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I can talk about what did in the holidays
1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Look at the photo. Ask and answer the questions.
1 Which tourist attraction is it?
2 Have you been there? If so, did you have a good time?
3 If you haven't been there, would you like to go? Why? /Why not?
2 
Read and listen to the dialogue. Who had a more enjoyable holiday: Dave or Lan?
Dave Hi, Lan. Did you have a good holiday?
Lan Yes, it was great, thanks.
Dave What did you get up to?
Lan I went on a city break with my family.
Dave Abroad?
Lan No, we went to Da Nang.
Dave Cool. Did you have a good time?
Lan Yes, we visited Ba Na Hills and Hoi An ancient town. We bought a lot of souvenirs.
Dave Did you go on a boat trip to Cham Island?
Lan No, the weather was bad. How was your holiday?
Dave Not bad. But I didn't do much. We didn't go away. I hung out with my friends. We went to a music festival and we visited a theme park a couple of times.
Lan Sounds fun.
Dave Yes, it was OK. Just a shame the holidays weren't longer!
3 VOCABULARY Look at the list of tourist and visitor attractions below. Then underline three more in the dialogue. How many more can you think of?
Tourist and visitor attractions aquarium castle cathedral church harbour market monument mosque
museum national park old town opera house palace park restaurant ruins shopping district square statue theatre tower wildlife park
Vocabulary Builder Describing visitor attractions: page 108
4 VOCABULARY Complete the holiday activities with the words or phrases below.
the beach beach volleyball a bike
a bike ride cards an excursion kayaking
a castle mountain biking a theme park
Holiday activities
visit a museum/1____________/ a cathedral/
2_____________
go shopping/swimming/cycling/3___________/
abseiling/4___________
go for a walk/for /on /on a boat trip
hire 7___________/akayak/acar/ a boat
play table tennis/8___________/9___________/
board games
lie on 10___________
eat out / buy souvenirs/ sunbathe
5 Find three of the holiday activities from exercise 4 in the dialogue in exercise 2.
6 Underline examples of the following past simple forms in the dialogue.
1 Regular affirmative
2 Irregular affirmative
3 Negative
4 Interrogative
Grammar Builder I.1 page 113
7 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Ask and answer about your summer holidays.
1 What was the most enjoyable thing you did during the holidays? Why?
2 What was the least enjoyable thing you did? Why?
