This document provides useful grammar, vocabulary, time expressions, and adjectives for describing past holidays and vacations. It includes sample sentences using the past simple and past continuous tenses to talk about activities like staying at home or abroad, going camping or on a cruise, sightseeing, and buying souvenirs. Time expressions are given to specify dates like the beginning or end of July/August or a range from one date to another. Descriptive adjectives help convey if the weather was warm, hot, windy, or the holiday was wonderful, boring, peaceful, or quiet.

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Useful grammar:
 Past Simple: I was…, I went…, We visited…, I bought…, I saw…
 Past Continuous: I was staying…, We were visiting…
 There was…/There were…
Useful vocabulary:
at the seaside
by the lake
in the mountains
abroad
went camping
went on a cruise
stayed at home
went on a sightseeing tour
took photographs
had a good/great time
stayed in a hotel/youth
hostel/tent
bought souvenirs
Useful time expressions:
at the beginning of
July/holiday…
at the end of August/holiday…
from…to…
in July/August
Useful adjectives:
It was:
warm
boiling hot
windy
sandy
wonderful/fantastic/amaz
ing/
unforgettable
boring/fed up with
peaceful/quiet