We had a great time!

A Write the simple past of these regular verbs.

loved visited
l. cook �c�º�º =
ke�d'---- 4. love 7. visit
studied washed
2. enjoy enjoyed S. study 8. wash
3. invite invited 6. try tried 9. watch watched

B Write the simple form of these irregular simple past verbs.

1. buy
give
bought s.------
sleep slept
2. ______ gave 6. ------
spend spent
3. meet met take
7. ------ took
4. ______
see saw go
8. ------ went

C Use two of the verbs above and write sentences about the past.
Example: We went to a rock concert last night.
I slept the last nigth
1. -------------------------
they saw the games yesterday
2. -------------------------

Use the cues to answer these questions.

1. Where did you go this weekend?
�' �w�e�nt� �t�º�ª ➔P�ª�r�ty...._._________________ (to a party)
2. Who did you meet at the party?
I met someone very interesting
_________________________ (someone very interesting)
3. What time did you and Eva get home?
We got home a little after 1:00
______________________ (a little after 1 :00)
4. How did you and Bob like the art exhibition?
We liked the art exhibition a lot
_____________________ (a lot)
5. What did you buy?
I bought some new leather boots (sorne new leather boots)
6. Where did Jeff and Joyce spend their vacation?
they spent their vacation in the country (in the country)

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 What do you like to do alone? with other people? Complete the chart
with activities from the box. Then add one more activity to each list.

0
cook dinner
do homework,
exercise
go shopping
go to a sports eveh!
gó to the, movjes 0
hove a pic�ic ''
play video game.s
take a vacatio,lí
watch TV z f<

Complete the questions in this conversation.

A: How did you spend your weekend?

B: 1 spent the weekend with Joe and Kathy.
did you do
A: What ____________________
B: Well, on Saturday, we went shopping.
did you do anything special
A: And in the evening?
B: No, nothing special.
did you go
A: Where _______________________ on Sunday?
B: We went to the amusement park.
did you like it?
A: How
B: We had a great time. In fact, we stayed there all day.
did you get home?
A: Really? What time __________________
B: We got home very late, around midnight.

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 Answer these questions with negative statements. Then add a positive
· statement using the information in the box.
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(�hove � boríng t(·

Üwatch ít 0n Í)I I%
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1. A: We had a great time at Carrie's party. Did you and Jane

enjoy it?
B: No. we didn't. We had a borinci time.
2. A: 1 stayed home from work all day yesterday. Did you take
the day off, too?
B: No, i didn´t . I worked all day until six o clock
3. A: 1 worked all weekend on my research paper. Did you
spend the weekend at home, too?
B: No, i didn´t.I went out with friends
4. A: 1 studied all weekend. Did you and John have a lot of
homework, too?
B: No, we didn´t. We finished our homework on saturday
5. A: Carl drove me to work yesterday morning. Did you drive
to work?
No, I didnt. I took the bus
B: ----------------------
6. A: Kathy went to the baseball game last night. Did you and
Bob go to the game?
no, we didnt . We watched it on tv
B: ----------------------

Read about Andy's week. Match the sentences that have a

similar meaning.

A
l. He was broke lost week. _f_ o. He hod people over.
2. He didn't work on Fridoy. --
d b. He hod o good time.
3. He worked around the house. --
e
c. He didn't do the laundry.
c
4. He didn't wash the clothes. __ d. He took a doy off.
5. He invited friends for dinner. a e. He did housework.
6. He hod a lot of fun. __b ✓ f. He spent ali his money.

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 A Read the postings. Who went to Bangkok for the first time?

1
William
We went to Thailand for our summer
Sue
Last summer, we spent our vacation in
1
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vacation. We spent a week in Bangkok Thailand. We were very excited - it was
our first trip there. We spent two days in �
and did something every day. We went �
to the floating market very early one Bangkok. Of course, we got a river taxi to �1
the floating market. We bought sorne �
morning. We didn't buy anything there -
we just looked. Another day, we went to delicious fruit there. l'm posting a picture. ílij.

1¼
Wat Phra Kaew, the famous Temple of The �1
Emerald Buddha. Check out my pie!

1
i
1
The next day we went to a very interesting
temple called the Temple of the Emerald
1
Then we saw two more temples nearby. Buddha. We didn't have time to visit any
1
l¡¡
We also went on a river trip somewhere other temples. However, we went to two
outside Bangkok. The best thing about historie cities - Ayutthaya and Sukhothai.
the trip was the food. The next time we Both have really interesting ruins.
have friends over for dinner, l'm going Everyting was great. lt's impossible to say z
to cook Thai food.

B Who did these things on their trip? Check(✓) the answers.

l. stayed for two days in Bangkok

2. visited the floating market
3. bought fruit
4. saw sorne historie ruins
5. traveled on the river
6. loved the food the most
7. enjoyed everything

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""__,. Complete this conversation with was, wasn't, were, or weren't.

A: How ___w_a_s___ your vacation in Peru, Julia?

B: lt was great. 1 really enjoyed it.
were you there?
A: How long
B: We were there for two weeks.
A: were you in Lima all the time?
B: No,we werent were
.We ______ inthe
mountains for a few days.
was
A: And how ______ was
the weather? ______ it good?
B: No, it ______
wasnt was
good at ali! In fact, it _____ was
_ terrible. The city ______
were
very hot, and the mountains ______ really cold!

Choose the correct questions to complete this conversation.

O And what was the best part?

O How long were you in South Africa?
0 How was your vacation in Africa? ·,
O And how long were you in Namibi;?
O How was the weather?
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r

A: How was your vacation in Africa?

B: lt was a great trip. l really enjoyed South Africa and Namibia.
how long were you south africa
A:-------------------------------
8: For ten days.
A:-----------------------
and how long were you in Namibia?
B: 1 was in Namibia for about five days.
A: Wow, that's a long time! __________________
How was the weather _
B: lt was hot and sunny the whole time.
A:------------------------------
and what was the best part?
B: lt was definitely the national parks and wildlife in Namibia. And we saw
sorne meerkats!

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 Choose the correct words or phrases.
make
1. l'm sorry I was late. 1 had to _____ a phone call. (do/ make/ go)
good
2. My friends and I really enjoyed your party. We all had a _____ time.
(boring / good / funny)
did
3. 1 stayed home last night and ___ __ the laundry.
(did / went / made)
foggy
4. We didn't see very much in the mountains. The weather was pretty _____ _
(cool / foggy / sunny)
on business _
S. 1 worked really hard in Switzerland last week. 1 was there _____
(in my car/ on business/ on vacation)

A What do you like to do on vacation? Rank these

activities from 1 (you like it the most) to 6 (you like it
the least).
3
__ go to the beach
6
__ look at historical buildings
2
__ go shopping
5
__ visit museums
4
__ spend time at home
1
__ have good food

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B Answer these questions about vacations.

1. How often do you go on vacation?
I go on vacation in december
2. How long do you spend on vacation?
I spend one week on vacation
3. Who do you usually go with?
I usaully go with my family
4. Where do you usually go?
I usually go a beach

S. What do you usually do on vacation?

I do usually go the pool and play in the sand

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