We are having a chat about our last summer holidays.
1.-Draw your hand on your notebook to help you talk about last summer.
Thumb: Tell us something special you did
Index finger: Describe the places you visited
Middle finger: Talk about a bad experience you had
Ring finger: Talk about the people you met
Little finger: Tell us something you wanted to do but you couldn't
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Listen to a boy and a girl telling their friends about their summer.
Before listening, go through some vocabulary:
-to have a blast – to have a good time
-to drift away - to move away
-a cramp - muscle contraction
-damp - wet
-show off - draw attention behaving proudly
-to splash around - to throw a liquid, ex. water
-you don’t gotta brag – slang for you mustn’t boast
-put up a fight - to struggle, to resist
-to stroll - to walk
-to make out – to kiss
-fling - love affair, relationship (not a serious one)
-dough – slang for money
-a drag - a boring, annoying person
-vow - promise
-ripped - torn, broken
-seams - line of stitching
Do you remember words that rhyme in the song?
Example: Arcade - lemonade
blast
bowlin'
brag
cramp
day(s)
dock
dreams
drowned
eighteen
ends
far
fling
hand
heat
me
sight
spend
sun
vow
Write the past simple of these verbs used in the song:
to be ________
to do ________
to drink ________
to drown ________
to get ________
to go ________
to happen ________
to have ________
to make ________
to meet ________
to save ________
to show ________
to stay ________
to swim________
to take ________
to tell ________
to turn ________
This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2010 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Past Simple activity written by Prof. Elena Salvetti, Breno (BS)
HOMEWORK:
Add your comments: Write what your partner told you about his/her summer.
