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F. Useful expressions

Visit a place late at night
Go to a place stay up
On (my) vacation spend time/ a day/ three weeks/ three years
Spend my vacation to get someplace (arrive)

F1 Fill in the blanks. Use some expressions more than once.

1. We ___________ Disney World too late to see anything that night.
2. Last summer I _____________ my vacation at the beach.

3. Peter usually __________ his vacation at the beach.
4. The Holts are planning to go to Bermuda ________ their vacation.

5. Mr. Hayes is not at work. He is __________ vacation.
6. ___________ her last vacation she visited her family.

7. We stayed until late __________
8. We __________ two weeks in Rome and had a very good time.

9. They __________ a long time at the airport because the plane was late.

F2. Use five of the expressions in F in sentences.

1. (visit a place) ___________________________

2. (spend my vacation) _____________________________
3. (late at night) _____________________________

4. (stay up) ________________________________

5 (arrive) ________________________________

WRITE

A. Think about all of your vacations. Choose one that was very special in some way and
write about it.

B. Use these expressions and underline them.

1. a negative sentence
2. three irregular verbs
3. one of the expressions in D
4. two expressions in F

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