Download this free B2–C1 English worksheet PDF for adult learners and English teachers. This lesson is based on the Regatta’s 371-day scheduled cruise from Rome, described as the world’s longest continuous scheduled cruise.
Students practise reading comprehension, useful vocabulary, phrase matching and speaking skills through a real-world travel and lifestyle topic about long cruises, tourism, routine, privacy, environmental impact, destination-hopping and life at sea. The worksheet is suitable for private English lessons, online classes, advanced conversation practice and homework before a discussion lesson.
The article explains that the 348-room Regatta has set sail from Rome on a voyage due to take in 220 ports across 62 countries. Students read that the route includes Santorini, Copenhagen, Cape Town, Zanzibar, Hiroshima, Alaska and the Amazon, and that the complete voyage costs about 65,700 euros per person.
This worksheet encourages learners to discuss what people really want from travel. Students consider whether a year-long cruise would feel liberating or restrictive, whether constant novelty would eventually wear off, and whether it is better to see many places briefly or understand a few places deeply.
The article also explores the practical and emotional limits of long-term travel. Students discuss living in a confined environment, getting on with the same passengers for months, feeling cut off from family and ordinary life, and whether brief stops can reduce complex destinations to items on a checklist.
The PDF includes a B2–C1 reading article, True / False questions, Phrase Match, Synonym Match, a task where students use new language, discussion questions and a full answer key. It helps learners discuss responsible tourism, environmental impact, cruise holidays, routine, escape, privacy, community, conflict and whether a remarkable experience can become ordinary when it never seems to end.
Level: B2–C1
Date: 7 September 2026
Focus: reading, vocabulary, travel, cruise ships, tourism, lifestyle and speaking
This free worksheet includes:
- a B2–C1 reading text about a year-long cruise ship journey
- True / False comprehension questions
- Phrase Match practice with useful expressions
- Synonym Match vocabulary practice
- a sentence-writing task using new language
- discussion questions for Student A and Student B
- full answer key
The worksheet includes useful phrases such as set sail, take in, sign up for, settle into, bring together, get away from, wear off, get on with, cut off from and walk away from. It also practises vocabulary such as continuous, complete, unwilling, appeal, confined, brief, complex, ultimately, regard and remarkable.
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