0. SUMMER MEMORIES

Let's have a chat about our last summer holidays.


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

 



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

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)



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