We had a great time!

Pflsr tense

A Write the simple past of these regular verbs.

r. cook cooked 4. love l.ov>g¿ 7. visit

2. enjoy 5. study 8. wash

3. irívite vrvvj 6. try 9. watch oía

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

1. b'uy bought 5. siept

2. gave 6.. spent
3. V met 7. took
4. saw 8, 6 o went

C use two of the verbs above and write sentences about the past.
Example: .Wg mní- to a rpg|<; .cpnc&rX. I g s t nlght- .

Use the cues to answer these questions.

1. Where did you go this weekend?

I went to a p a r t y . (to a party)

2. Who did you meet at the party?

(someone very interesting)

3. What time did you and Eva get home?

( j j t ap{- VioYTte OL {}\k^ aqicr t:oo (alittleafter1:00)

4. How did you and Bob like the art exhibition?

{a lot)
5. What did you buy?
(some new teather boots)
6. Where did Jeff and Joyce spend their vacation?
^Ke'-A, S.pev\'l- 4 h c i - i - VictccU-'g'^ -H^fe Ceun-VtA^ ^j^g
country)

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

cook dinner Acfivitiss ! Üke te J-;

do homework
exereise
go sbopping
go to a sports event
go to the movies
have a picnic
play video gomes
take a vacation
wotch TV

Complete the questions in this conversation.

A: How did you spend your weekend?

B: I spent the weekend with Joe and Kathy.

A: What óoJ^c^xh r^ccA -jtag ^aoippv^
B: Well, on Saturday, we went shopping.
A: And U l k a V ¿ ycnJ ^ . in-the evening?
B: No, nothing special.
A: Where 'd^h L^e on Sunday?
B: We went to the amusement park.
A: How á-':^ ^\'<XíJ^ ?

B: We had a great time. In fact, w e stayed there all day.

A: Really? What time ¿ i ^ keiHl^
B: We got home very late, around midnight.

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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.

cook dinner Activities I Üke to do A;nvitiú51 like t,c

alone with other pao;
do homework
excrcise
go shopping
pWv^ lyj-séeo guarnes
go to o sports event
go to the movies
o^o - V o ex Spc4s C\X-A4
h e v e a picnic
play video gomes cook c^mne-/'
take o vacation
watch TV

Complete the questions in this conversation.

A: How did you spend your weekend?

B: I spent the weekend with Joe and Kathy.

A: What 6OJ^ c^\h fo^ r^ocA -jtog ^xO|ppt<^

B: Well, on Saturday, we went shopping.

A: And UlKcvV áJÁ ^pu in-the evening?

B: No, nothing special.

A: Where '(^'^ l - ^ ^ on Sunday?

B: We went to the amusement park.

A: How ^ \'<us^ ?

B: We had a great time. In fact, we stayed there all day,

A: Really? What time ¿ J ¿ LO e g c V Kofnuc ^

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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.^•fi'jve a boi-'ng Mme ;fin¡sh our homework on Saturday go out with friend:
n watch it on TV , work all day until six o'clock i take the bus

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 bormg time.

2. A: i s t a y e d h o m e f r o m work all day yesterday. Did you take

the day off, too?
B: ^ ) 0 ' \ ¿ ' ¿ ^ ' ^ \\n-e^ i V QA

3. A: 1 worked all weekend onmyresearchpaper. Did you

spend tne
spena the weeKena
weekend ai
at nome,
home, ltoo?
ooí > i

4. A: I studied all weekend. Did you and John have a lot of

homework, tooí
nomeworK, too? > \
B: l)Jfc ¿>íAr^'^ OJfc ^ÍA>i>KeáoOr ivQweU^o^W ScyWróc^:^
5. A: Cari drove m e t o work yesterday morning. Did you dríve

towork? \ \
B:
6. A: Kathy went to the baseball game last night. Did you and
Bob go to the game? 1 \

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

similar meaning.

