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7 We went dancing!
Describe past daily and free-time activities
Describe past vacations

1 SNAPSHOT
Free-time Activities

check social media

go dancing

relax

readlisten to music

play video games

spend time withfriends and family

watch TV

Check (✓) the activities you do in your free time. List three other activities you do in your free time.
What are your favorite free-time activities? Are there activities you don’t like? Which ones?

2 CONVERSATION What did you do last weekend?
A Listen and practice.
NEILSo, what did you do last weekend, Cara?

CARA Oh, I had a great time. My friends and I had pizza
on Saturday and then we all went dancing.
NEIL

How fun! Did you go to The Treadmill?

CARA No, we didn’t. We went to that new place downtown.
How about you? Did you go anywhere?
NEILNo, I didn’t go anywhere all weekend. I just stayedhome and studied for today’s Spanish test.

CARA Our test is today? I forgot about that!
NEIL

Don’t worry. You always get an A.

B Listen to the rest of the conversation. What does Cara do on Sunday afternoons?
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3 GRAMMAR FOCUS
Simple past
Did you work on Saturday?
Yes, I did. I worked all day.

What did Neil do on Saturday?
He stayed home and studied for a test.

No, I didn’t. I didn’t work at all.
Did you go anywhere last weekend?
Yes, I did. I went to the movies.

How did Cara spend her weekend?
She went to a club and danced with some friends.

No, I didn’t. I didn’t go anywhere.
GRAMMAR PLUS see page 138

A Complete these conversations. Then practice with a partner.
1. A:you(stay) home on Sunday?
(call) my friend Anna. We(drive)
B: No, I
to a nice little restaurant for lunch.
you(spend) your last birthday?
2. A: How(have) a party. Everyone(enjoy) it,B: I
but the neighbors next door
(not, like) the noise.
you(do) last night?
3. A: What(see) a sci-i movie at the Cineplex. I
B: I(love) it! Amazing special effects!
you(do) anything special over
4. A:the weekend?
.I(go) shopping. Unfortunately,
B: Yes, II(spend) all my money. Now I’m broke!
you(go) out on Friday night?
5. A:.I(invite) friends over, and
B: No, II(cook) spaghetti for them.

regular verbs
work

workedinviteinvitedstudy

studiedstopstoppedirregular verbs
buyboughtdodiddrive

drove

have

hadgo

went

singsangseesawspend

spent

B PAIR WORK Take turns asking the questions in part A.
Give your own information when answering.
A: Did you stay home on Sunday?
B: No, I didn’t. I went dancing with some friends.

4 PRONUNCIATION Reduction of did you
A Listen and practice. Notice how did you is reduced in thefollowing questions.
[dıdʒə]Did you have a good time?
[wədıdʒə]What did you do last night?
[haʊdıdʒə]How did you like the movie?

B PAIR WORK Practice the questions inExercise 3, part A again. Pay attention
to the pronunciation of did you.
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5 WORD POWER Chores and activities
A PAIR WORK Find two other words or phrases from the list that usually
go with each verb. Then add one more word or phrase to each verb.
a lot of funthe beddogohave
maketakedancing
choresa good time
the laundry

shoppinga tripa bike ridea video

my homework
onlinea partya phone calla day off

B GROUP WORK Choose the things you did last weekend. Then compare with your partners.
A: I went shopping with my friends. We had a good time. What about you?
B: I didn’t have a very good time. I did chores.
C: I did chores, too. But I went dancing in the evening, and . . .

6 DISCUSSION Ask some questions!
GROUP WORK Take turns. One student makes a statementabout the weekend. Other students ask questions.
Each student answers at least three questions.
A: I went shopping on Saturday afternoon.
B: Where did you go?
A: To the Mayfair Center.
C: Who did you go with?
A: I went with my friends and my sister.
D: What time did you go?
A: We went around 3:00.

7 LISTENING Did you have a good holiday?
A Listen to Andrew tell Elizabeth what he did yesterday. Check (✓) the things Andrew did.
Activities

Reasons

went to the gym
played soccer
saw a movie
watched TV
went to a baseball gamespent time with family

B Listen again. Look at the activities Andrew didn’t do. Why didn’t he do them? Write the reason.
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8 INTERCHANGE 7 Memories
Play a board game. Go to Interchange 7 on page 121.

