Touchstone 2nd Edition • Language summary • Level 1

Unit 11 • Lesson B: Vacations

Vocabulary
Expressions with get
get along (v)
get an autograph (v)
get back (from a trip) (v)
get dark (v)
get lost (v)
get married (v)
get a present (v)
get scared (v)
get sick (v)
get a sunburn (v)

Free time activities with go

go camping (v)
go hiking (v)
go parasailing (v)
go on a (road) trip (v)
go snorkeling (v)
go to see (a band) (v)

Other words
glad (adj)
exactly (adv)
autograph (n)
lead singer (n)
sunburn (n)
across (Canada) (prep)
on (our) honeymoon (prep)

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Grammar
Simple past information questions
Questions with be

You can use question word + was / were + subject to ask a simple past information question.

Use was with he, she, it and singular nouns:

A How was your vacation?

B It was fun.

Use were with you, we, they and plural nouns:

A Where were you exactly?

B In Hawaii.

Questions with other verbs

Simple past information questions use did.

Use question word + did + subject + verb:

A Who did you go with?

B A couple of friends.

Remember, you use did for all subjects (I, you, he, she, we, and they).

Get and go
You can use get and go with some words. Some expressions have a similar meaning:

get / go back
get / go home
get / go to a concert / movie

Some expressions have a different meaning:

get along with someone = be friends with

go along with someone (to a movie) = go with

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