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ESL / EFL RESOURCES My Last Summer Holiday

A. Read the story and highlight all the past simple verbs in the text using your PDF
software's highlighting tool.

Last summer, I went to Florida with my family. It was our first

holiday together, and we had a lot of fun. We decided to go to
Miami because the beaches are beautiful and clean. We stayed in
a house on the beach and went surfing every day. There were a lot
of families in our area. My sister and I met a lot of other kids on the
beach, and we played beach games together. We also organized
a sandcastle building competition. My team built the biggest sandcastle, and we won! In the
evenings, we drove to downtown Miami, walked around and ate in different restaurants. One
evening, we ate in a Brazilian restaurant with a live band playing. Then, we watched a show
until we fell asleep and our parents took us home. I'll never forget this holiday. Miami is so cool!

B. Complete the verb table. Then, highlight all the past simple irregular verbs.

Present Simple Verbs Past Simple Verbs

AM/ARE/IS was/were
play PLAYED
watch WATCHED
TAKE took
fall (asleep) FELL
stay STAYED
DECID decided
have HAD
GO went
drive DRIVED
meet MET
WALK walked
eat ATE
BUILD built
organize ORGANIZED
win WONT

C. Answer the questions in sentence form about the story in Exercise A.

1. Where did they go on holiday? THEY WENT TO FLORIDA

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2. Where did they stay? THEY STAYED IN A HOUSE ON THE BEACH

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3. Who did they meet? THEY MET OTHER KIDS

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4. What did they organize? THEY ORGANIZED A SANCASTLE BUILDING COMPETITION

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5. Did they win the competition? THEY WON THE COMPETITION

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6. What did they do in the evenings? ............................................................................

THEY DROVE TO DOWNTOWN MIAMI, WALKED AROUND AND ATE IN DIFFERENT RESTAUTANTS

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 PAST SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE

ESL / EFL RESOURCES My Last Summer Holiday

D. Complete the sentences with the negative form of the verbs in brackets.

1. I ......................... (go) on holiday with my friends last summer.

2. They ......................... (stay) in a hotel.

3. She ......................... (eat) Italian food on holiday.

4. The children ......................... (have) a bad time together.

5. My father ......................... (drive) a hire car.

6. My parents ......................... (take) me to a restaurant every evening.

E. Rewrite the present simple sentences in the past simple.

1. My holiday in Florida is so much fun.

MY HOLIDAY IN FLORIDA WAS SO MUCH FUN.
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2. I don't go on holiday with my friends. I go with my family.

I DIDN'T GO ON HOLIDAY WITH MY FRIENDS. I WENT WITH MY FAMILY.
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3. We play volleyball on the beach and organize a boat trip.

WE PLAYED VOLLEYBALL ON THE BEACH AND ORGANIZED A BOAT TRIP.
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4. We walk along the beach at sunset and take photos.

WE WLAKED ALONG THE BEACH AT SUNSET AND TOOK PHOTOS.
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5. We eat many kinds of food.

WE ATE MANY KINDS OF FOOD.
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6. We meet a lot of new people and have a great time.

WE MET A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE AND HAD A GREAT TIME.
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G. Now, write about your last holiday. Write about where you went, when you went,
who you went with, where you stayed, and what you did and didn't do.

IN THE LAST HOLIDAY, I TRAVELED TO THE ISLAND OF SAN ANDRES

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WE WERE WITH SOME FRIENDS IN THE SEA

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WE VISITED SOME SITES: THE AQUARIUM, THE JOHNNY CAY ISLAND, THE CAVE OF THE PIRATE MORGAN
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WE EAT SEA MEALS AND WE WENT THE WHOLE ISLAND BY CAR.

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WE DIDN'T GO TO PARTIES FOR THE PANDEMIC

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