Ü
1. He was broke last week. — f
2. He didn't work on Friday.
3. He worked around the house.
4. He didn't wash the clothes.
5. He invited friends for dinner.
6. He had a lot of fun. b_
a. He had people over.
a b. He had a good tiníie.
^ c. He didn't do the laundry.
C-_ . d. He took a day off.
9L e. He did housework.
/ f. He spent all his money.

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 A Read the postings. Who went to Bangl<ok for the first time?

My status iViy frieruJ;? Home

WiBiam
We went to Thailand for our summer
vacation. We spent a week in Bangkok
and did something every day. We went
to the fioating market very early one
morning. We didn't buy anything there -
we just looked. Another day, we went to
Wat Phra Kaew, the famous Tempie of The
Emeraid Buddha. Check out my pie!
Sus
Last summer, w e spent our vacation in
Thailand. W e were very excited - it was
our first trip there. We spent t w o days in
Bangkok. Of course, w e got a river taxi to
the fioating market. We bought some
delicious fruit there. l'm posting a picture.

The next day we went to a very interesting

Then w e saw two more temples noarby.
We aiso went on a river trip somewhere
outside Bangkok. The best thing about
the trip was the food. The next time we
have friends over for dinner, l'm going
to cook Thai food.
temple called the Temple of the Emeraid
Buddha, W e didn't have time to visit any
other temples. However, w e went to two
historie cities - Ayutthaya and Sukhothai.
Both have really interesting ruins.
Everyting was great. It's impossibte to say
w h a t was the best thing about the trip.

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

1. stayed for two days n Bangkok

• 2. visited the fioating market
—•3. bought fruit
^ / 4 . sow some historie ruins %
5. traveled on the river r .
.6. loved the food the most r
7. enjoyed everytfiing

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

A: How _ was . your vacation in Perú, Julia?

B: It - great. I really enjoyed it.
A: How long LUcx^ you there?
B: We L^e:r^ jhgre for two weeks.
A: UJcvjC you in Lima ali the time?
B: No,we CjL\c:fen'\ .We Ü~i<^r€. inthe
mountains for a few days.
A: And how ^ " ^ ^ the weather? ÜJO^S. jt good?

B: No, it ' ^ Q S n ' ^ good at all! In fact, it ^ ^ ' ^ terrible. The city ^
very hot, and the mountains (AJg^ really coid!

Choose the correct questions to complete this conversation.

And what w a s the best part?

riow long were you in South Africo?
How was your vacation in Africa?
' And how long were you in Namibia?
'. f How w a s the weather?

A: How was your vacation In Africa?

B: It was a great trip. I really enjoyed South Africa and Namibia.

B: For ten days.

^. ¿,A¿ KouJ lcA(^ (jaece yoy \n IMQTV^"^>O

B: I was in Namibia for about five days.

A: Wow, that's a long time!
B: It was hot and sunny the whole time.
A: í^aA (x^Vi-a.^ u J a s A r ^ t V^^si- pgA-V ?
B: It was definitely the national parks and wlldlife in Namibia. And w e saw

some meerkats!

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 tj Choose the correct words orphrases.
1. l'm sorry I was late, I had to rrio.W-e g pj^gne cali, {do / make / go)
2. My friends and I really enjoyed your party. We all had a -^^^^'''^f time.
(boring / good / funny)
3. I stayed home last night and ¿"¿ the laundry.
(did / went / made)
4. We didn't see very much in the mountains.The weather was pretty
(cool / foggy / sunny)

5. I worked really hard in Switzerland last week. I was there .0£i fa\)%'ness
(in my car / on business / on vacation)

My kind of 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).

S_ go to the beach
^ look at historical buildings
•/ go shopping
6 visit museums
jL spend time at home
have good food

B Answer these questions about vacations.

1. How often do you go on vacation?

2. How long do you spend on vacation?

3. Who do you usually go with?

4. Where do you usually go?

4 o vwy ipfc o p U
5. What do you usually do on vacation?

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