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5C wORLD Four weekends

Weekend activities VOCABULARY 5.4 Showing interest REAL WORLD 5.1

1 Yvonne lives in Melbourne, Australia. Read Asking follow-up questions REAL WORLD 5.2
her blog. Then fill in the gaps with the Past 2 a Yvonne is at work on Monday morning. Read the
Simple of the verbs in the boxes. conversation. Then choose the correct responses 1–6.
stay be go to get do YVONNE Hi, Stuart. How was your weekend?
go for clean (x2) have
STUART It was fantastic! I went away for the weekend.
YVONNE 1Oh, great!/What a shame. a Where did you go?
www.yvonnesspace.net STUART To Sydney.
YVONNE 2 Oh dear./Wow! b ?
Yvonne’s STUART It was beautiful. We had a wonderful time.

space YVONNE c ?
STUART With Linda, my girlfriend. It was her birthday.
Saturday 14th October YVONNE 3 Oh, nice./You’re joking! d ?
1
I stayed in bed STUART We went to the Opera House and did lots of shopping –
until nine thirty and you know, the usual things.
then I 2 the YVONNE e ?
house and 3
STUART In a nice little hotel near Bondi Beach.
the washing. David 4 the car in the
5
YVONNE It sounds great!
morning and we a walk together in
STUART Yes, it was. So how was your weekend?
the afternoon. David 6 very tired when
7 YVONNE It was fi ne, very quiet. My husband, David, was in bed
we home, so he went to bed. In the
8 with a cold.
evening I the cinema with Katy and
we 9 a great time. Bed at midnight. STUART 4 Oh, great!/Oh, dear. Is he OK now?
YVONNE No, he isn’t.
STUART 5What a shame./Wow! f ?
stay do go to go for YVONNE I went to the cinema.
watch (x2) write (x2) have
STUART 6You’re joking!/Oh, right. g ?
YVONNE It was called ‘Frank’s Happiness’.
www.yvonnesspace.net STUART Oh yes, I know it. What did you …
b Make questions with these words and write them in the
Sunday 15th October
correct places a–g in 2a.
I 10 a run in the morning, but David
11 1 go / did / you / Where ?
a bad cold, so he 12
at home and 13 TV. I 14 2 did / What / do / there / you ?
my parents’ house for lunch and then in the 3 did / stay / Where / you ?
afternoon I 15 a long email to our son, 4 like / it / What / was ?
Harry – he’s in South America at the moment. In
5 go / Who / with / you / did ?
the evening I 16 my Spanish homework
6 you / evening / do / did / Saturday / on / What ?
and 17 a report for work. Then I
18 a DVD with David before bed. Why 7 did / What / see / you ?
are there only two days in a weekend?!

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