English Vocabulary and Grammar for Adventure Travel

Vocabulary for Adventurers

Describing Adventures

• Awesome: increíble
• Book a session: reservar una sesión
• Breathtaking: impresionante
• Go trekking: hacer excursiones
• Make a reservation: hacer una reserva
• Make one's way: dirigirse
• Mountainous: montañoso
• Overcome fear: superar el miedo
• Risky: arriesgado
• Scenery: paisaje
• Steep: escarpado
• Stunt: acrobacia
• Trail: camino
• Unforgettable: inolvidable
• Wild: salvaje

Being Adventurous

• Adventurous: aventurero/a
• Brave: valiente
• Challenging: reto
• Face danger: afrontar el peligro
• Fit: en forma
• Give someone a thrill: entusiasmar
• Hurt oneself: hacerse daño
• Lose one's way: perderse
• Rescue (noun): rescate
• Rescue (verb): rescatar
• Run out of: quedarse sin
• Seriously injured: gravemente herido/a
• Set off: salir
• Survival skills: técnicas de supervivencia
• Survive: sobrevivir
• Take a risk: asumir un riesgo

Adjectives with -ED / -ING

• Amazed: sorprendido
• Amazing: sorprendente
• Bored: aburrido (feeling)
• Boring: aburrido (causing boredom)
• Exhausting: agotador
• Fascinated: embelesado
• Fascinating: fascinante
• Frightened: asustado
• Frightening: aterrador
• Terrified: aterrorizado
• Terrifying: aterrador
• Thrilled: emocionado
• Thrilling: emocionante
• Worried: preocupado
• Worrying: preocupante

English Grammar: Future Tenses

Future Simple (Will)

Used for spontaneous decisions, predictions, offers, and promises.

• Keywords: think, probably, don't worry, in 2050, tomorrow night, in time.

Future with 'Going To'

Used for planned or intended actions.

• Keywords: next week/month/year, on Saturday, tomorrow, tonight.

Future Perfect

Describes an action that will be completed before another point in the future. The structure is will have + Past Participle.

• Keywords: already, by then, by the time, once, by next Tuesday, by the end of...
• Note on 'By the time':
  • By the time + Present Simple, Future Perfect (e.g., "By the time you arrive, I will have eaten.")
  • By the time + Past Simple, Past Perfect (e.g., "By the time you arrived, I had eaten.")

Future Continuous

Describes an action that will be in progress at a specific time in the future. The structure is will be + Verb-ing.

• Keywords: at this time tomorrow, this time next month, between..., all day.

Present Tenses for Future Events

• Present Simple: Used for scheduled events and timetables.
• Present Continuous: Used for fixed plans and arrangements.

My Travel Blog: An Upcoming Adventure

Next month, my best friend and I are going on a fantastic trip. We plan to go cliff jumping, swimming, and climbing. We are going to do these activities during our summer holiday.

We will be staying for two weeks and will be doing exciting and terrifying activities. We are going to travel there by plane.

The next thing I know, we will be falling at 200 kilometers per hour! It will only last for around 80 seconds, but I'm sure it will feel much longer. We will open the parachute, and I will have a chance to admire the spectacular mountains, like Mount Kilimanjaro, and the surrounding area.

Finally, my best friend and I will return home after this fantastic and fun experience. I'm going to practice this exciting activity with my best friend. He will teach me the basic skills to skydive on my own.

The vacation is going to be very good and the best for my best friend and me. It's going to be a fantastic trip!