A . Read the text very carefully:

Steve and his family were in Majorca last year.Read what Steve thinks about the place.

We arrived at the hotel at nine o’clock in the morning.Our room was in front of the swimming – pool on the third floor.My brother Mark and I put some shorts and went into the pool.Mum and Dad visited the city.The following days were a lot of fun.We went to the beach in the morning. Then we come back to the hotel to have a shower and lunch.In the afternoon we walked in the city, went to the local zoo, ate in restaurants, drank tropical juice, did a lot of shopping and talked to the local people.They spoke Spanish and a little English.We also wrote postcards to our friends in Britain.My brother tried water-skiing and I tried windsurfing.It was fantastic!!!At night we went to discos and danced until 4 o’clock in the morning.I got a Majorcan T shirt and took many photos.These were my favourite holidays ever!!!

B. Answer the questions about the text:

Name: …………………………………….. Date: ……/……/……

Where were Steve and his family? ______________________________________________________________

Where was their hotel room? ______________________________________________________________

What did they do in Majorca?

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Did they try any water sports? Which?

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What languages did the Majorcan speak?

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1. Were you ever in Majorca?

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2. What were your favourite holidays ever?

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C. Write the simple past of the verbs in brackets:

Steve and his family ________________ (travel) to Majorca.

They ________________ (stay) in a nice hotel.

They ________________ (see) the city.

Steve’s parents _______________ (dive) in the sea.

Mark ______________ (make) new friends.

Steve _____________ (take) many photos.

D. Make these sentences negative:

Steve woke up at seven every morning.

Mark sat by the pool all day.

Their parents ran on the beach.

The water was cold.

E. Write questions in the Simple Past:

What time / they / arrive at hotel.

what places / they / visit

When / they / go back home.

What / Steve / get as a souvenir.

F. Complete with past time adverbials:

Today is Thursday: ____________________ was Wednesday.

This month is June. May was __________________________

This year is 2006.The year 2002 was ____________________

Today is June 9th. June 7th was _______________________.