6 Experiences

Vocabulary 3 We are on holiday in San Pedro. We are

staying in a hotel with a big swimming pool
Free time activities and the
weather but we can’t enjoy it because it’s sunny /
cloudy and hot / cold.
1 Match 1–7 to a–g.
4 When I go to the beach, I always use
1 buy a to a festival
sunscreen to protect my skin. It doesn’t
2 go b to live music
matter if it’s sunny / hot or cloudy / cold.
3 cook c a 3D film
The sun is always there!
4 feed d a ticket
5 listen
6 watch
e a special meal
f to the zoo
Grammar
Past simple – be: affirmative,
7 go g the animals
negative and Yes/No questions
2 Look at the drawings and write the words to
4 Complete the sentences with the correct past
describe the weather.
simple form of be.
1 My friends and I _______ at a music festival
yesterday. The bands _______ great but the
music _______ too loud.
2 A: _______ you at home last weekend?
B: No, I _______. I _______ at the cinema
1 ___________ 2 ___________ 3 ___________ with Max. The film _______ very funny
but the ending _______ amazing!
3 I _______ at home with my friend Polly
yesterday. It _______ sunny and hot, so we
_______ in the swimming pool all day.

5 Choose the correct options.

4 ___________ 5 ___________ 1 A: Were / Was you in the park last Sunday?
B: No, I weren’t / wasn’t. I was / were at

3 Choose the correct options. home because it were / was rainy and cold.

1 I’m on holiday in London. I must take my 2 Yesterday I weren’t / wasn’t at school.

umbrella to every excursion because it’s I was / were in bed because I were / was ill.

always cold / rainy. 3 I was / were very thirsty after the tennis

2 My friend Lisa and I are in the park now. It’s match. It were / was sunny and very hot.

very rainy / hot and sunny / cold, so we are

under a tree to stay cool.

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 4 A: Was / Were you and Mark at school d No, it wasn’t. It was boring.
yesterday? e Yes, I was. The sculptures were beautiful!
B: No, we wasn’t / weren’t. f Yes, we were. The food was great but the
A: The music class were / was super fun! music wasn’t very good.
Everyone in the classroom was / were
surprised by Fred’s performance. Vocabulary
5 Last weekend we was / were at the new Rooms and furniture
restaurant. The place was nice but the food 7 Use a mirror, find and write rooms and
weren’t / wasn’t very good. furniture.
6 Match the answers to the questions.
1 Was the film interesting? 1 RORRIM
2 KNIS
2 Were the exams difficult? 3 MOORHTAB
3 Were you at the party yesterday? 4 NEHCTIK
5 MOORDEB
4 Was Sheila in the park last Sunday?
6 RIAHCMRA
5 Were you at the museum yesterday? 7 HTAB
6 Was your mum happy? 8 KSED

a No, they weren’t. I think they were easy.

b Yes, she was with her dog.
c No, she wasn’t. She was angry because I
1 ________________ 5 ________________
was late for dinner.
2 ________________ 6 ________________
3 ________________ 7 ________________
4 ________________ 8 ________________
8 Look at the picture and write words for furniture.

1 _____________

2 _____________
4 _____________
3 _____________

5 _____________

6 _____________

7 _____________ 9 _____________

8 _____________

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 9 Guess the rooms and pieces of furniture. Grammar
1 It’s a room in the house. You can sleep here.
Past simple – regular verbs:
_______________ affirmative, negative and Yes/No
2 You sit on it to do your homework or for a questions
meal. _______________
10 Complete the text with the past simple form
3 You turn it on when you want to see well. of the verbs in brackets.
_______________ Yesterday it was rainy so I (1) _____ (stay) at
4 You keep your clothes here. home all day. I (2) _____ (help) my parents
_______________ with the household chores. I (3) _____
5 It’s a room in the house. You can relax and (tidy) my bedroom and (4) _____ (clean) the
watch TV here. _______________ kitchen. I (5) _____ (not clean) the bathroom
Now, write your clues for the following items. because I don’t like it. Instead, I (6) _____
shelves:  (cook) some pasta for lunch. I (7) _____
 (not wash) the dishes. My sister (8) _____
fridge:  (want) to do it. After lunch, I (9) _____ (walk)
 the dog and then I (10) _____ (watch) my
cupboard:  favourite series. It was a busy day, but it was
 fun!
table:  11 Complete the questions and short answers.
 1 _____ (you / enjoy) the film? Yes, I _____.
kitchen:  2 _____ (she / visit) her cousins on Friday?
 No, she _____.
3 _____ (you / study) for your history test?
Yes, I _____.
4 _____ (they / invite) you to the party?
No, they _____.
5 _____ (you / finish) your homework?
No, we _____.

Bonus practice
A Complete the conversation with the phrases from the box. There are two extra phrases.

The park? The Admiral Park?   No problem. Bye.    Sorry, I don’t know.  
Go ahead. It’s a 3 minute walk. You can’t miss it.   Thank you.
It’s very near here. Go straight on and then turn left.

1 Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to
the park?
_____________________________________
2 Yes, that’s it.
_____________________________________
3 Straight on and then left. And then?
_____________________________________
4 Oh, it’s not far! Thank you very much.
_____________________________________

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 Bonus practice
B Choose the correct options.
My last holidays were great. My family and I (1) stayed / staied / stay in a small cottage in
Córdoba. The cottage (2) were / where / was nice and comfortable. My favourite part was the
living room. The sofa was very big and there was a smart TV, so my sister and I (3) watches /
watched / watch lots of films on Netflix every night. The shelves (4) wasn’t / were / was full of
interesting books. I started reading one but I (5) didn’t finished / not finish / didn’t finish
it because some nights I was very tired. Every morning, we enjoyed a delicious breakfast by
the river and then we stayed in the river for some hours. The water was a bit cold, but we
didn’t care because it was very hot and sunny. In the afternoon, we (6) walked / were walk /
walks a lot. When we returned to the cottage, we played games in the yard. In the evening,
Dad (7) cook / did cook / cooked some delicious meat on the barbecue. The only thing I
(8) wasn’t like / didn’t like / didn’t liked was my bedroom. The bed (9) was / were / are too
small for me and I was very uncomfortable during the night. Besides, there were some big
insects and I was really scared! Anyway, we enjoyed our holidays and rested a lot.

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