Complete the collocations with the vers in the box.

a. ......................... no/yes
b. ......................... the door/the window
c. ......................... me a questions/me to marry him
d. ......................... me a presente/a big bunch of flowers to her
Now complete these collocations with the verbs in the
box.

e. ......................... sad/cold
f. ......................... me out for dinner/me to the airport
g. ......................... for everything/$60 for the flight
h. ......................... a car/a bicycle
All the verbs above are in the past simple. Can you
remember the present forms?

Match the chunks of language in the left with their equivalent

to the right
a. to take me out for dinner
b. a big bunch of flowers
c. rented the car
c. for a few weeks
d. asked me to marry him
e. was quite angry and sad
f. had a great weekend
g. on Thursday evening
h. took us to the airport
i. paid for everything
j. had a lovely weekend
k. the night we got married

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) alugou o carro
) pagou por tudo
) a noite que nos casamos
) na quinta-feira noite
) nos levou para o aeroporto
) tivemos um fim de semana adorvel
) um grande buqu de flores
) me pediu em casamento
) me levar para jantar fora
) tivemos um fim de semana incrvel
) por algumas semanas
) ficou bem zangado e triste

Read the text below. Did the four people have a nice weekend? What did they
do?

CAROL
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It was my birthday. My boyfriend Daniel came to my house to take
me out for dinner. I opened the door, and he had a big bunch of
flowers and a very nice car. He rented the car just to take me out. I
was really surprised.

MICHAEL
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I went to our house in the country with my Family. Its a small
house in a village in the mountains. We often go there at the
weekends and we usually go there for a few weeks in the summer. It
was really hot when we went this weekend. It was 35 degrees. I was
surprised because its July. Its usually cold.

SANDRA
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I had a really terrible weekend. My boyfriend tooke me out to this
really expensive restaurant. In the middle of our dinner, he gave me
a very beautiful ring and he asked me to marry him. I was really
surprised. I said no. I like him, but I knew I didnt want to marry
him. He was quite angry and sad. It was awful.

RAY
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I had a great weekend. My wife and I got married 30 years ago. My
wife and I were really surprised when our son came to our house
on Thursday evening. He then took us to the airport and gave us
two tickets to go to Rome! He paid for everything: the flight, the
hotel, everything. We had a lovely weekend. We remembered the
night we got married. It was wonderful.

Answer the questions below.

a. Who got married 25 years ago?
b. Who went to a small house in a village in the mountains?
c. Who didnt want to marry her boyfriend?
d. Who went to Rome?
e. Who went to a house in the country with his/her family?
f. Who was given a beautiful ring?

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What word complete the sentences below?

I was
It was
My wife and I were
I had a

surprised.
hot.
surprised.
terrible weekend

Look at the words bellow. Use them to try and say what happened to each
person at the weekend.
CAROL
MICHAEL
SANDRA
RAY

dinner door bunch of flowers car

house weekends degrees July
restaurant ring no angry
our son airport tickets the night we got married