UNIVERSIDAD DEL TOLIMA - IDEAD

ADMINISTRACION TURISTICA Y HOTELERA

INGLES BASICO –B 2020

Conversation cards

1. Answer the following questions.

1.What did you do yesterday? 5.What were you doing at 10 9.Older people sometimes talk
Describe your day. p.m. yesterday evening? about ‘the good old days’.
What do they mean?

2.Where were you born? 6.When was the last time you 10.Think of a major news story
Where did you grow up? went on holiday? of the recent past.
Talk about your childhood. Talk about it. (where, who, when, Tell it in your own words.
how long, with whom, what see/do)

3.When was the first time you
went to the cinema?
Talk about this experience.
4.Ask a friend some questions
about their last shopping trip.
(when, how/get there, where/go, what/buy,
go/with who, how much/spend)
7.Talk about your last birthday.
What did you do? Did you have a
party? Who was there?
8.Think about the last time you
had a lot of fun with friends.
What did you do?
Talk about it.
11.Think of a relative or a
celebrity who passed away.
(=died)
Talk about them.
12.Think about the first pet you
ever had. What was it?
Tell the class about it.

2. Writing: Interview a friend – Use the time expressions.

.
When was the last time you … 
Ex: bought (buy) an ice cream?  yesterday
 A long time
… came a home late? ago
the day before
… you did the housework? yesterday
… drank an orange juice? One hour ago
Two weeks
… ate a fast food? ago
… you got up late? One hour late
…went a swimming?  Last week
A long time
… had a party? ago
… met a your grandparents?  Last month
… played basketball?  yesterday
Time expressions for the past
Ago Other time markers
five minutes ago yesterday
one hour ago the day before yesterday
three days ago last week
two weeks ago last month
six months ago last year
a few years ago  
a long time ago  
3. Practice the following dialogue. Practice the pronunciation and be ready to make the
dialogue with the teacher.

Todd: How was your summer vacation?

Katie: Great! I went to Italy with my family. It was so fun there! We met lots of really nice people
and ate really delicious food.

Todd: Where did you stay?

Katie: We stayed at a hotel on the beach so we woke up every day to the sunrise over the
water. Each day we swam in the ocean and took long walks on the beach. At night, we sat and
watched the stars. We saw so many stars!

Todd: Did anything exciting happen?

Katie: Yes! One day, we found a wallet on the beach. We took it to the police department. We
told the police that someone lost their wallet. They took it and we left. The next day they called
us, so we went back to the police station.

Todd: Ooh! Why did they call you?

Katie: They found the owner of the wallet and he wanted to meet us. He was so happy that he
got his wallet back, so he bought us a really nice bottle of wine.

Todd: Oh cool! You made a local friend!

Katie: Yes, we became friends and had dinner that night. The man’s name was Yuri. He told up
all about the town and gave us tips for our vacation. That night, he paid for the meal because he
was happy we found his wallet and got it back to him. We knew we would be friends forever!

Todd: Wow! What a great trip!

4. Answer the following questions about the interview.

1) Who did she travel with? 

 a) friends
 b) family

2) What did she watch every day? 

 a) sunrise
 b) sunset

3) What did she find on the beach? 

  a) purse
 b) wallet

4) What did she do then? 

 a) go to the police

 b) call the police

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Francisco.

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Now write about the trip on your holiday blog. Mention the following points:
• When you went and how you travelled there
• Who you went with
• How long you stayed there / where you stayed
• What you did /saw
• Shopping?
• Did you speak English?
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