A day at the seaside is a traditional day out in Britain. Britain on

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1________ an island, so most people can reach the coast in 2

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hours or less. People go to 2 _________ like Brighton,

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Bournemouth and Blackpool. People go by train or by car.Often

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they go in a group and they hire a coach. Groups of teenagers

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often go together without 3____________ parents. There

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4___________ a lot to do in a British seaside town. There’s

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usually a fun fair and a boating lake. There are theatres and

amusement arcades. And, of course, there 5____________ lots of

cafes, shops and pubs. If the weather is fine, people sit on the

beach. The 6_________ build sandcastles. Some brave people

swim in the sea, but the water is quite cold. At bank holidays

thousands of people go to the seaside. There are long traffic jams

the roads to the 7__________ towns.