V holidays P ed endings, irregular verbs 1 VOCABULARY holidays In one minute, write down five things you like doing when you're on holiday. b © ps7 Vocabulary Bank Holiday ‘When did you go there? | went when | was 17 Mae .. but at the wrong time! Last week we asked you to tell us about a holiday when the destination was perfect but, for some reason, the time wasn't right... Here are some of your replies. [| Tim, 20, student from Manchester When | was a teenager I went on holiday with my parents to Britany in France. My parents rented a lovely house on the beach, and the weather was great. But | was 17, and | didnt want to be on holiday with my mum and dad and my litle brother. | wanted to be with my fiends. We went to the beach every day and sunbathed and we went to a fantastic seafood restaurant for my birthday. But was miserable and | hated every minute of it.| didn't smile once in two weeks. What really made me furious was that my parents let my colder sister, who was 19, go to Spain with her friends Ey Gabriela, 28, marketing manager from Rome {fm from Rome and the summer here is really hot. So last year my husband and | decided to goto Sweden, to escape from the heat. We booked a 10-day holiday in ‘Stockholm, where the temperature in the ‘summer is normally about 20 degrees. But when we got to Stockholm there was ‘a heatwave and it was 35 degrees every day. It was awful because there was no air-conditioning anywhere, We couldn't sleep at night ~ it was boiling inthe hotel, and in the shops and museums too. We didn't want to go shopping or go sightseeing or do anything — we were too hot. We just sat in cafés and argued all day, We didnt need to go to Sweden to do that! Ey Kelly, 26, TV journalist from Belfast Three years ago | broke up with my boyfriend and I decided o go on holiday on ‘my own to the Seychelles. My travel agent told me that it was a wonderful place. But he didnt tll me that it was aso a very popular place for people on their honeymoon. Everywhere | looked I saw couples holding hands and looking romantically into each others eyes! The travel agent also said it was ahways sunny there ~ but the weather was terible ~ it was cloudy and very windy. To pass the time decided to do a dving course (one of my lifetime ambitions). But it was a complete disaster because the frst time | went under the water | had a panic attack I couldn't escape from the island so I spent an incredibly boring (and expensive) two weeks in ‘paradise2 READING a Read the thre letters to"The Holiday Magazine and match them with the photos. b Complete the ¢ Find four adjectives in the article that mean very good and two that mean very bad. Underline the stressed syllable. lovely (text 1) 3 GRAMMAR past simple regular and irregular 2 What's the past simple of these verbs? Are they regular or irregular? Check your answers with text 1. be 0 rent want sunbathe make let b Now underline the other [#] past simple verbs in texts 2 and 3. What are the infinitives? ¢ Underline two negative past simple verbs in the magazine article. How do you make negatives and questions in the past simple,..? + with normal verbs + with was/ were * with could d_ © p.128 Grammar Bank 2A. Read the rules and do the exercises, 4 PRONUNCIATION regular and irregular verbs. A Remember! There are three possible pronunciations of regular -ed verbs. a 21) Listen and repeat the sentences. When do you pronounce the ein -e? a eal t. And We booked a holiday. | We sunbathed. | They rented a house. We walked to the hotel.) We argued all day. | We decided to go to Sweden, b How do you pronounce the past simple of these verbs? ask hate need smile stay talk ¢ (2) Listen and check. Circle the irregular verb with the different vowel sound. 1 bought saw told caught 2 put spoke took could 3 paid said made came 5 LISTENING a 25> Listen to the story about Sean’s uncle and aunt. Why was the holiday a disaster? 1 Because the weather was awful. 2 Because the place was very noisy. 3 Because they argued alt. Listen again. Correct the wrong information. 1 Sean went to Ibiza. “His aunt and uncle went to Ibiza. 2 They're about sixty. 3 They wanted an exciting holiday. 4 They usually spend their holidays abroad. 5 They knew it was The Party Island! 6 They first went there inthe 1950s. 7 They booked the holiday at a travel agent’. 8 The hotel was in a quiet part of town, 9 They're going to go abroad again next year. 6 SPEAKING Think about your answers to these questions. Where / go? When? Sortie en pa res A Ask a partner about his / her holiday. B Listen and ask for more information, © Swap roles.Holidays UOTE U TEN SAL 1 Phrases with go a Match the verbs and pictures, ‘g0 abroad /a'braxd/ T go swimming | sailing g0 sightseeing go camping goby car / bus / plane / train goto the beach go out at night 0 away for the weekend g0 for a walk 'b Cover the phrases and look at the pictues. Test yourself ora partner. 2 Other holiday activities a Complete the verb phrases. buy have hire meet tay in a hotel / campsite photos souvenirs ‘rent spend stay sunbathe nberd/ take walk on the beach ___anapartment —— fiends a good time in the mountains / acar money f time around the town b Test yourself. Cover the verbs. Remember the phrases. 