Last Summer Writing Exercise

A Correct the mistakes.

1 The last summer... 6 I went swimming with my fathers.

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2 I was last summer in Mallorca.
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3 Last Saturday I get up at half past ten.
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4 Firstly played football with my friends.
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5 Then, I went go to the swimming pool.
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7 Went to a restaurant with my family.
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8 Then went to have dinner with my family.
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9 At night we went for a walking.
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10 Were a lot of mountains.
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B Fill the gaps with the words from the box.

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Last Summer
......................... summer, my family and I went to Asturias in the north of Spain. We ......................... in a
small hotel near the beach.
I ......................... a lot of friends and we played ......................... on the beach every day. In the
afternoon, I went swimming with my sister and my parents. In the evenings, we ......................... dinner in a
restaurant.
......................... day I visited a castle with my father and my sister went shopping with my mother. I love
castles. Another day, I went to a national park with my family and we saw some big brown bears.
We came ......................... home on 3 .......................... . It was a fantastic holiday. We had
a ......................... time.

C Now write about what you did last summer.

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A
1 The last summer...
Last summer...
2 I was last summer in Mallorca.
Last summer I was in Mallorca.
3 Last Saturday I get up at half past ten.
Last Saturday I got up at half past ten.
4 Firstly played football with my friends.
Firstly, I played football with my friends.
5 Then, I went go to the swimming pool.
Then, I went to the swimming pool.
6 I went swimming with my fathers.
I went swimming with my parents.
7 Went to a restaurant with my family.
I went to a restaurant with my family.
8 Then went to have dinner with my family.
Then I went to have dinner with my family.
9 At night we went for a walking.
At night, we went for a walk.
10 Were a lot of mountains.
There were a lot of mountains.

back had one

football last September

great made stayed

Last Summer
Last summer, my family and I went to Asturias in the north of Spain. We stayed in a small hotel near the
beach.
I made a lot of friends and we played football on the beach every day. In the afternoon, I went swimming
with my sister and my parents. In the evenings, we had dinner in a restaurant.
One day I visited a castle with my father and my sister went shopping with my mother. I love castles.
Another day, I went to a national park with my family and we saw some big brown bears.
We came back home on 3 S It was a fantastic holiday. We had a great time.

www.autoenglish.org Written by Bob Wilson ©Robert Clifford McNair Wilson 2010