Simple Past Tense - Speaking and Listening Practice - Holiday

foreign I hope you enjoy this listening practice the teacher is asking her students to talk about their holiday it's nice to see you all again I hope you all had a nice break it's nice to be back after such a long break Helen how was your holiday my family and I went to Florida to visit my grandparents that's nice did you do anything fun over there yes we did a lot of touristy activities during our two weeks there we went to Universal Studios in Orlando we visited several attractions like Shrek Jurassic Park and Spider-Man I

had so much fun we also drove to Miami which is a three hour drive from Orlando we stayed at an Airbnb that had a nice pool we also spent some time at the beach it was so relaxing I'm glad you had a good time anyone else wants to talk about their vacation I wish I had as much fun as Olivia but unfortunately mine was boring sorry to hear that what happened I went snowboarding with my friends it was really fun until I fell oh no did you get hurt well I was more scared than hurt

but I still went to see the doctor to get checked out thank goodness it ruined my holiday but at least I didn't break any bones what about you Erica did you do anything special yes I went camping for the first time I had such a great time we roasted marshmallows over the campfire we also did some hiking I enjoyed it a lot what about you Allison how was your holiday I didn't get to travel anywhere but I still had a good time I took my little brother to the fair it was fun I also got

to catch up with a friend I hadn't seen in a while what else oh yeah I went to the flea market I found some great bargains while my holiday was not as eventful as yours my family and I decided to take it easy this holiday my husband barbecued on weekends we also met up with friends and had a picnic by the lake the rest of the time I mainly did chores around the house such as vacuuming doing the laundry and ironing the clothes well as you can see I had a pretty mellow holiday foreign