John went on vacation to Hawaii for a week. He enjoyed surfing, spending time on the beach, and eating seafood. The weather was beautiful every day. Mary traveled to Italy where she visited Rome and saw famous statues. She also explored caves and meditated at a spa, eating vegetarian food. Steve vacationed in Alaska where he went rafting and saw wildlife like caribou. He said the scenery in Anchorage was amazing.

1. UNIT 7
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2. 7We had a great time!
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SNAPSHOT1
In Their Free Time The Top Eight Leisure-Time Activities in the U.S
Read: Watch TV Spend time with family
fish do gardening play sports
go to the movie spend time with friends
Check () the activities you do in your free time.
List three other activities you do in your free time.
Put the activities you do in order from your favorite to your least favorite.

3. CONVERSATION Did you do anything special?
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Listen and practice. Pre- listening question:
1. Describe the pictures in the conversation.
Vocabulary
Karaoke: noun [ uncountable ] ( from Japanese )
a type of entertainment in which a machine plays only the music of
popular songs so that people can sing the words themselves
a karaoke machine/night/bar
Post-conversation questions:
1. What did Meg do on Saturday?
2. What did Rick do?
Post-listening question:
1. What did Meg do on Sunday?

4. GRAMMAR FOCUS
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Simple past
In this particular chapter we are going to study simple past tense and the
rules for second form of a verb.
Structure:
A. F= S + V2 + Complement.
Q. F= Did + S + V + Complement?
N. F= S + Did + Not + V + Complement.
N.I.F= Did + S + Not + V + Complement?
Ex. I went to a restaurant.
Ex. Did I go to a restaurant?
Ex. I did not go to a restaurant.
Ex. Did I not go to a restaurant?

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Simple Past Tense is used to show an action which took place at a specific
time in the past and finished.
Note: The simple past tense is usually followed by adverbs of time like:
yesterday, Last week, Last month…. Etc.
Ex. I saw my friend yesterday.
Ex. We moved in this house last year.
Ex. She went home last week.
II. Simple Past Tense is used to ask about past action.
Ex. Where were you yesterday?
Ex. When did you arrive to Kabul?
A verb has three forms
Simple Past Past participle
see saw seen
talk talked talked
go went gone

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Simple Past Past participle
play played played
talk talked talked
like liked liked
The verbs are divided into two parts in form
I. Regular Verbs.
II. Irregular Verbs
Regular Verbs:
Regular verbs are those which form their past and past participle by taking (d) or
(ed) at the end of simple form.

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Simple Past Past participle
injure injured injured
agree agreed agreed
exercised exercised exercised
Rules of adding (d) or (ed):
1.Verbs ending in (e) or double (ee) is only added (d)
2..Verbs ending in (y) following a consonant (Y) is changed into (I) and(ed) is
added.
.
Simple Past Past participle
study studied studied
carry carried carried
cry cried cried

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Simple Past Past participle
stay stayed stayed
convey conveyed conveyed
play played played
3.Add (ed) at the end of verbs ending in (Y) following a vowel without any
change.
Simple Past Past participle
stop stopped stopped
drop dropped dropped
4.One syllable regular verbs ending in a consonant following a vowel we double the last
consonant and (ed) is added.

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Simple Past Past participle
picnic picnicked picnicked
traffic trafficked trafficked
mimic mimicked mimicked
5.Verbs ending in a {c} add extra (K) before adding (ed)
Simple Past Past participle
read read read
Think thought thought
go went gone
Irregular Verbs:
Irregular verbs are those which do not have any special rule to form their past and past
participle

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Simple Past Simple Past
picnic go
traffic come
mimic buy
read cook
Think travel
study try
work send
fix sing
wash spend
watch have
Exercise 1: Change the following verbs into past and past participle forms.
After changing them into past, make an example.

