You will learn how to:

• Talk about things you did.

• Talk about your holiday

GUIDE NUMBER 8
AN UNFORGETTABLE PLACE

1. Read the text:

A DAY IN CAIRO

• Tuesday 5th May

We arrived at Cairo Airport and got a taxi to our hotel. We stayed at the Hotel Windsor, in the
Centre. It was nice, clean hotel and only $45 a night. But I didn’t sleep much – Cairo is a really
noisy city and the trams start at five in the morning.
• Wednesday 6th May
We only had one day in Cairo, and this was it! So we got up early and went to the souk, which
is an area of streets with shops and markets – they sell everything. Anna bought a coffee pot. I
saw a beautiful carpet, but I didn’t buy it. Then we went to the Citadel, stayed there for an hour
and looked at the whole city.
In the evening we went to a restaurant by the Nile. We had kebabs, bread and salad and
watched the boats on the river – it was beautiful. So that was our day in Cairo – we didn’t see
the Pyramids, but we saw the city and we had a good time.
• Thursday 7th May

2. Complete the sentences:

Had arrived went (x2) got up watched bought stayed

1. They _________ at Cairo airport.

2. They _________ at the Hotel Windsor.
3. They _________ early.
4. They __________ to the market
5. Anna __________ a coffee pot.
6. They __________ to a restaurant.
7. They __________ kebabs.
8. They __________ the boats.

GRAMMAR

Affirmative (+) Negative (-)

They stayed in a hotel They didn’t stay in a hotel
I bought a coffee pot. I didn’t buy a coffee pot.
3. Make the sentences negative according to exercise 2:

1. ____________________________________________________.
2. ____________________________________________________.
3. ____________________________________________________.
4. ____________________________________________________.
5. ____________________________________________________.
6. ____________________________________________________.
7. ____________________________________________________.
8. ____________________________________________________.

MY HOLIDAY

1. Write 5 things you did on vacation using the vocabulary in the box.

Go / went
Swimming Go to / went to
Shopping Restaurants
Walking Art galleries
Sightseeing Museums
Camping Clubs or discos
Skiing

1. I went swimming yesterday with my dad.

2. _________________________________________.
3. _________________________________________.
4. _________________________________________.
5. _________________________________________.
6. _________________________________________.

GRAMMAR

Affirmative (+) Interrogative (?)

They stayed in a hotel Did they stay in a hotel?
I bought a coffee pot. Did you buy a coffee pot?

1. Make the sentences in exercise 1 interrogative:

1. Did you go swimming yesterday?

2. ________________________________________.
3. ________________________________________.
4. ________________________________________.
5. ________________________________________.
6. ________________________________________.
 MONTHS

1. Complete the months using the words from the box:

December July October March September

1. January.
2. February.
3. _________.
4. April.
5. May.
6. June.
7. _________.
8. August.
9. _________.
10. _________.
11. November.
12. _________.

2. Which one is your favorite month?

_____________________.

3. When is your birthday? Write the month:

_____________________.

SEASONS

1. Complete the months in each season:

SPRING AUTUMN
March September
_________ October
May ________

SUMMER WINTER
_________ December
July _________
August February
2. What´s the weather like?

1. What´s the weather like in Bogotá.

It’s cold.
2. What’s the weather like in Neiva?
___________________________.
3. What’s the weather like in Canada?
___________________________.
4. What’s the weather like in Cartagena?
___________________________.
5. What’s the weather like in Pitalito?
___________________________.
6. What’s the weather like in North Pole?
___________________________.
7. What the weather like now?
___________________________.