Unit 2 — On Holiday

Learning objectives Link to heading

• I can talk about a past holiday using past simple.
• I can describe a place using 5 adjectives.
• I can ask and answer 6 holiday questions.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

• 3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
• 3.1.2 Interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz
• 3.1.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
• 3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen

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Lead-in story Link to heading

Lina spent a week at the seaside in Cornwall. The sea was cold even in August. Her cousin caught one tiny crab and released it three minutes later. Sam stayed home and finally cleaned his desk. Both of them claim to have had the better holiday.

1. Activate Link to heading

Map prompt. On the slide there is a blank world map. Mark with sticky notes: one place I have been, one I want to visit, one I never want to visit.

2. Input Link to heading

Vocabulary — holidays Link to heading

seaside, beach, mountains, countryside, city break, campsite, hotel, hostel, suitcase, passport, souvenir, postcard, sunscreen.

Grammar — past simple, regular and irregular Link to heading

Regular verbs: + -ed (worked, played, watched). Irregular verbs change form: go → went, see → saw, eat → ate, swim → swam, take → took, have → had. Negatives & questions: did + base verb: Did you go? / I didn’t go.

3. Practise Link to heading

Niveau G Link to heading

1. Past simple: I __________ (visit) my grandmother. We __________ (go) to the sea. We __________ (eat) fish.
2. Make negative: We saw a crab → ___ ; They went → ___ .

Niveau M Link to heading

3. Build 5 past-simple sentences about a real or imagined holiday: place, weather, food, one fun thing, one feeling.

4. Produce Link to heading

Pair speaking — Holiday Interview. 90 sec each direction. Cover: where, when, who with, weather, best moment.

Sample Link to heading

— Where did you go? — I went to Cornwall with my family. — How was the weather? — Cold but sunny.

5. Reflect Link to heading

• I can use past simple in positive, negative, and questions.
• I can describe a place with 5 adjectives.
• I can ask 6 holiday questions.

One thing in your notebook: Write one sentence using something you learned in this Unit.

Exam example Link to heading

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Last summer Lina went to Cornwall with her family. They stayed in a small hotel. The sea was cold but the sun was warm. They saw seals from the cliffs. They ate fish and chips on the beach.”

1. Where: ___ . 2. Stay: ___ . 3. Animal: ___ . 4. Food: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read.

“Sam stayed at home last summer. He cleaned his desk, read three books, and learned how to bake bread. He didn’t go on a trip but he says it was the calmest summer of his life.”

1. Did Sam travel? ___ . 2. Three things he did: ___ . 3. New skill: ___ . 4. How did he describe the summer? ___ .

Task 3 — Use of English (8 BE) Link to heading

Past simple.

1. We __________ (visit) Cornwall.
2. They __________ (not / go) to Spain.
3. ___ you ___ (see) the sea?
4. He __________ (eat) fish and chips.

Task 4 — Writing (6 BE) Link to heading

Write 5–6 sentences about a real or imagined holiday.

Downloads Link to heading

Common pitfalls Link to heading

• I goed → ✗ / I went → ✓ (irregular).
• Did you went? → ✗ / Did you go? → ✓ (after did, base form).
• I have seen the sea yesterday → ✗ — past time marker + past simple: I saw the sea yesterday.

Further reading / listening Link to heading

• BBC Learning English — Past simple lessons.
• VisitBritain — short articles for young learners.

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