You will learn how to:

 Talk about things you did.

 Talk about your holiday

GUIDE NUMBER 8
AN UNFORGETTABLE PLACE

1. Read the text:

A DAY IN CAIRO

 Tuesday 5th May

We arrived at Cairo Airport and got a taxi to our hotel. We stayed at the Hotel Windsor, in the
Centre. It was nice, clean hotel and only $45 a night. But I didn’t sleep much – Cairo is a really
noisy city and the trams start at five in the morning.
 Wednesday 6th May
We only had one day in Cairo, and this was it! So we got up early and went to the souk, which
is an area of streets with shops and markets – they sell everything. Anna bought a coffee pot. I
saw a beautiful carpet, but I didn’t buy it. Then we went to the Citadel, stayed there for an hour
and looked at the whole city.
In the evening we went to a restaurant by the Nile. We had kebabs, bread and salad and
watched the boats on the river – it was beautiful. So that was our day in Cairo – we didn’t see
the Pyramids, but we saw the city and we had a good time.
 Thursday 7th May

2. Complete the sentences:

Had arrived went (x2) got up watched bought stayed

1. They ___arrived_ at Cairo airport.
2. They ___stayed__ at the Hotel Windsor.
3. They ___got up_ early.
4. They ___went_ to the market
5. Anna ___bought__ a coffee pot.
6. They ___Went_ to a restaurant.
7. They ___had kebabs.
8. They __ watched the boats.

GRAMMAR

Affirmative (+) Negative (-)

They stayed in a hotel They didn’t stay in a hotel
I bought a coffee pot. I didn’t buy a coffee pot.
3. Make the sentences negative according to exercise 2:

1. They didn’t arrive at Cairo airport.

2. They didn´t stay at the Hotel Windsor.
3. They didn´t get up early.
4. They didn´t go to the market
5. Anna didn´t buy a coffee pot.
6. They go to a restaurant.
7. They didn´t had kebabs
8. They didn´t watch the boats

MY HOLIDAY

1. Write 5 things you did on vacation using the vocabulary in the box.

Go / went
Swimming Go to / went to
Shopping Restaurants
Walking Art galleries
Sightseeing Museums
Camping Clubs or discos
Skiing

1. I went swimming yesterday with my dad.

2. I went to a restaurants yesterday.
3. I went shopping with my sister on Sunday.
4. I went to visit clubs and discos.

GRAMMAR
Affirmative (+) Interrogative (?)
They stayed in a hotel Did they stay in a hotel?
I bought a coffee pot. Did you buy a coffee pot?

1. Make the sentences in exercise 1 interrogative:

1. Did you go swimming yesterday?

2. Did you go to a restaurant yesterday?
3. Did you go shopping with your sister on Sunday?
4. Did you go to visit clubs and discos?

MONTHS
1. Complete the months using the words from the box:
December July October March September

1. January.
2. February.
3. March.
4. April.
5. May.
6. June.
7. July.
8. August.
9. September.
10. October.
11. November.
12. December.

2. Which one is your favorite month?

My favorite month is December.

3. When is your birthday? Write the month:

My birthday is in November.

SEASONS

1. Complete the months in each season:

SPRING AUTUMN
March September
____April_____ October
May ___November____

SUMMER WINTER
____June_____ December
July ____January_____
August February
2. What´s the weather like?

1. What´s the weather like in Bogotá.

It’s cold.
2. What’s the weather like in Neiva?
_It´s hot__________________________.
3. What’s the weather like in Canada?
_It´s _ cold________________.
4. What’s the weather like in Cartagena?
_It´s hot________________.
5. What’s the weather like in Pitalito?
___It´s cold____________________.
6. What’s the weather like in North Pole?
____It´s icy_______________________.
7. What the weather like now?
___It´s hot________________________.

GUIDE NUMBER 8
AN UNFORGETTABLE PLACE
• Grammar
• Past simple negative
1. Complete the sentences, using the past
simple negative form of the verb in
brackets.
Example:
I left the party early because I – anyone.
(Know)
I left the party early because I didn’t
know anyone.
1. I – out yesterday because I was tired.
(go)
___ I didn't go out yesterday because I was tired .
2. The children – dinner because they had
a big lunch. (have)
The children did not have dinner because they had a great lunch.
3. Anna – early because she was on
holiday. (wake up)
Ana didn't wake up early because she was at a party.
4. There was a lot of noise in the street last
night, so I – much. (sleep)
There was a lot of noise in the street last I didn't sleep much.
5. Camilo – yesterday early because he
was at a party. (come)
Camilo didn´t come early yesterday because he was at a party.
6. Maria – to me because she had an
argument with her brother. (talk)
Maria didn´t talk to me because she had an argument with her brother
• Past simple questions
1. Complete the questions with the correct
form of the words in brackets.
Did Jake go to school today? (Jake / go)
Did jack go to school today?
1 a good holiday? (you /
have)
Did you have a good vacation?
2 the food? (she / like)
It likes food?
3 to your wedding? (Gill
and Alain / go)
Gill and Alain go to your wedding?
4 with friends in London?
(they / stay)
Do they stay with friends in London?
• Vocabulary
• Expressions with go
1. Write the sentences correctly. (5 marks)
Example:
(nice tomorrow / we / go / the weather’s /
swimming. / can)
If the weather’s nice tomorrow we can
go swimming.
1. (and I / camping. / often go / children)
My often go camping with the children.
2. (to clubs / Friday night. / often go / on)
I´m going to keep going to clubs often on Friday nights.
3. (shopping. / is a / market / to go / good
place)
The go shopping to a good market.
4. (a business trip. / go / because / to
museums / it was / didn’t)
I didn't go to the museum because it was a business trip.
5. (winter. / skiing / go / every)
We are go skiing every winter.
• What’s the weather like
1. What is the weather like in each picture?
Example:

Hot Rainy

__Warm___ __Cold__

___Snowy_ __Stormy_
__Windy___ ____Cloudy___

_Tornado__ ___Icy____

_Lightning_ __Clear__
• sequence of events
1. Rewrite the sentences. Put the activities
in the correct order. (5 marks)
Example:
Dan went to the office and then had a
shower.
Dan had a shower and then went to the
office.
1. I had a shower and got up.
I got up and took a shower.
2.He had a coffee and went to the café.
Went to the cafe and had a coffee.
3. We went home and went to bed. Then
we went to the club.
We went to the club so we went home and went to bed
4. We went to the hotel and then we
arrived in London.
We arrived in London and then we went to the hotel.
5. Simon stayed at home and went to bed.
Then he watched TV.
Simon stayed at home. Then he watched TV and went to bed.