READ THE TEXT AND DO EXERSISES
WHAT A HOLIDAY!
Alice, 15
When I was a child, my family and I used to spend our summer holidays on my grandparents’ farm. I used to have a lot of fun. However, my best holiday was last summer, when my family and I went to Marbella in Spain. It was the first time I had visited a foreign country and the first time I had travelled by plane. At first I felt excited but also a bit scared about the flight but then it was ok.
We stayed in a fantastic hotel near the beach. It had a big swimming pool and the food was fine. I had lots of fun and made some new friends. They spoke different languages: French, Spanish and English. Sometimes it was hard to get them to understand what I was trying to say.
The weather was hot… some days it was too hot for me. I stayed on the beach most of the time: I swam, played with my friends and lay in the sun. I got a nice tan.
My friends and I decided to go camping nearby. We cycled there and it was a big adventure. What was best, though, was there were no parents so we could decide what to do every day!
I love theme parks and my parents took me to a brilliant one. It may not sound like a very exotic place to go, but I loved it!
Every night there was loud music and lights flashed on the pub and disco doors. It looked like the Blackpool illuminations.
I loved everything about these holidays but I especially enjoyed being with my family and making new friends.
ALL THE SENTENCES HAVE SOME WRONG INFORMATION. CORRECT THEM.
Write right sentences.
Alice spent last summer holidays on her grandparents’ farm.
She felt lonely.
They all spoke English.
It was windy on the beach
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
How did Alice feel about travelling by plane?
What did she do during her holidays?
Was it easy to make new friends? Why or why not?
What did she like most about camping?
Why did Marbella make Alice think of Blackpool?
What did she enjoy most about her holidays?
FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE PRESENT SIMPLE OR THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS.
Alice is a fan of Linkin Park so she decides she has to go to London and see the concert. She is talking to her mother.
“I ___________1____ (go) to London next Saturday. Linkin Park, my favourite band, __________2_____ (give) a concert at Wembley. I ________3_______ (go) with my friend Sarah. We _____4__________ (not go) by plane; it’s cheaper by train. The train ______5_________ (leave) at 8:00 a.m.. It ________6_______ (stop) only at Exeter and _________7______ (arrive) in London at 12:30 p.m.. We __________8_____ (not want) to spend my money on food, so we _______9_______ (take) some sandwiches to eat. The concert _______10________ (start) at 5 p.m.. We ____11___________ (get back) at three o’clock on Sunday morning!”
ALICE TRAVELLED TO PARIS THIS YEAR. SHE JOINED A YOUTH CLUB AND SPENT THREE DAYS THERE. COMPLETE HER REPORT WITH THE PAST SIMPLE OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS.
“On Saturday morning we _________1______ (meet) at Cwmbran station and _________2_____ (travel) by coach to Dover. We __3____________ (catch) the 11.45 Seafrance ferry, which _____4_________ (arrive) in Calais at 13.15 (French time). The journey through France _________5______ (take) nearly five hours. We had booked two nights at the hotel Clarine in Rubelles. The rooms _____6__________ (be) fairly good, but they _______7________ (have) neither toilet nor shower… On Monday we ____8___________ (leave) the hotel at 9.00 a.m. and ____9__________ (travel) to Paris for a tour of the sights. We __________10____ (see) Notre Dame Cathedral, the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe. After lunch we _________11_____ (return) to Calais for the 17.45 crossing to Dover. Some of my friends _____12________ (get) seasick. Then we ________13_______ (make) our way home to Cwmbran. We ____14__________ (arrive) at 23.45. We _______15________ (be) all sad to say goodbye”.
COMPLETE THE DIALOGUE WITH THE PAST SIMPLE (interrogative and negative forms).
Neil: _________1___________________________________________________________ yesterday?
Alice: Yes, I went to my cousin’s. My uncle and aunt _______2________ (not be) at home.
Neil: _____________________________________________3_______________________?
Alice: We listened to music and played computer games, but we ___4____________ (not study) a lot for today’s test.
Neil: ___________________________5_________________________________________?
Alice: I left at about half past seven. I ____6___________ (not want) to arrive home late.
Neil: _______________________________7_____________________________________?
Alice: I went home so early, because my parents wanted me to have dinner with them. But my brother __________8_____ (not have) dinner with us.
Neil: _____________9_______________________________________________________?
Alice: No, I ______10________ (not walk) home alone. My cousin and I got a bus.
Neil: _____________________11_______________________________________________?
Alice: I met Charlie after dinner. We ______12_________ (not go) to the cinema as planned.
