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How was your vacation-

Unit 1
Learning objectives
Communicative goals
 Greet someone arriving from a trip.
 Ask about someone’s vacation
 Discuss vacation preferences
 Describe good and bad vacation experiences

Vocabulary
 Adjectives to describe trips
 Intensifiers
 Decline and accept help
 Good and bad vacation experiences

Listening skills/ pronunciation

 Listen for main ideas

 Listen for details
 Infer meaning

Pronunciation

 The simple past tense ending.

 Regular verbs
1. Activity one

1. Listen to people talking about good and bad vacation.

A: Watch the Video: “How was your vacation?” While watching, listen and
repeat the conversation. You have to listen to it at least three times.
Then, you can pause the video to look up unknown words in your dictionary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSSBAlaXXlk&list=PLi5aMhs0-
QFhQYVpQVo3Yn8mtPat6Tk2a&index=19

B: Focus on language: Write down the video clip script

C: Focus on language: Look at the scrip you have written down from the
video. With partners, find and write down expression following these criteria:

1. Three expressions that mean “things were not O.K.”.

2. An expression that means “a place is very near to other place”.

3. An expression that means “the weather was not good”

4. Eight words which meanings were intensified.

5. Three expressions that mean “the fly was not O.K.”

6. An expression that means “the sun never rose(rise) in a day”.

7. A word that means “to live in a place for a while”.

8. An expression that means “the room was nice”.

9. An expression that means a person is sure about something he/she says.

10. An expression that means a vacation was great.

11. Six negative adjectives to describe bad situations on vacation.

C: Role play: With partners from your study group, via skype, practice the
conversation model from the video. Then, using this model, with your partners
create a similar situation talking about a tourist place in Colombia.

C1: Write down the video script.

 C2: You have to shoot a video clip as learning evidence and upload it.

2. Activity 2: Speaking

2 Pair work: Tell your partner what you usually do on your vacations. Ask about
your partner’s vacation.
A: Write down your conversation

B: Shoot a video clip as learning evidence to be uploaded.

3. Match the activities for Dublin, Ireland, with the types of interest. Write the
letter on the line.
____ 1. Play golf on an island in Dublin Bay. A. history
____ 2. Enjoy fresh, local seafood B. entertainment
____ 3. See the 1.200-year-old book of Kells
at Trinity College. C. Physical activities
____ 4. Visit the Dublin Zoo in Phoenix Park. D. good food.
____ 5. Watch a performance of traditional
Irish music and dance. E. family activities

4. What do you like to do on vacation? Number the boxes in order, making number
1 your favorite.
____ take pictures ____ swim ____go snorkeling
____ go shopping ____ lie in the sun ____walk around
_____ eat in a restaurant ____watch movies or shows ____ go to clubs
____ visit museums ____ walk on the beach ____ play golf

5. In Colombia, where would you go on vacation for …

1. Good food and entertainment?

2. History and culture?

3. Family activities?

4. Physical activities?
6. Complete the conversations. Write the best response on the lines. Use sentences
from the box.

I’m fine thanks. That’s too bad It was pretty long and
boring
Well, that’s good No too bad, actually

1. Man: Can I give you a hand?

Woman: _______________________

2. Man: So, how was the trip?

Woman: ________________________

3. Man: I’ll bet the food was terrible

Woman: _________________________
 4. Woman: Of course, the train wasn’t on time.
Man: ______________________________

5. Woman: But it was very scenic

Man: _________________________________

Grammar in action
Listen careful the videos, then, do the exercises.
1- Verb "to BE" | English grammar lesson & exercises
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wvzgid7RvU
2- Question Words in English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyK47DD0ogg

7. Write statements. Use the words in parentheses and was, were, wasn’t or
weren’t.
1. (The cruise / terrific): -- the cruise was terrific
2. (The shop / quite nice): __________________
3. (our room / really small): _________________
4. (There / not / many family activities): ________
5. (There / a lot of friendly people: ________________
6. (The flight /not / very long): ________________
7. Write yes / no questions and short answers. Use the past tense of be.

1. A:(your /bus trip/ long): was you bus trip long?

B: No, It wasn´t. It was less than an hour.

2. A: (the movie theater/ open):________________ ?

B: Yes, _______________. They had a late show.
3. A:(the weather / good): _____________________ ?
B: No, ___________________. It rained every day.
4. A: (There / a movie /on your flight): ____________ ?
B: No, _______________. It was so boring!
5. A: (there /many people /on the train): ______________ ?
B: Yes, ____________________. We had to stand.

8. Complete the conversation with information questions. Use the past tense of
be.
A: Hey, Marty. ____________________________________?
1. Where /you / last weekend
B: My wife and I look a little vacation.
A: Really? ___________________________________?
2. How / it
B: Too short! But we stayed at a great resort.
A: Oh yeah? __________________________ ?
3. Where / the resort
B: Over in Wroxton. We drove up Friday night.
A: Wroxton? That’s rather far. __________________ ?
4. How long / the drive
B: About three and a half hours. There wasn’t any traffic.
A: Nice! ______________________________?
5. And / how / the weather
B: Actually, the weather was quite good. Only rained once!
A: Sounds wonderful. ____________________________?
6. How / long you / there
B: Just three days. We didn’t want to come home!

GOOD LUCK
AND GOD BLESS YOU