READ THE TEXT AND DO EXERSISES
Alice, 15
When
I was a child, my family and I used to spend our summer holidays on my
grandparents’ farm. I used to have a lot of fun. However, my best holiday was
last summer, when my family and I went to Marbella in Spain. It was the first
time I had visited a foreign country and the first time I had travelled by
plane. At first I felt excited but also a bit scared about the flight but then
it was ok.
We
stayed in a fantastic hotel near the beach. It had a big swimming pool and the
food was fine. I had lots of fun and made some new friends. They spoke
different languages: French, Spanish and English. Sometimes it was hard to get
them to understand what I was trying to say.
The
weather was hot… some days it was too hot for me. I stayed on the beach most of
the time: I swam, played with my friends and lay in the sun. I got a nice tan.
My
friends and I decided to go camping nearby. We cycled there and it was a big
adventure. What was best, though, was there were no parents so we could decide
what to do every day!
I love theme parks and my parents took me to a brilliant one. It may
not sound like a very exotic place to go, but I loved it!
Every
night there was loud music and lights flashed on the pub and disco doors. It
looked like the Blackpool illuminations.
I
loved everything about these holidays but I especially enjoyed being with my
family and making new friends.
- ALL THE
SENTENCES HAVE SOME WRONG INFORMATION. CORRECT THEM.
Write right sentences.
- Alice spent last summer holidays on her
grandparents’ farm.
- She felt lonely.
- They all spoke English.
- It was windy on the beach
- ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS.
- How did Alice feel about travelling by
plane?
- What did she do during her holidays?
- Was it easy to make new friends? Why or
why not?
- What did she like most about camping?
- Why did Marbella make Alice think of
Blackpool?
- What did she enjoy most about her
holidays?
- FILL IN THE
GAPS WITH THE PRESENT SIMPLE OR THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS OF
THE VERBS IN BRACKETS.
Alice is a fan of Linkin Park so she decides
she has to go to London and see the concert. She is talking to her mother.
“I ___________1____ (go) to
London next Saturday. Linkin Park, my favourite band, __________2_____ (give) a concert at Wembley. I ________3_______ (go) with my friend Sarah. We _____4__________
(not go) by plane; it’s cheaper by train. The train ______5_________ (leave) at 8:00 a.m.. It ________6_______
(stop) only at Exeter and _________7______ (arrive) in
London at 12:30 p.m.. We __________8_____ (not want) to
spend my money on food, so we _______9_______ (take)
some sandwiches to eat. The concert _______10________
(start) at 5 p.m.. We ____11___________ (get back) at
three o’clock on Sunday morning!”
- ALICE
TRAVELLED TO PARIS THIS YEAR. SHE JOINED A YOUTH CLUB AND SPENT THREE DAYS
THERE. COMPLETE HER REPORT WITH THE PAST SIMPLE OF THE VERBS
IN BRACKETS.
“On Saturday morning we _________1______ (meet) at Cwmbran station and _________2_____ (travel) by coach to Dover. We __3____________
(catch) the 11.45 Seafrance ferry, which _____4_________
(arrive) in Calais at 13.15 (French time). The journey through France _________5______ (take) nearly five hours. We had booked
two nights at the hotel Clarine in Rubelles. The rooms _____6__________ (be) fairly good, but they _______7________ (have) neither toilet nor shower… On Monday we ____8___________ (leave) the hotel at 9.00 a.m. and ____9__________ (travel) to Paris for a tour of the sights. We __________10____ (see) Notre Dame Cathedral, the Eiffel Tower and the
Arc de Triomphe. After lunch we _________11_____
(return) to Calais for the 17.45 crossing to Dover. Some of my friends _____12________ (get) seasick. Then we ________13_______
(make) our way home to Cwmbran. We ____14__________
(arrive) at 23.45. We _______15________ (be) all sad to
say goodbye”.
- COMPLETE
THE DIALOGUE WITH THE PAST SIMPLE (interrogative and
negative forms).
Neil: _________1___________________________________________________________
yesterday?
Alice: Yes, I went to my cousin’s. My
uncle and aunt _______2________ (not be) at home.
Neil:
_____________________________________________3_______________________?
Alice: We listened to music and played
computer games, but we ___4____________ (not study) a
lot for today’s test.
Neil: ___________________________5_________________________________________?
Alice: I left at about half past seven.
I ____6___________ (not want) to arrive home late.
Neil: _______________________________7_____________________________________?
Alice: I went home so early, because my
parents wanted me to have dinner with them. But my brother __________8_____ (not have) dinner with us.
Neil: _____________9_______________________________________________________?
Alice: No, I ______10________ (not walk) home alone. My cousin and I got a bus.
Neil: _____________________11_______________________________________________?
Alice: I met Charlie after dinner. We ______12_________ (not go) to the cinema as planned.
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