Unit 48 FOREIGN HOLIDAYS

Listening

Anne’s a student at London University. She studies Spanish, and she goes to Spain every summer. She lies in the sun, she drinks a lot of wine, and eats a lot of Spanish food. She always flies by British Airways.

Her mother and father went to Italy last year. They toured Italy by coach. They saw a lot of interesting places. They ate spaghetti in Rome, drank coffee in Venice, and took a lot of photographs. The sun shone every day. They went to Italy by coach.

Professor Hopkins teaches Anne at London University. He went to India last year. He saw the Taj Mahal, and rode on an elephant. He wrote postcards to all his friends. He flew by Air India.

Rob is Anne’s boyfriend. He hitch-hiked around the United States last summer. He stayed there for a month. Of course he ate hamburgers, and drank Coca-Cola! He met a lot of interesting people. He bought a lot of American pop records, and brought them back to England. He flew there by Pan-American.

Grammar

The Irregular Verbs in the Simple Past Tense.

Questions

1    Is Anne a student?
2    Does she study French?
3    Ask “What?”
4    Does she go to France every summer?
5    Ask “Where?”
6    What does he do in Spain?
7    How does she travel to Spain?

Questions

1    Where did they go?
2    How did they tour Italy?
3    What did they eat?
4    What did they drink?
5    How many photographs did they take?
6    What was the weather like?
7    Did they go to Italy by coach or by train?

Questions

1    Who does he teach?
2    Where did he go last year?
3    What did he see?
4    What did he ride on?
5    Who did he write to?
6    Did he fly by Air India or T.W.A?

Questions

1    Where did Rob go last summer?
2    How long did he stay?
3    What did he eat?
4    What did he drink?
5    Who did he meet?
6    What did he buy?
7    What did he bring back?
8    Did the fly by Pan-American or T.W.A.?

Exercise

a    Anne/ go/ Spain
b    He/ not/ Spain
c    you/ Spain?

a    Anne went to Spain.
b    He didn’t go to Spain.
c    Did you go to Spain?

a    They/ eat/ spaghetti
b    He/ not/ spaghetti
c    you/ spaghetti

a    They/ drink/ coffee
b    She/ not/ coffee
c    you/ coffee?

a    He/ see/ Taj Mahal
b    She/ not/Taj Mahal
c    you/ Taj Mahal?

a    He/ buy/ records
b    They/ not/ records
c    you/ records?