Exercise 1. Repeat after the speaker (drills).

Part I

The Past Simple Tense

To Be

Lead-in:

A Listen to the story, fill in the gaps & answer the questions: “Where was John?” “What was the holiday like?”

Donald: Hello, John! Where … you … ….

John: Oh, I … on holiday.

Donald: Oh, really? But you … on holiday … ….

John: Yes, I … in Switzerland … ….

Donald: Where … you … …?

John: I … … ….

Donald: …! What … it like?

John: …! The weather … ….The sea … ….

Donald: What … the … like?

John: Excellent! There … a … and a private …. There … 3 … and 2 ….

Donald: What … the … like?

John: They … very ….

Donald: … your … with you?

John: No, she …. She never comes with me on holidays.

Donald: What about the …? … they with you?

John: No, they …. They … with their ….

B Read the dialogue again, find all the sentences with the verb to be in the past. Recollect how to make affirmative, negative sentences and questions with it. Complete the table below.

Affirmative I/He/She/It …………. fantastic. We/You/They …….. fantastic. Negative I/He/She/It ………………. on holiday. We/You/They … ………..on holiday. Questions and short answers … ………..she with you? Yes, she ………./No, she …….… … ……….they nice? Yes, they ………./No, they ………

Exercise 1. Repeat after the speaker (drills).

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with was, were, wasn’t or weren’t

1. They … at school, but they … in the classroom.

2. I … at home on Sunday morning. I … at church.

3. Today is Sunday, yesterday it … Saturday.

4. You … at the art gallery. Where were you?

5. The weather … very nice yesterday. It was wet.

6. We … at the cinema. The film was great.

7. My grandparents … teachers, they were doctors.

8. Our last class … English. It was Literature.

9. We … in the country at weekends. We were late.

10. I … in Paris last month. It was fantastic.

Exercise 3. Read the story about Mary’s holiday. Complete with the right verb was or were and an adjective from the box.

Late, dissatisfied, slow, careless, dirty, rainy, small, cold, horrible, unfriendly, closed.

My last terrible holiday ………. 2 months ago. My husband and I went to Italy. Problems started at the airport. The plane …… ……., because it was raining. When at last we got into the plane, we ……… completely ……….. with the on-board service, which ….… …….. and ……..…... When I ask for a glass of water the flight attendant ….… back in a half an hour and the glass she brought ….… ….…. Then bad luck found us in the city. The weather …… still …….. and we got wet to the skin. The rooms of our hotel …..… …….. and we didn’t have enough space for all our things. What is more, there ………. a swimming pool or a beach near the hotel! The other frustrating moment …………. when we wanted to eat in a restaurant, but there …… any in the hotel. So we went to one nearby, but the food …….. ………. and tasted ……... Furthermore, people around …….. very ………, they even didn’t smile. We …… sick and tired of that holiday and wanted to sleep, but the doors of our hotel ……. ……….

Exercise 4. Work in pairs as if you were John and Mary (You may add some details). Compare your holidays according to the following items:

1. Time of holiday

2. Emotions about it

3. Country

4. Plane arrival

5. On-board service

6. The rooms of the hotel

7. Weather

8. A swimming pool and a beach

9. Restaurants

10. People

11. Husband/wife

For example: S1: I was on holiday a month ago.

S2: I wasn’t on holiday a month ago. I was on holiday 2 months ago

Exercise 5. A journalist has to interview Mary about her holiday, but he isn’t good at English. Help him to make questions. Use the prompts below.

1. Holiday/nice?

2. When / you /on holiday?

3. Where/you/ on holiday?

4. The plane/in time?

5. The on –board service/ polite?

6. What/ the weather?

7. The rooms/spacious?

8. How many restaurants/ in the hotel?

9. There / a swimming pool/in the hotel?

10. Your husband/ with you?

Exercise 6. Now, work in pairs. S1 works as a journalist and asks Donald about John’s holidays. S2 answers the questions as if he / she were Donald. You may use the prompts from Exercises 5 and 6 to ask about.

Example: When was John on holiday?- He was on holiday a month ago.

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