Good Holidays that Weren't so Good...The Right Place? The Wrong Time?

Monday & Wednesday 20^th- 22^nd October, 2014

Hi! How are things? Are you fine? Good!

Last week we talked about holidays that …weren’t!

Have you ever had a bad holiday? It seems we haven’t had this kind (this type) of bad experiences: having our luggage lost, finding out (discovering) that our flight was overbooked and having to wait, not having transport for the hotel, having something stolen, etc. Fingers crossed! (This expression is similar to “touch wood” and it’s used to keep bad luck away. Are you superstitious?)

I remember you telling me that only once you had a bad holiday experience. It was on an occasion when your daughter went ill during your holidays and the family had to go back home. But it wasn’t the whole holiday.

We read and listened to people telling us about bad experiences they or their families had on holiday.

Yes, sometimes you think you have chosen a quiet place to relax and it turns out (has as a result) to be full of pubs, night clubs or discos! The weather is another factor you can’t trust! (rely on)You think that going to Sweden or other Nordic countries you’ll have cool (nor hot, nor cold) weather and then …there’s a heatwave (extremely hot temperatures) and temperatures increase (go up)!

Actually, it doesn’t matter the result, holidays are holidays! And being able to forget the daily routine is enough. What do you think?

In our next class we’re going to listen to the song “La Isla Bonita” by Madonna. This holiday sounds perfect to me!

We continued using the past, regular and irregular verbs.

If you need more practice, you can find more exercises in here.

 Who is J.K. Rowling?

And we started talking about how to describe feelings.

Most of the times we use adjectives ending in “-ed” to describe feelings. These adjectives usually have another form with “-ing” but the later don’t describe feelings. They refer to the reason or the cause of those feelings.

Look at the examples:

I’m bored (feeling). This book is so boring! (The book is the reason why you are bored)

I’m bored because my friends are boring. (My friends are the reason. They make me feel bored)

How did you feel yesterday? Yesterday I was excited waiting to see the football match. But in the end, I was annoyed because my team lost and the result was disappointing!

What about you?

Tomorrow, we’ll continue talking about feelings and telling tales!

Have a nice Sunday! See you tomorrow!