Activity 1 - Match the verb to the letters.

Try see take visit go stay take write buy walk visit

a. ____________ photographs e. ____________ the local food i. ____________ postcards

b. ____________ souvenirs f. ____________ an art gallery j. ____________ animals
c. ____________ at a hotel g. ____________ a bus tour k. ____________ museums
d. ____________ shopping h. ____________ on the beach

Activity 2 - Write the Past Simple form of each of these verbs. Then write R for regular or I for
irregular.

1. be ____________________( ) 9. make ____________________( ) 17. tell _____________________( )

2. buy ___________________( )
3. do ____________________( )
4. drink ____________________( )
5. get ____________________( )
6. go ____________________( )
7. happen____________________( )
8. have ____________________( )
10. meet ____________________( ) 18. try ____________________( )
11. save ____________________( ) 19. turn ______________________( )
12. see ___________________( ) 20. visit ____________________( )
13. show ____________________( ) 21. walk ____________________( )
14. stay ____________________( )
22. write ____________________( )
15. swim ____________________( )
16. take
____________________( )

Activity 3- Mary and Lyn are talking about their vacations. Read the conversation and fill in the gaps.

Mary: So, Julie, 1)_________________________________ (you go) for your last vacation?
Lyn: I 2)_____________ to Mancora, Piura.
Mary: Really? 3) _____________ was it?
Lyn: Wonderful! The beaches were 4) _______________ , and the weather was 5)
______________!
Mary: 6) _____________________________________________ (you stay)?
Lyn: I stayed for ten days. What
How
Mary: 7)_____________ did you do there?
Where
Lyn: Well, I went 8) ___________________ and tried lots of local 9) ______________ How long

Activity 4- Write answers to these questions about your last summer vacation

1. Where did you go for your last vacation?

__________________________________________________________________________
2. Who did you go with?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
3. How did you get there?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
4. How was the weather / the hotel / the food?
________________________________________________________________________
5. How long did you stay?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
6. What did you do there?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Did you buy souvenir?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
8. Did you enjoy it?
___________________________________________________________________________________________

Activity 5- Listen to the pronunciation of Regular simple past verbs and then put the verbs in the box in
the correct box.
 /t/ /d/ /id /
stopped watched stayed cleaned visited waited

Arrived asked called cleaned

listened needed played
practiced rented shopped
skated snorkeled stayed
studied tried walked wanted
cried danced delivered described
discovered decided destroyed
enjoyed invited kissed liked loved
moved opened produced saved
smoked started talked tasted used
worked

Activity 6- Complete this plot with the past simple of the verbs in parenthesis.
Sandy and her parents _________________ (go) to America for their vacation. They _________________
(pack) their suitcases and _________________ (travel) by plane.There, they _________________ (rent) a
house and _________________ (visit) many tourist places. They _________________ (go) to beach and
_________________ (take) many pictures. Sandy _________________ (meet) Danny at the beach. They
_________ (like) each other and they _________________ (fell) in love. It _________________ (be) love at
first sight. But when summer _________________ (end), Sandy _________________ (be) heartbroken
beacuse she ______________ (have) to return to Australia, but her parents _______________ (decide)
to stay in America.

Activity 7. Match the words in the first column Activity 8- Write the Past Simple form of each of these
with their rhymes in the second. verbs

1. Arcade _____ a. around 1. be ___________ 10. do __________

2. blast _____ b. away 2. drink ___________ 11. drown ___________
3. bowling _____' c. be
3. get ___________ 12. go ___________
4. brag _____ d. begun
5. cramp _____ e. car 4. happen ___________ 13. have ___________
6. day(s) _____ f. clock 5. make ___________ 14. meet ___________
7. dock _____ g. damp 6. save ___________ 15. show ___________
8. dreams _____ h. drag 7. stay ___________ 16. swim___________
9. drowned _____ i. fast 8. take ___________ 17. tell ___________
10. eighteen _____ j. fight 9. turn ___________
11. ends _____ k. friend
12. far _____ l. friends
Activity 9 - Listen to the song and complete the spaces
13. fling _____ m. lemonade
14. hand _____ n. mean 1 Tell mewith the past form of the verbs in Activity 8. And match
more, tell
Tell methe
more, tell me
numbers more,
mewith
more, how
thehow much
much dough
letters. dough ________he
________he spend?
spend?
15. heat _____ o. meet Tell
Tell me
me more,
more, tell
tell me
me more,
more, could
could she
she get
get me
me aa friend?
friend?
16. me _____ p. now
17. sight _____ q. sand
18. spend _____ r. seams 2 Tell
Tell me
me more;
more; tell
tell me
me more,
more, ______it
______it love
love at
at first
first sight?
sight?
19. sun _____ s. strolling Tell
Tell me more; tell me more, _______she put up aa fight?
me more; tell me more, _______she put up fight?
3 Tell20. vow _____ t. thing
Tell me
me more;
more; tell
tell me
me more,
more, ________you
________you get
get very
very far?
far?
Tell
Tell me more tell me more, like, does he have aa car?
me more tell me more, like, does he have car? 4 Tell
Tell me
me more,
more, tell
tell me
me more,
more, but
but you
you don't
don't gotta
gotta brag
brag
Tell
Tell me more; tell me more, ’cause he sounds like
me more; tell me more, ’cause he sounds like aa drag
drag
Summer lovin' ______________me a blast
Summer lovin', ______________so fast
I ________a girl crazy for me
I ________a boy, cute as can be
Summer days driftin' away, to
uh-oh those summer nights
A= 
She ________by me, she _______a cramp
he ________by me, _________my suit damp
I ____________her life, she nearly ___________
he ____________ off, splashing around
Summer sun, something's begun,
but uh-oh those summer nights
B= 
____________her bowlin' in the Arcade
we __________strollin', ___________lemonade
We ___________out under the dock
we ___________ up till ten o'clock
Summer fling don't mean a thing,
but uh-oh those summer nights
C= 
He ___________friendly, holdin' my hand
Well she __________friendly, down in the sand
He ___________sweet, just __________eighteen
Well she _________ good, you know what I mean
Summer heat, boy and girl meet,
But uh-oh those summer nights
D= 
It ________colder, that's where it ends
So I ________her we'd still be friends
Then we ________our true love vow
wonder what she's doin' now
Summer dreams ripped at the seams,
but oh, those summer nights!
Tell me more, tell me more!
Activity 10. Think about your favorite vacation. Answer the
questions to help you then write a text.
.
1. Where did you go? 4. What didn’t you do?
2. Where did you stay? 5. What did you see, eat, and buy?
3. What did you do?

