Leccin 1: Reading Holiday 1.
Before you read the passage, answer these questions: Have you ever been on holiday? If so, where? What did you do? What did you eat? Did you enjoy yourself? 2. Read the passage through to find out what it's about. DO NOT use a dictionary. In August 1987 I went on holiday with my family, to a small Greek Island. We were going to spend two whole weeks basking in the sun, eating traditional Greek food and relaxing on the beach. Everything was going to plan until one day, in fact the eigth day of my holiday, the sky changed from being a bright blue to a dark grey colour. It started to rain. I really believed that the rain would last maybe an hour or two. I retreated back into the hotel to take a little rest. I closed the shutters, got into bed and set the alarm clock to go off in two hours time, a siesta, why not?! When the alarm clock went off, I jumped out of bed, opened the shutters and to my total dismay it was still raining. The rain was falling quite heavily. On the ground there were huge puddles, "How strange!", I said to myself. I had been abroad many times but I had never experienced heavy rain. I decided to walk up to the entertainment room, to see if I could pass the time. On my way there, I was presented with quite a shock. The path to get there was completely flooded and covered with a thick mud. The next day when I woke up, it was still raining and the hotel was completely flooded. The corridors leading in to the apartments were filled with water, at least 1 metre deep. People with hotel rooms next to the mountain had been evacuated because mud had fallen down from the mountain. The dining room had water running down the walls. There wasn't any food because there wasn't any electrical power. My holiday had turned into a disaster. That day, the hotel manager announced, "Due to the circumstances, everyone is to evacuate the island as soon as possible". Later that day, boats were sent from Greece to come and collect us. As soon as I arrived at main land Greece I sighed a sign of relief, I was safe and sound!
Leccin 1: Composition
Informal Letter
------ ooo O ooo -----Remember: 1. Your address on the right hand side of the page. 2. Leave one space and write the date underneath your address. 3. Leave one space and write the introduction, e.g. Dear., 4. Write an introduction, main body and conclusion. 5. To end the letter either write:
With love from / Love from / Love to all (If you wish to send love to somebody's friends/family) / All my love Useful Phrases: Thank you for your letter It was nice to hear from you I'm sorry I haven't written for so long Hoping to hear from you before too long I'm afraid to say that I won't be able to I would be most grateful if you could Do you think you could? I regret to inform you that we are unable to I am writing to inquire whether it is possible I will have great pleasure in
Leccin 1 (cont.): Grammar
The Past Simple a) Form 1.- Regular verbs: Bare Infinitive + ed Examples: Present Watch Work Past
I work every day I worked every day I watch television at the I watched television at the weekend weekend I play football at school I played football at school Play 2.- Irregular verbs: ver leccin 10 Curso de Ingls (www.aulafacil.com)
b) Use 1.- To talk about things that happened in the past: I stayed in that hotel last week He worked all night and finished the project 2.- To talk about the general past and about regular actions:
We lived in Rome for a year when I was a child Our friends often visited us there
EJERCICIOS Indique el tiempo "past simple" de los verbos entre parntesis. I ________ very long hours (Work) I ________ to London in 1920 (Go) My mother ________ ill when I was 12 years old (Be) I ________ work at 09:00 am and I finished at 19:00 pm (Start) In the 1920s I ________ my summer holiday in Scotland (Spend) He ________ me just last month (Visit) Last night I ________ Lord of the Rings at the cinema (See) My grandfather ________ last year (Retire) CORRECCIN I worked very long hours/ I went to London in 1920 / My mother was ill when I was 12 years old / I started work at 09:00 am and I finished at 19:00 pm./ In the 1920s I spent my summer holiday in Scotland / He visited me just last month / Last night I saw Lord of the Rings at the cinema / My grandfather retired last year
Leccin 1 (cont.): Vocabulary Holidays (las vacaciones) A holidaymaker: un veraneante A festival: una fiesta Fortnight: quince das Easter: Pascuas Holy Week: Semana Santa Christmas: Navidad Abroad: en el extranjero Beach: la playa Coast: la costa Sunglasses: las gafas de sol In the open air: al aire libre Isolated: aislado A trip: una excursin Souvenir: el recuerdo Travel agency: una agencia de viajes Tourist office: una oficina de turismo A brochure: un folleto A plan: un plano Climate: el clima To forget: olvidar Atmosphere: el ambiente Wave: la ola Sand: la arena Sandy: arenoso Tide: la marea Light-house: el faro Entertainment: la distraccin Season: la temporada To go on holiday: ir de vacaciones To relax: relajarse To enjoy oneself: divertirse To have a good time: pasarlo bien To have a bad time: pasarlo mal To go camping: hacer camping To take a photo: sacar una foto To have a snack: merendar To sunbathe: tomar el sol To get a suntan: broncearse To rent: alquilar To remember: acordarse / recordar