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Exercise 2: Complete the following sentences. Use the correct form of the verb
from parenthesis.
1. What ………… you ………… (do) last night?
2. My friend and I ……….. (shop) a lot of cloths from market.
3. She ………… (go) to Canada last weekend and ………… (stay) there for 3
days.
4. ………. (do) you study for exam last night?
5. We ………… (visit) Gala Bala Museum last month and ……… (have) too
much fun.
6. Professor Zia …………. (make) the quiz so difficult. We …….. (be) almost
to ……….. (fail) it.
7. I ………… (have) a party last night. Everyone ……….. (enjoy) it, but the
neighbors ……….. (not) …………. (like) the noise.
8. …………. (do) you ……….. (stay) home on Saturday?
9. Sahel ………. (fix) his car and ……….. (go) picnic with his best friends.
10. ………. (do) you ……… (go) out on Friday night?

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PRONUNCIATION Reduction of did you4
Listen and practice. Notice how did you reduced in the following questions.
Did you have a good time? What did you do last night?
[dIdz ] [wadIdz ]
WORD POWER Chores and activities5
A Find two other words or phrases from the list that usually go with each verb.
The bed a vacation a good time a trip shopping
A lot of fun the dishes dancing the laundry some photograph
Do my homework …………………………… …………………………….
Go bowling …………………………… …………………………….
Have a party …………………………... ……………………………..
Make a phone call …………………………… ……………………………...
Take a day off …………………………… ………………………………

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DISCUSSION Any questions6
Group work Take turns. One student makes a statement about the weekend.
Other students ask questions. Each student answers at least four questions.
A: I went dancing on Saturday night.
B: Where did you go?
A: To the Rock – it Club.
C: Who did you go with?
A: I went with my brother.
D: What time did you go?
A: We went around 10:00
E: How did you like it?
A: I…………
DISCUSSION Any questions7
A Listen to John and Laura describe what they did last night. Check
() the correct information about each person.
B Listen again. What did each person do? Take notes. Then take
turns telling their stories to a partner.

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CONVERSATION How was your vacation?8
A Listen and practice.
Focus questions:
1. Did Don enjoy his vacation?
2. Where did he go?
3. How long was he there?
4. Who did Don go with?
5. How was the weather?
6. How were the waves?
Post-listening question:
Listen to the rest of the conversation.
What happened?
Vocabulary
Lucky:
Fantastic
Surfing:
Cousin:
Waves:
Amazing:
Incredible:
Trip:

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GRAMMAR FOCUS9
Past of be
The past of be has two forms: was and were. We use them to show state or
being in the sentences.
Subject Present tense
be
Past tense
be
I am was
You are were
He
She
It
is was
We
They
are were

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GRAMMAR FOCUS9
Examples
The meeting was boring.
We were in Mexico.
Were you in Hawaii? Yes, I was.
Was the weather ok? No, it wasn’t.
Were your parents there? No, they weren’t.

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DISCUSSION On vacation10
A Group work Ask your classmate about their last vacations. Ask these questions
or your own ideas.
Where did you spend your last vacation? What did you do there?
How long were you away? How was the weather? The food?
Who were you with? Do want to go there again?
B Class activity Who had an interesting vacation? Tell the class who and why?
LISTENING Welcome back.11
Listen to Jason and Barbara talk about their vacations. Complete the chart.
Vacation place Enjoyed it? Reason(s)
Yes No
Jason …………………………. …………………………….
Barbara …………………………. …………………………….

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WRITING A postcard12
A Read this postcard.
B Write a postcard to a partner about your last vacation. Then exchange
postcards. Do you have any questions about the vacation?
INTERCHANGE 7 Vacation disasters13
Imagine you took a vacation but everything went wrong. Go to Interchange 7.
READING Vacation postcards14
Look at the pictures. Who do you think each person did on his or her vacation?
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READING Vacation postcards14
Vocabulary
Statues: stone or clay sculptures that look like people
Caves: large underground holes
Spa: a health resort; a vacation place where people go to exercise and
become healthier
Meditated: thought of only one thing, in order to calm one’s mind
Vegetarian food: food that contains no animal products
Snorkeling: swimming with a mask and tube that allows one to breathe
underwater
Rafts: rubber boats filled with air
Wildlife: wild animals and birds
Island: a piece of land that is completely surrounded by water
Arctic: related to or happening in the region around the North Pole
Caribou: an American reindeer
Anchorage: a place where ships and boats can anchor