 Activity types: match vacation activities, filling gaps, rhyming words, answer questions, phonetics,
writing
 Level: Pre-intermediate/Intermediate
 Language Focus: Pronunciation of regular verb ending –ed [t], [d],[id ]
 Grammar: Past simple of regular and irregular verbs
 Notes: "Summer Nights" is a popular song from the musical Grease. Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, its
best-known version was recorded by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John for the big-screen adaptation of the
musical, and released as a single that same year.
"Summer Nights" became a massive hit in both the United States and United Kingdom during the summer of
1978. Included on the movie's soundtrack album, the song was one of several hit singles from the movie. Parts of
the song were introduced to a new audience when it was re-released in the 1990s as part of a megamix of
several songs from the movie version.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____

Pre-listening activities

1. Give each student a copy of the worksheet and ask them to do Activity 1. They have to match the
verbs to the letters.

Key:
a. take photographs e. try the local food i. write postcards
b. buy souvenirs f. visit an art gallery j. see animals
c. stay at a hotel g. take a bus tour k. visit museums
d. go shopping h. walk on the beach
2. Ask the students to write the Past Simple form of the verbs. And tell them to write R for regular verbs or
I for irregular verbs. Activity 2.

Key:
1. be was / were (I) 9. make made (I) 17. tell told (I)
2. buy bought (I) 10. meet met (I) 18. try tried (R)
3. do did (I) 11. save saved 19. turn turned (R)
4. drink drank (I) 12. see saw (I) 20. visit visited (R)
5. get got (I) 13. show showed (R)
21. walk walked (R)
6. go went (I) 14. stay stayed (R)
7. happen happened (R) 15. swim swam (I) 22. write wrote (I)
8. have had (I) 16. take took (I)

3. Tell the students that they are going to read a conversation between Mary and Lyn about their
vacations. Ask them to read it and complete the gaps with the past simple of the verbs in parentheses and
the WH- in the box and their own words. Activity 3.

Key:
Mary: So, Julie, 1) Where did you go (you go) for your last vacation?
Lyn: I 2) went to Mancora, Piura.
Mary: Really? 3) How was it?
Lyn: Wonderful! The beaches were 4) spotless / clean / beauticul, etc ,
and the weather was 5) great/ nice/ etc
Mary: 6) How long did you stay (you stay)?
Lyn: I stayed for ten days.
Mary: 7) What did you do there?
Lyn: Well, I went 8) shopping / swimming, etc and tried lots of local 9) food
4. Ask the students to answer the questions from 1-8. Activity 4. Write answers to these questions
about your last summer vacation

Key:

1. Where did you go for your last vacation? I went to …..

2. Who did you go with?
3. How did you get there?
4. How was the weather / the hotel / the food?
5. How long did you stay?
6. What did you do there?
7. Did you buy souvenir?
8. Did you enjoy it?
I went with my …..
I travelled by …….
The weather was…. The hotel was …. The food was….
I stayed for ……. days
I took pictures, I went shopping, etc
Yes, I did. No, I didn’t.
Yes, I did. No, I didn’t.

5. Ask the students to listen to –ed sounds of the regular verbs, then ask them to put the verbs from the
box in the correct box. Activity 5.
Key:

/t/ /d/ /id /

stopped watched stayed cleaned arrived called cleaned listened visited waited
asked practiced played snorkeled stayed studied tried cried needed rented
shopped walked delivered described discovered destroyed skated wanted
danced kissed liked
enjoyed loved moved decided invited
produced smoked
talked used worked opened saved started tasted

Listening activities
1. Ask the students to complete the plot with the past simple of the verbs in parenthesis. Activity 6..

