HOW WAS YOUR HOLIDAY?

My holidays are often a little boring, but my holiday last year was great. My
family and I went to Karimunjawa. It was our first time to visit that place. Karimunjawa
is an archipelago in the Java Sea which is included in Jepara, Central Java. The
archipelago consists of 27 islands. We went there by Ferry. After 3 hours crossing
over the sea, we arrived in Karimunjawa, then we booked two rooms in a hotel there.

On our first day, we visited Menjangan Kecil Island. A guide tour accompanied
us. There, we were invited to dive in a spot near to the island. It was fantastic! I found
a variety of fish and coral. In a moment, I also found a jellyfish. I took lots of photos
underwater with some small fish. After that, we returned to the hotel and in the
afternoon we looked the sunset in the beach near to the hotel.

On the second day, we visited a shark breeding in Menjangan Besar Island. A

shark keeper fished the sharks with pieces of fish meat, so that, the sharks gathered
around us. Then, we took photos with those sharks. We also visited a turtle breeding
there. On the next day, we visited some beautiful beaches at several small islands,
like Ujung Gelam Beach, Legon Lele Beach, and Batu Topeng Beach. Last, we visited
Bukit Cinta to look sunset. We were happy to go there because it was unforgettable
vacation for us. Hopefully, we can come back next time.

VOCABULARIES

1 Archipelago
2 Crossing
3 Arrived
4 Booked
5 Accompanied
6 Guide
7 Shark breeding
8 Turtle breeding
9 Pieces
10 Gathered
11 Unforgettable
12 Shark keeper
 GRAMMAR AND EXAMPLE

The simple past tense expresses events or actions that already occurred. The
time of the action can be in the recent past or the distant past.

To form the simple past tense:

(+) Subject + V2 + O
(-) Subject + did not + V1 + O
(?) Did + subject + V1 + O

For examples:

Number Positive (+) Negative (-) Introgative (?)

1 I ate a pancake yesterday. I didn’t eat pancake Did you eat pancake
yesterday. yesterday?
2 I made a mistake when I didn’t make a mistake Did you make a
speaking english last when speaking english mistake when speaking
Monday. last Monday. english last monday?

3 Sonia studied English last Sonia didn’t study Did sonia study English
Tuesday. English last Tuesday. last Tuesday?

4 She saw the star last night She didn’t see the star Did she see the star
with her best friend last night with her best last night with her best
friend friend?

-Good Luck-