Skiing in The Mountains

Last week I went skiing with some friends. We flew to the mountains and there took a bus to the ski resort. We arrived late in the afternoon. We had dinner first and then went to bed.

We got up early the next morning. We were ready to ski and wanted very much to begin!

resort place people go to usually for fun and rest

EXERCISES

1. Complete the sentences with the missing verbs:

1. I ________ skiing last week with friends.

2. We ________ a bus to the ski resort.

3. We ________ late in the afternoon.

4. After we ________ dinner, we ________ to bed.

5. The next morning we ________ up early.

6. We ________ very much to begin to ski.

2. Answer the questions:

1. When did I go skiing?

2. Who did we go with?

3. How did we go to the mountains?

4. Did we fly to the resort?

5. What did we do after dinner?

6. When did we get up?

7. Why did we get up early?

3. Speaking practice 1: Practice reading the two sentences below aloud; then say them from memory with a classmate, as a short dialog.

You say: Where did you go last week?

Your friend says: I went skiing in the mountains.

4. Dictation: Copy the reading as your teacher reads it aloud. Correct your errors.

5. Grammar practice:

A. Give the correct form of the verb in the past tense.

1. I ________(go) skiing last week.

We ________(go) skiing last week.

2. We ________(take) a bus to the resort.

He ________(take) a bus to the resort.

3. We ________(arrive) late.

She ________(arrive) late.

4. First, we ________(have) dinner.

First, they________(have) dinner.

5. Early the next morning, we ________(get) up.

Early the next morning, you ________(get) up.

6. We ________(want) very much to begin.

I ________(want) very much to begin.

B. Give the opposites of the following. Find your answer in the list.

List of opposites

_____ 1. last	a) stop
_____ 2. some	b) valley
_____ 3. mountain	c) leave
_____ 4. take	d) little
_____ 5. arrive	e) depart
_____ 6. late	f) first
_____ 7. morning	g) many
_____ 8. much	h) early
_____ 9. begin	i) night

Key: 1. f; 2. g; 3. b; 4. c; 5. e; 6. h; 7. i; 8. d; 9. a

6. Speaking practice 2: Practice reading the two sentences below aloud; then say them from memory with a classmate, as a short dialog.

You say: What did you do after dinner?

Your friend says: We were tired and went to bed.

7. Optional Activity: In “Answer the Questions”, change I/WE in the questions to YOU and ask the new questions of your classmates.

By Dean Curry