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Warming up

1 Holiday wordsearch: Find twelve words about holidays in the wordsearch.

M B G Z S P A H R Y

G E E U G O P E O T

N A F S I S H M T J

I C N I A T N U O M

P H S Y A C D V J F

M P E E R A T N P U

A X W O A R P I A N

C L A K E D S D U S

F R I E N D S G P S

U L E T O H Y V F F

Exercises

2 Countries & nationalities: Put the words in the correct column and add the missing countries / nationalities.

Country Nationality

3 Reading comprehension: Read the dialogue, then tick TRUE or FALSE.

Sue: What are your plans for the summer holidays?Alicia: I always spend the first two weeks with my grandparents in Vienna.

After that we usually go on holiday together, my parents, my grandparents, my brother and me, but this year we’re not going anywhere with them.

Sue: Why not?Alicia: Grandma is going to have an operation in September. It would be too stressful for her.Sue: So you are not going abroad this year?Alicia: Well, I hope we will go to Italy at the end of August with my parents, but only for a few days and

only if my father finishes his project first. We’ll see. What about you?

Sue: I’m going to Ireland with my father and his girlfriend.Alicia: That sounds great. For how long?Sue: For ten days. I’m really looking forward to it.

true false

1. Sue spends the first two weeks of her summer holidays with her grandparents.

2. Alicia’s grandparents live in Vienna.

3. This year Alicia is not going on holiday with her grandparents.

4. Her grandpa is going to have an operation in September.

5. Alicia is going to Italy if her father doesn’t have to work.

6. Sue is going to Ireland with her parents.

BEACH SAND

CAMPING SEA

FRIENDS SUITCASE

FUN WEATHER

MOUNTAIN HOTEL

POSTCARD LAKE

German • France Italian • China Spain • Austria

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4 Past simple: Fill in the past form of the verbs in the box. Then listen and check.

Tim’s summer holidays great. In July he to Spain with

his family. There they in a nice little hotel near the beach and

in the sea every day because the weather so hot.

When they back to Austria, Tim to summer camp for two weeks.

He some nice kids there and they a lot of fun. He

how to surf and he also English with two boys from London.

Back at home, Tim a lot of time with his friends. They to the

cinema, computer games or basketball.

He really his summer holidays but when school in

September, he not sad.

5 Vocabulary: Match the verbs and nouns.

make play eat send buy have go speak take

climb pack friends English fun pictures souvenirs

swimming your suitcase a mountain volleyball an ice-cream postcards

6 Past simple: Alicia’s grandma wants to know everything about Alicia’s holiday in Italy. Write down the questions she asks.

1. (Where in Italy / you / go?)

2. (Hotel / nice?)

3. (You / like the food?)

4. (What / you do / during the day?)

5. (How much money / you spend?)

7 Writing: Write a holiday postcard or an e-mail to your friend. Say

• where you are.

• what the weather is like.

• what you are doing.

Brain teaser

8 Countries: Do you know these flags? Write down the countries.

be • learn • go • stay • go • spend • speak • go • enjoy have • start • be • come • play • swim • be • meet

Key: 330

Key: 534

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