2

Dear Jacquie,
Hello from Hong Kong! My class trip is almost over, and this city is the last stop1 on our tour. We arrived here on Friday night, and I'm having a lot of fun.

On Saturday, we visited the top of Victoria Peak. The view of the city was incredible! I could see all of Hong Kong. There were also some nature trails2 on the Peak. We went for a short walk, and then had lunch in the afternoon.

In the evening, I went with two friends to the Temple Street Night Market. The streets were full of people se_lling food, clothes.jewelry, music, movies, electronics, and lots of other things. I bought some souvenirs to bring home. There were fortune tellers at the market, too. One told me, "You're going to fall in love soon." I hope she was right!

Yesterday, our group went to Disneyland. Yes, there's one here! We were there all day. The park was crowded. and the lines for rides were long. I waited an hour to go on Space Mountain (the roller coaster).
That was my favorite part of the trip!

Today is Monday. We're going to Ocean Park to see the pandas this afternoon.
We return home to Vancouver tomorrow.

See you soon!
Natalie

AIR MAIL

1 The last stop on a trip is the last place you visit.
2 A trail is a path, for example, through a forest.

Reading Skill - Understanding the Order of Events

Some passages tell us about an order of events. In these passages, you often see words about time, for example, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, first, then, yesterday, today, tomorrow, morning, afternoon, and evening.

A. Look quickly at the postcard. Write the time words you see (for example, days of the week, then, yesterday, today, and tomorrow).











B. Read the postcard. Then put the events below in order from 1 to 5.

a. went to Victoria Peak to see the view
b. arrived in Hong Kong
c. went to the Temple Street Night Market
d. saw the pandas
e. visited Disneyland

C. When did Natalie do each of the events in B? Write the time.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

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