How I Spent My Winter Holidays

The teacher is telling us about her winter holidays

using the Past Simple, the Past Progressive and the Present Perfect Tenses

Past SimpleV-ed, V2

Past Progressivewas/were + V-ing

Present Perfecthave/has + V3

My winter holidays … (to begin) on 30th

December

Before the holidays schoolchildren … (to have) New Year parties, they … (to sing and dance)

When I … (to go) home from school, I … (to see) a wonderful New Year Tree

in Central Square.

I … (to celebrate) the New Year holiday at home

I … (to cook) a couple of tasty dishes for the holiday dinner

On 2nd January the weather … (to be) very fine and I … (to go) for a walk

The sun … (to shine) brightly and I … (to have) a nice time

While I … (to walk), some fellows … (to fish) on the lake

While I … (to return) home, some pretty children … (to toboggan) on a hill

And when I … (to come) home, my cat, Markiz by name, … (to lie) on the armchair

On 6th January I … (to visit) my relatives and … (to play) with them and … (to take) their photos for the

whole day

On Christmas Eve I … (to send) greetings to my friends VKontakte and … (to get)

the same from them for almost four hours

On 8th January I … (to receive) many Happy Birthday wishes from my

friends

My friend Natasha … (to prepare) a nice birthday present for me

While she … (to make) the present, her little son Daniel … (to work and to play) in the yard

My winter holidays … (to be) very nice and I … (to like) them very much

Created by: Valentina Vasilyevna Sergoushina

an English teacher MBEE Monastyrshchinskaya Secondary

Comprehensive School Smolenskaya Oblast

School Year 2011-2012