What Did You Do on Vacation?

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Intermediate

Learning Objectives

In this lesson you will:

Improve your ability to talk about your last vacation.

Exercise 1

Warm-up

Listen and repeat these words with your tutor. If you don't know a word, ask your tutor to read the definition and example sentence.

wife

Noun

boyfriend

Noun

partner

Noun

brother

Noun

fiancé

Noun

best friend

Noun

colleague

Noun

grandmother

Noun

Let's Practice

Tell your tutor which of the vocabulary items are family members and which are not.

For example:

"Wife is a family member."

"Best friend is not a family member."

Exercise 2

Vocabulary

Listen and repeat these words and phrases with your tutor.

hire a car
pack
change money
buy travel insurance
apply for a visa
renew passport
book flights
book accommodation

Let's Practice

Tell your tutor which of the items on the list you usually do before going on vacation and which you don't usually do.

For example:

"I usually book accommodation before going on vacation."

"I don't usually change money before going on vacation."

Exercise 3

More Vocabulary

Listen and repeat these words and phrases with your tutor.

go sightseeing

drink cocktails

try local food

get a massage

go hiking

relax

swim

sunbathe

Let's Practice

Tell your tutor what you see in each picture.

For example:

"swim"

Can you think of any more things to do on vacation? If so, tell your tutor! If not, go to the next exercise.

Exercise 4

Dialogue

Read the dialogue aloud with your tutor, then answer the questions.

	Teacher Where did you go on your last vacation, Jim?
	Jim I went to Fiji.
	Teacher Who did you go with?
	Jim I went with my family — my wife and two daughters.
	Teacher Did you have to apply for a visa before you went?
	Jim Yes. We applied for visas and my wife and I also had to renew our passports.
	Teacher What did you do on vacation?
	Jim We swam and sunbathed a lot. My wife and I got a massage, and I went hiking with my kids. I also drank a lot of cocktails!
	Teacher Did you go sightseeing?
	Jim Not really, we spent most of our time relaxing.
	Teacher That sounds great! Did you enjoy it?
	Jim Yes! It was a fantastic vacation.

Check Your Understanding

Where did Jim go on his last vacation?

Who did Jim go on vacation with?

Did Jim sunbathe on vacation?

Exercise 5

Complete the Sentence

Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence, then read it aloud.

Where did you go on last vacation?

A.
you're
B.
you
C.
your

I went Beijing.

A.
to
B.
for
C.
on

did you go with?

A.
How
B.
Where
C.
Who

I went my grandmother.

A.
there
B.
with
C.
about

Did you to renew your passport?

A.
have
B.
has
C.
him

What did you on vacation?

A.
do
B.
are
C.
does

I sightseeing.

A.
went
B.
goes
C.
goed

Did you local food?

A.
tried
B.
try
C.
trying

Exercise 6

Fill in the Blanks

Read the dialogue aloud with your tutor and fill in the blanks. You will be Arisa.

	Teacher Where did you go on your last vacation, Arisa?
	Arisa I (1) to Hawaii.
	Teacher Who did you go with?
	Arisa I went (2) my (3).
	Teacher Did you have to apply for a visa before you went?
	Arisa Yes, I did.
	Teacher What did you do on vacation?
	Arisa I (4) in the sea every day and went (5).
	Teacher Did you go sightseeing?
	Arisa Yes, I (6). But I mostly just (7) in the sun!