READING the world long enough one-day holidays national sorry stressful

I love holidays. They are the best thing in (1) . The only problem is they are always too short. Even summer holidays at school aren’t (2) . I recently had an eight-week holiday and it flew by. It seems as though time goes quickly when we are on holiday, and slowly when we are at school or work. I always really look forward to holidays – even (3) are great. I live in a country that has many (4) holidays, so there’s always a break around the corner. I feel (5) for some workers who only get two or three weeks holiday a year. They can’t do anything or go anywhere. I love holidays even if I don’t go away. Staying at home is just as good as going on holiday somewhere. Sometimes going on holiday is (6) .

Task 1. Read the text and fill the words in the gaps.