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THINK! What are the best and worst experiences you've had on holiday?
1 Read Mary's blog post. Was this a good, bad or mixed experience for her? Why?
An eventful day
We had a great camping holiday in Germany last week, but there were some ups and downs! Tuesday was definitely the biggest adventure. It all started at about seven in the morning, when my dad decided that we should go to a theme park. While we were still waking up, he started packing the car for a day out, including food for a picnic. The moment that we left the campsite, it started raining, and by the time we arrived at the theme park two hours later, it was terrible. We couldn't even walk to the entrance. So we stayed in the car and ate our sandwiches. Meanwhile, my baby brother started crying because we had forgotten his teddy. Perfect! After that, we drove straight back to the campsite again. When we finally got back there, we'd been in the car for five hours. Amazingly, just as we were getting out of the car, the rain stopped. So we went for a swim in the lake and played some football with the other kids at the campsite. Afterwards we had a barbecue, and we stayed outside chatting until one in the morning, so it was all OK in the end.
2 Read the text again and answer the questions.1 Who had the idea to go to a theme park? 2 Why didn't they go into the theme park? 3 What were they doing when the rain stopped? Language point: Time connectors 3 Check the meaning of the words in blue in Mary's blog post. Then choose the correct options in 1-5.1 We went shopping and afterwards / meanwhile I went to a café 2 I stayed in the café just as / until it closed. 3 By the time/ Finally we arrived home, I was really tired. 4 We had made some sandwiches while / before we left home 5 In the end / The moment that we said goodbye, I felt sad.
4 USE IT! Follow the steps in the Writing Guide. |
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