We arrived at the hotel at nine oclock in the morning.
Our room was in front of the swimming pool on the third floor. My brother Mark and I put some shorts and went into the pool. Mum and Dad visited the city. The following days were a lot of fun. We went to the beach in the morning. Then we come back to the hotel to have a shower and lunch. In the afternoon we walked in the city, went to the local zoo, ate in restaurants, drank tropical juice, did a lot of shopping and talked to the local people. They spoke Spanish and a little English. We also wrote postcards to our friends in Britain. My brother tried water-skiing and I tried windsurfing. It was fantastic!!! At night we went to discos and danced until 4 oclock in the morning. I got a Majorcan T shirt and took many photos. These were my favourite holidays ever!!!
B. Answer the questions about the text:
Where were Steve and his family? ____________________________________ Where was their hotel room? _________________________________________ What did they do in Majorca? ______________________________________ Did they try any water sports? Which? ______________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ What languages did the Majorcan speak? _________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Were you ever in Majorca? _________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ What were your favourite holidays ever? _________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ C. Write the simple past of the verbs in brackets: Steve and his family ________________ (travel) to Majorca. They ________________ (stay) in a nice hotel. They ________________ (see) the city. Steves parents _______________ (dive) in the sea. Mark ______________ (make) new friends. Steve _____________ (take) many photos.
D. Make these sentences negative:
1. Steve woke up at seven every morning.
2. Mark sat by the pool all day.
3. Their parents ran on the beach.
4. The water was cold.
E. Write questions in the Simple Past:
1. What time / they / arrive at hotel.
2. what places / they / visit
3. When / they / go back home.
4. What / Steve / get as a souvenir.
F. Complete with past time adverbials:
1. Today is Thursday: ____________________ was Wednesday. 2. This month is June. May was __________________________ 3. This year is 2006.The year 2002 was ____________________ 4. Today is June 9th. June 7th was ________________________