A holiday is having nothing to do and all day to do it.

Robert Orben, American editor

1 VOCABULARY holidays
a_ Write the phrases.

1 go camping 2 GRAMMARpast simple: regular and

> po a irregular verbs
3 flights on the internet
4 go a Write the past simple of these verbs in the correct column.
5 skis argue begin arrive ask buy can choose eat feel
6 go at night invite rent say stay sunbathe

7 ina hotel Regular Irregular

ègo________ argued began
9 on the beach
10 go for the weekend
b Complete the sentences with an adjective.
1 Weloved our room. It was very comfortable _.
2 The weather was warm and s every day. |
3 There were a lot of people everywhere. It was very
cr b Makethe verbs negative.
4 Weate very well. The food was d 1 Westayed ara compeice.
5 Thestaff in the hotel were horrible. They were very 1 .
è . . We didn’t stay ina hotel.
unh , and sometimesquite rude.
, . 2 They bought postcards.
6 There wasn’t muchin the apartment. It was very .
b . It didn’t even havea fridge. ; any souvenirs.
7 The other people on the trip were very 3. The people were unfriendly.
fr Wehopeto meet some of them very helpful.
again in thefuture. 4 Isunbathed on the beach.
8 The townwasl . All the houses by the pool. |
had flowers on the balcony and were painted different 5 Webhiredbikes.
colours. a car.
9 Itwas cl and we didn’t see the sun 6 He spent a month in Bangkok.
at all. a weekthere.
10 Ourfirst meal was d , so we didn’t 7 Our room wasdirty.
eat at the hotel again. very clean.
c Completethetext withthe past simple formof the verbsin the box. LISTENING
arrive ask book cannot decide go(x2) look take want TATAListento five speakerstalking about
holidays they didn’t enjoy. Whichspeaker...?
a didn’t have a very exciting weekend _

The holiday that wasn't wasn’t with the peoplehe / she wanted
to be with L
Four years ago, we! decided to go awayfor the weekend. We c_ chose a holiday destination because of
? to go to Portugal, so we ° a beautiful the weather there _
apartmentonline. A week later, we ‘ a taxito the d wenton holidayafter a relationship ended
airport. We > at the airport at two o'clock, and we e didn’t feel well when he / she was on holiday __
° to checkin. The womanatthe desk ’
us for our passports. We ° in our bags, but we
° find them. So we !° home!

d Read thetext in c again. Complete the questions.

1 When __did they decide to go awayfor the weekend? Fouryears ago.
2 Where to go? Portugal.
3 How the apartment? They booked it online.
4 When at the airport? At two o'clock.
5 What ask for? She asked for their passports.
6 Where in the end? They went back home.
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Speaker 4 Speaker 5
3 PRONUNCIATION -ed endings, irregular verbs
a GI) Listen and€ircléthe verb whichhas a different -ed sound.
1 walked asked USEFUL WORDS
2 argued wanted stayed AND PHRASES
3 booked started decided
Learn these words and phrases.
4 arrived invited sunbathed
atmosphere /'etmosfio/
b Listen again and repeatthe words.
disaster /di'za:sto/
c Write these irregularpast simple formsin the correctcircle. hostels /'hnstlz/
complain /kom'plein/
bought broke came caught drank drove gave made

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enjoy /n'd301/
rang read said saw sat went wrote
flirt /flaxt/

sc
view /vju:/
break up /'breik Ap/
horse feel sorry for (sb) /fixl 'spri fo:/
bought go wrong /g90 roy/

train
came

d [I Listen and check. Thenlisten again and repeat the words.