Lesson 1: Holiday time

1. Look, say, read and write.
a) Look at the pictures.

Who can you see? What do you think Dave is talking about?

Dave, Yasser, Rakan, and Fred. Dave is talking about playing football with Fred, being on holiday, being at the seaside.
b) Read the conversation.

Where did Dave go for his summer holiday?

Skye.

c) Match.
Match the sentences and the photographs.

1. We (stay) stayed in a hotel. E
2. We (visit) visited a castle. A
3. We (walk) walked in the mountains. F
4. We (talk) talked to a Scotsman. D
5. We (play) played on the beach. B
6. We (like) liked it a lot! C

2. Write.
Write the sentences in the past simple tense and join them with before or after.

2 before/Dave and Fred/go to a café/play on the beach.
Before Dave and Fred went to a café they played on the beach.
3 after Penny and Nina/stay in a hotel/stay in a castle.
After Penny and Nina stayed in a hotel they stayed in a castle.
4 before/Fred have a toothache/have a cold.
Before Fred had a toothache he had a cold.

c) Write the words in the correct columns.