My last vacation

What did you do on your last vacation?

FORM:

Practice your Simple past tense

1.   I meetmet Adam and her sister two days ago.

2.   They winwon the jumping race last year.

3.    We playedplays basketball last week.

4.    May buybought a new cassette recorder last month.

5.  He catchcaught a fish yesterday.

6.     Mr. Chan joinsjoined the music club two years ago.

7.   Ben livelived in the United States in the past.

8.    I arrivedarrive at the hospital two hour ago.

9.    It rainnedrained heavily last night.

10.   We sawsee Rose in town a few days ago.

11.    Wewentgo to the cinema three times last week.

12.   Tom losedlost his key yesterday.

13.   Shedoeddid a lot of work last night.

14.    Peter walkedwalks home after the party last night.

15.     Ann watchedwatches television a lot when she was ill last year.

16.    They visitvisited their grandfather two days before.

17.     Tommy givesgave me fifty dollars yesterday.

18.      I meetmet John in the park last week.

19.      Susan wasn't sleepingdidn't sleep well yesterday.

20.     It wasbe Dad birthday yesterday.

Look at the pictures and say each action verb

COMPLETE ON THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN PAST.

Yesterday Monday, I ________ up very early, but I __________ (not – get) up until 6:30 am. At 7:00, I ______ (take)   a shower, and immediately I __________ dressed. I  __________ the news on TV for thirty minutes, and then I ________ breakfast. I _________  to work and later in the afternoon I __________ some business classes. I ______________ (not- have) lunch. I ___________ back home, and _____________ a huge dinner. Later, I ________ my homework for about an hour, and after that I ___________ to bed.  I _______________ (finish) the day very tired.    

Exercises on "Simple Past Tense"

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SUMMARY:

The auxiliary for the simple past tense is "did"	THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE OF THE OTHER VERBS	Examples
Affirmative sentence	S + V(past) + C.	I did my homework yesterday.
Negative sentence	S + Did + not + V(b.f.) + C.	Sue didn't eat anything today.
Yes/no question	Did +S + V(b.f.) + C?	Did you go to Cibertec on Monday?
Information question	Wh-word +Did +S + V(b.f.) + C?	What did you see last night?
Where “S” is the subject, “V” is the verb, “b.f”. is the base form, and “C” is the complement.

List of regular verbs

Write your own sentences.Use but. The pictures above can help. 

Example: My sister didn't have lunch, but she had a huge breakfast at home.

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Past time expressions.

Answer to these questions. Do it orally.
1.   Did you go out the day before yesterday?	2.     Did you visit an interesting museum last month?
3.   Did you see your friends last weekend?	4.     Did you go to the gym yesterday?
5.   Did you make a lot of phone calls last week?	6.     Did you have to study a lot on Monday?
7.   Did you go to a concert last month?	8.     Did you see any movies last weekend?
9.   Did you go out last weekend?	10.    Did you read a good book last month?
11. Did you cook dinner last night?	12.    Did you get up early yesterday?
13. Did you go to bed late last Friday?	14.    Did you go shopping yesterday afternoon?
15. Did you take  an exercise class two days ago?	16.    Did you do the laundry three weeks ago?
17. Did your family take a trip last year?	18.    Did you have  a lot of free time last week?
19. Did you make any phone calls last night?	20.    Did you meet any new people last month?

Make up questions

EXAMPLE: A: What sport did your friend play yesterday?

He played tennis.

1.   __________________________________________________________?

No, I didn’t. But I watched the news. 

2.   __________________________________________________________?

Yes, they did. They went to the movies and saw a good film.

3.   __________________________________________________________?

No, he didn’t. But he studied for his English exam.  

4.   __________________________________________________________?

Yes, I did. And I also met someone interesting. 

5.   __________________________________________________________?

I bought a sweater and a nice t-shirt.

6.   __________________________________________________________?

They went to a party.

7. ___________________________________________________?
        No, he didn't. But he had a huge breakfast.     

8. ___________________________________________________?             
       Yes, she did and she also did her homewor.

9. ___________________________________________________?
        They went to England, and spent a nice time together.    

10. ___________________________________________________?             

         We  played in the park and then went back home. 

Circle the correct word

      1.    I had / did / climbed a piano lesson two days ago.

      2.    Sara’s best friend went / took / heard a math exam yesterday morning.

      3.    My father heard / read/ went on vacations last year.

      4.    Did you write / wrote / writes. A report or paper?

      5.    Did you had / have / has an interview last weekend?

      6.    I worked / work / works late every night last week. 

My last vacations (Sent by Lucy Bautista, a student from Guadalajara, Mexico and adapted by Isabel Janeth Del R. López Mejía, the English teacher.)  Hello. I’d like to share  with everybody the wonderful time that I spent in my last vacations. It was on the beach, in Manzanillo exactly to be exact. I went with my friends. We were two women and two men so that was kind of romantic too. We stayed at a small hotel. The person who received us when we just arrived there was an old man. He was nice and really kind. The first day we were there, we went to visit a little beach that was like 20 minutes away from the town. There was a little swamp with a few crocodiles. I was really surprised. After that, we were taking took a walk around the beach andwatching watched the beautiful sunset. I'll never forget that moment, it was one of the most special times I've had in my life. To make the story short, we spent three days at the place, going to the beach, visiting new places as lakes and places to have fun. We also got a nice tan. I think that's one of the things that I enjoyed the most. Unfortunately now I am white again. I hope some day I can repeat some vacations like those. They were unforgettable.

Answer these questions according to the reading.

1)   What does Lucy want to share?                                             ___________________________________ 2)   Where did Lucy and her other friends go last vacation?       ___________________________________ 3)   Where did they stay?                                                             ___________________________________ 4)   How far was the little beach from town?                               ___________________________________ 5)   Did  they  see the sunset?                                                      ___________________________________ 6)  What did she enjoy the most?                                               ___________________________________

My last vacations My vacations were really wonderful because I had good time with my family and my best friends. I could also rest a lot and this was the best thing because I needed it. Beginning my vacations, I was at home helping my aunt in the house chores home, so I could play great time with my nephew Sam, with my cousins Frank and Sara and my beautiful pet Rin Tin Tin, a dog. I also went out many times with my boyfriend to dance and also to eat ice cream, pizza etc. I went to the beach twice.First I went to the beach of "Caño Dulce" with most of my family this was a walk of the church where I go. I was happy because I was with my family, and my boyfriend. Then like in two weeks I went to Santa Marta's city, but my family wasn't in this walk. I went with my boyfriend's family. This walk was grand because I shared a lot of time with my in-laws, jijiji and I could meet the rest of the family. When we arrived to Santa Marta's city, we went to "Playa Blanca" it is a clean beautiful sea, without waves and blue. I had a good time there, we took a bath in the beach and ate shrimps. My boyfriend game me a pretty necklace that Santa Marta's people make. After that, two days later  we visited the beach we went to the "Rio Frio". Iit is very beautiful GOD.... we were here from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. I cannot complain about it. I had a great day!!!!!

Answer these questions according to the reading.

1)   How was the author’s vacation?                                             ___________________________________ 2)   Did the author of the reading rest during his/her vacation?    ___________________________________ 3)   How many times did she go to the beach?                             ___________________________________ 4)   Did she walk to Santa Marta’s city?                                      ___________________________________ 5)   Was her family in Santa Monica with her?                            ___________________________________ 6)  Does she know her boyfriend’s family?                           ___________________________________