2020 SUMMER MEMORIES

 

We are having a chat about our last summer holidays.

1.-Draw your hand on your notebook to help you talk about last summer.

Thumb: Tell us something special you did
Index finger: Describe the places you visited
Middle finger: Talk about a bad experience you had
Ring finger: Talk about the people you met 
Little finger: Tell us something you wanted to do but you couldn't

 

2.-Comment these photos: 

 

 

 
Listen to a boy and a girl telling their friends about their summer. 

Before listening, go through some vocabulary: 

-to have a blast – to have a good time 
-to drift away - to move away
-a cramp - muscle contraction 
-damp - wet
-show off - draw attention behaving proudly
-to splash around - to throw a liquid, ex. water
-you don’t gotta brag – slang for you mustn’t boast 
-put up a fight - to struggle, to resist
-to stroll - to walk
-to make out – to kiss 
-fling - love affair, relationship (not a serious one)
-dough – slang for money
-a drag - a boring, annoying person
-vow - promise
-ripped - torn, broken
-seams - line of stitching

 

 Do you remember words that rhyme in the song?

Example:  Arcade - lemonade

blast  

bowlin'  

brag 

 cramp  

day(s)  

dock  

dreams 

 drowned 

eighteen

 ends 

 far 

 fling 

 hand 

 heat 

 me 

 sight 

 spend 

 sun 

 vow

Write the past simple of these verbs used in the song:

to be ________ 

to do ________ 

to drink ________ 

to drown ________

 to get ________

 to go ________ 

to happen ________ 

 to have ________ 

to make ________ 

to meet ________

 to save ________ 

to show ________

 to stay ________

 to swim________

 to take ________ 

to tell ________ 

to turn ________

This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2010 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Past Simple activity written by Prof. Elena Salvetti, Breno (BS)

HOMEWORK:
Add your comments: Write what your partner told you about his/her summer.