3 The weather 1 @ Match the words and pictures. % sunny cloudy klaudil ain snow A All these words are adjectives except rain and snow, which are nouns or verbs. | pes It's snowing. It sows every year. There's snow on the ground. | cai Italy rains, It rained a lot this morning, There was a lot of rain last year. | boiling b Test a partner. Imagine you were on holiday last week. Point to a picture. freezing ‘A Say What was the weather like? B Answer in the past simple, It was sunny. It rained. © pis ELITE Muttinom wew.oup.conyelt/engshile/pre-intermediate1 VOCABULARY holidays a Write the phrases. : 2g 7 go at night 3g—________ 8g a oo er S by 10 go Complete the sentences with a weather word, 1 Wear lots of warm clothes it's Ereeing outside. 2 30° is hot, but 40° is b__! 3 We can't go skiing, ther’s nos__. 4 Tcant ee anything its very £___. 5 A Isit sunny? B No,its¢. 6 It doesn’t uswally r. (ELETLEDD student's Book p17 Vocabulary Bank much in the summer. Aolday shaving nothing todo and all day to do it Robert Orben, American editor 2. GRAMMAR past simple regular and irregular a Write the past simple ofthese verbs inthe correct column. ‘arrive become remember begin break talk do stay hate have spend walk see argue 1 Write negative sentences. 1 We studied in Japan. (not in Korea) ‘We diet study in Kore. 2 They spoke Polish, (not Russian) 3 My uncle was anurse (not a doctor) 4 slept badly. (not well) 5 My mum enjoyed the book. (not the film) 6 He picked up the change. (not the receipt) 7 You were late. (not on time)¢ Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs in the box. Winte these irregular past smple forms in the comect arcle, argue rent hae ge notknow dive fly be Best holiday II-III ™. N en years ago |!_went__ tothe United States wth my partner We 2 to San Franasco, 3a, to wst the Grand Canyon, ard then Las Vega and los Angeles We _a fantastic tre! We 6___eath other very el atthe time, but we sgoton very well We 7__ together for ‘aura dey for fen days, butwe only §_ ‘once ~ when we got lost We got mamed after that, and ae stil together 4d Read the text nc again, Complete the questions. 1 Where ? San Franassoo 2 ____ there? Ten years ago 3 —___agood ume? es, they dud 4 —__ on welt Yes, very well 5 How many mes 7 Only once (ELEN Student's Book p.128 Grammar Bank 24 3 PRONUNCIATION regular and irregular verbs a Circle the verb which has a different ‘ed’ sound Talked used edd) 2travlled — wanted played Bloved hated deeded 4 wated ——Istened stayed aught wrote came bought read saw broke gave drove sad went drank sat made More Words to Learn ‘Wote translations and try to remember the words. Word Pronunciation awful adectve | ocul! fantastic adectne_| Men'testk! funous adectne | fanaa! reat adjective | grat! lovely adectve | lav erable adjective _| /muzarcbl temnble adectie | /terabl/ wonderful adecive |wandafol’ | break up with verb | ore ap wa! escape (from) verb _|h'skerp/ iso Can you answer these questions? a Hy Where i you goforourkst hola? How did you get there? — Where di you sta? [Ey Did you fave good wether {Ey did you have 3 good te? ve up comyelengishile pre ermedate wreaths can ob9A _ present perfect: verb be &l Full form [Contraction |Full form Contraction [thave [i've Thave not Thaven’ You have | You've You have not You haven't He / She / 1 Bi | He / She / 1038 | been to Rome. He / She / tS not | He / She / It HABHTE been to Venice. We have We've ‘We have not ‘We haven't You have ou" You have not You haven't ‘They have ‘They've ‘They have not | They haven't cs + Use the present perfect for general past experi + To make the present perfect use have/ has + past Have | Thave. Uae Have you you have. you haven’ Ee she it Beem o |, he/she i. | he/she i a Have we Paris? |Y°> we have, » we haven't Have you you have. you haven't. Have they they have. they haven't, 9A a Write the sentences with contractions, b Write &, E), and (3 sentences with been. Thave been to Brazil, I've been to Brazil 1] She /Italy She’ been to Italy, 1 She has not been to the USA. 1) 1/Rome 2 They have not been to China. 2 2 you / Barcelona 3 He has been to an opera. 3 [=] Mark / South America 4 You have not been to my house, 4 [3] My parents / Africa 5 Thave not been there. 5 2 Ann / Argentina 6 We have been to Madrid. We/ Budapest 4A present perfect (experience) + ever, never + Use the present perfect to talk about past experiences (e 5 ‘when you don't Say exactly when they happened. I've (I have) Thaven’t ve been to London. NOT Vve-been-to-London last year, You've (You have) ‘You haven't ‘My brother has worked abroad. Stcaishehan) Beem |] Sihaarh| worked in I's (thas) Tendon. ithamme | [20a We've (We have) We haven't ‘They've (They have) ‘They haven't @ a &) ‘Have you worked in a bank? | Yes, Ihave, No, haven't. Has he been to London? Yes, he has. No, he hasn't. present perfect or past simple? : = Aieereerben nec # ie ll details, when, where, who with, etc.) A When did you go there? __B went last year a tue tie pase steapc to ak /enp ccsely when someting happened 4A Write sentences or questions with the _-b_ Right (v) or wrong (x)? Correct the wrong sentences, present perfect, He's got up late this morning. | He got up late this morning. he / ever / be there? Has he ever been there? 1 We've been to Ireland last year. 1 you / ever buy / clothes from that shop? 2 Have you ever gone to Paris? 2 1/ not read/ the newspaper today. 3 Jane's gone to the bank. She'll be back soon. 3 We //never be / to the new shopping centre. 4 ithe yomsliogs Where dd poutoythea? 4 your brother / live abroad / al his life? Fae eee Ear Ua week: 5 They / go/to live in South America. Cigas wit ams 6 She / never fly / before. zi a ae 7 He// not meet / his wife's family. pe erie ce ian cone Wn ae rem, 8 you / cat / in this restaurant before? 8 World War II has ended in 1945.