Key:

Sandy and her parents went (go) to America for their vacation. They packed (pack) their suitcases and travelled
(travel) by plane.There, they rented (rent) a house and visited (visit) many tourist places. They went (go) to beach
and took (take) many pictures. Sandy met (meet) Danny at the beach. They liked (like) each other and they fall (fell)
in love. It was (be) love at first sight. But when summer ended (end), Sandy was (be) heartbroken beacuse she had
(have) to return to Australia, but her parents decided (decide) to stay in America.

2. Ask the students to Match the words in the first column with their rhymes in the second. Activity 7.

Key:
Arcade – lemonade; blast – fast; bowlin' – strollin’; brag – drag; cramp – damp; day(s) – away; dock –
clock; dreams – seams; drowned – around; eighteen – mean; ends – friends; far – car; fling – thing; hand –
sand; heat – meet; me – be; sight – fight; spend – friend; sun – begun; vow – now

3. Ask the students to write the Past Simple form of each of these verbs. Activity 8.

Key:

1. be was were 10. do did

2. drink drank 11. drown drawn
3. get got 12. go went
4. happen happened 13. have had
5. make made 14. meet met
6. save saved 15. show showed
7. stay stayed 16. Swim swam
8. take took 17. tell told
9. turn turned
4. Tell the students they are going to listen to the song and they have to complete the spaces with the past form of
the verbs in Activity 8. And they have to match the numbers with the letters. Activity 9.

Summer lovin' had me a blast

Summer lovin', happened so fast He got friendly, holdin' my hand
I met a girl crazy for me well she got friendly, down in the sand
I met a boy, cute as can be He was sweet, just turned eighteen
Summer days driftin' away, to well she was good, you know what I mean
uh-oh those summer nights Summer heat, boy and girl meet,
but uh-oh those summer nights
A= 3
D= 1
She swam by me, she got a cramp
he ran by me, got my suit damp It turned colder, that's where it ends
I saved her life, she nearly drowned so I told her we'd still be friends
he showed off, splashing around Then we made our true love vow
Summer sun, something's begun, wonder what she's doin' now
but uh-oh those summer nights Summer dreams ripped at the seams,
but oh, those summer nights!
B= 2
Tell me more, tell me more!
Took her bowlin' in the Arcade
we went strollin', drank lemonade
We made out under the dock
we stayed up till ten o'clock
Summer fling don't mean a thing,
but uh-oh those summer nights
C= 4

4. Play the song and ask the students to listen to the song completely and sing it out.
Follow up

1. Ask the students to think about their favorite vacation. They could answer the questions to help themselves then
they have to write a text. Activity 10.

1. Where did you go? 4. What didn’t you do?

2. Where did you stay? 5. What did you see, eat, and buy?
3. What did you do?

Vocabulary from the song:

 We had a blast! (informal) = to have a great time; to have a lot of fun.

 cute = sweet
 to drift away = to move away from a particular person or thing
 cramp = a painful involuntary spasmodic contraction of a muscle
 damp = slightly wet
 to show off = to do things in a way that is meant to attract attention, to try to impress others
 to go strolling / to go for a stroll = to walk without hurry
 to make out under the dock (infml) = to kiss / part of a harbour
 to have a fling with sb. (infml) = When you're NOT in a relationship with the other person
but you do have the privilages as someone that is in one. Often very short-term, can be
sexual or non-sexual, such as a kiss, hug, holding hands or dates.
 to brag = to show off
 to be a drag on sb = to slow down or limit the development of someone or something
 heat = hot
 dough (infml.) = money
 to vow = to swear
 to wonder = to feel a desire to know
 to rip at the seams = everything was dissapearing

Summer loving had me a blast, oh yeah

Summer loving happened so fast,
I met a girl crazy for me,
Met a boy cute as can be,
Summer days drifting away,
To, uh oh, those summer nights
Well-a well-a well-a huh
Tell me more, tell me more Did you get very far?
Tell me more, tell me more Like does he have a car?

(uh-hun)
She swam by me, she got a cramp
He ran by me, got my suit damp
I saved her life, she nearly drowned
He showed off, splashing around
Summer sun, something's begun
But, oh, oh, these summer nights
Well-a well-a well-a huh
Tell me more, tell me more Was it love at first sight?
Tell me more, tell me more Did she put up a fight?

Took her bowling in the Arcade

 We went strolling, drank lemonade
We made out under the dock
We stayed up 'till ten o'clock
Summer fling, don't mean a thing
But, oh, oh, those summer nights
Tell me more, tell me more But you don't gotta brag
Tell me more, tell me more 'Cause he sounds like a drag

He got friendly, holding my hand

She got friendly down in the sand
He was sweet just turned eighteen
Well, she was good you know what I mean
Summer heat, boy and girl meet
But, oh, oh, the summer nights
Tell me more, tell me more, How much dough did he spend?
Tell me more, tell me more, Could she get me a friend?

It turned colder, that's where it ends

So I told her we'd still be friends
Then we made our true love vow
Wonder what she's doing now

Summer dreams, ripped at the seams

Bu-ut oh, those summer nights!
Tell me more, tell me more!