9 CONVERSATION Lucky you!
A Listen and practice.
Leah: Hi, Cody. How was your vacation?
Cody: It was excellent! I went to California withmy cousin. We had a great time.
Leah: Lucky you! How long were you there?
Cody: About a week.
Leah: Cool! Was the weather OK?
Cody: Not really. It was pretty cloudy. But wewent suring every day. The waves wereamazing.
Leah: So, what was the best thing about
the trip?
Cody: Well, something incredible happened. . . .

B Listen to the rest of the conversation. What happened?

10 GRAMMAR FOCUS
Past of be
Were you in California?

Yes, I was.

Contractions

Was the weather OK?

No, it wasn’t.

wasn’t = was not

Were you and your cousin on vacation?

Yes, we were.

weren’t = were not

Were your parents there?

No, they weren’t.

How long were you away?

I was away for a week.

How was your vacation?

It was excellent!
GRAMMAR PLUS see page 138

Complete these conversations. Then practice with a partner.
1. A:
you in New York last weekend?
.Iin Chicago.
B: No, Iit?
A: How
great! But it
cold and
B: It
windy as usual.
your parents in Chile?
2. A: How long
there for two weeks.
B: They
they in Santiago the whole time?
A:. They also went to Valparaiso.
B: No, they
you away last week?
3. A:in Madrid.
B: Yes, I
you there?
A: Really? How long
there on business.
B: For almost a week. I

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11 DISCUSSION Past and future vacations
A GROUP WORK Ask your classmates about their last vacations.
Ask these questions or use your own ideas.
Where did you spend your last vacation?
How long was your vacation?
Who were you with?

What did you do?
How was the weather?
What would you like to do on
your next vacation?

B CLASS ACTIVITY Who had an interesting vacation?
Tell the class who and why.

12 WRITING A blog post
A Read the blog post.

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Greetings from sunny Puerto Vallarta, Mexico!
I’m having a great time. Yesterday, I took a tourof the old town. The buildings and monuments
were amazing! This morning, I went swimmingand snorkeling. Then I went shopping at one of
the town’s open markets. I bought a very beautiful
handmade ceramic vase and tried the famous ish
on a stick. Delicious!
I’m having a really great vacation!
Casey

B PAIR WORK Write a blog post to your partner about your last vacation. Then exchange posts.
Do you have any questions about your partner’s vacation?

13 LISTENING I was on vacation.
A Listen to Daniel and Amanda talk about their vacations.
Did they have a good time? Check (✓) Yes or No.
YesNoDanielAmanda

B Listen again. Complete the chart with information about their vacations.

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Amanda’s vacation

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14 READING
A Look at the pictures. What do you think each person did on his or her vacation?
ProfilePhotos

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1Awesome Vacations
1Marco Tianzi Mountains
I came to this awesome place three days ago. These
are the Tianzi Mountains, in Hunan Province, China.
The mountains cover 67 square kilometers (or over16,000 acres), and they are named for a famous
farmer who lived in the area. I took a cable car up tothe mountains. The ride was about six minutes long.
The views are breathtaking! The mountains look almost
like they are man-made. Sadly, my trip is almost overand I have to go home. But I want to come back soon!
2Letitia Desert Breath
Guys, look at this! This is in the desert near Hurghada,
Egypt. I was just there with my friend Carla. Desert Breathis a piece of land art made by three people in the nineties –an artist, an architect, and an engineer. It’s made of sand,and it covers a large area of the Sahara Desert – 100,000
square meters (or about 25 acres). Every year, some of theart disappears. The wind moves the sand away. For now,
it’s so large that satellites in space take photos of it. How
cool is that?

3

Kelly Giant Salt Lake
I flew from La Paz to Uyuni to see this spectacularplace. I took so many pictures. It’s called Salar deUyuni, and it’s in beautiful Bolivia. It was part of agiant salt lake in prehistoric times. I went there in agroup with a guide. You have to walk a lot, so you
need to be in pretty good shape. We walked for awhole day! Sometimes you feel like you’re walking
on clouds. When I saw the lake, it looked like a
giant mirror. I’ll never forget it!

B Read the online posts. Then write the number of the post where each sentence could go.
It was pretty tiring, but I enjoyed every minute of it.
The ride was scary because we were so high up.
I hope to meet the people who made it.

C PAIR WORK Answer these questions.
1. Which person used an unusual form of transportation?
2. Who saw a piece of art?
3. Who had a very active vacation?
4. Which place do you think is the most interesting? Why?
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