Last vacation with my family
Summer vacations are the most awaited time of the year for every student in their life. Summer vacations bring a lot of chances to get involved in many things that we have been hoping to do. It reminds me that holidays are more useful if you utilize them properly by doing something useful.
Moreover, summer vacations offer every student a chance to take a break from their daily routine, enjoy their present time with their family and friends. Students eagerly wait for their summer vacations every year. They always hope of doing something worthy that liberates them from the regular routine of studies and habits.
Summer vacation is a time for relaxation and fun, but it can also be a time for reflection.
We all know how important it is to spend time with loved ones, get outside, and enjoy the sun. But sometimes we forget to take a look at ourselves and think about what we want our summer vacations to look like.
Questions about your Last Vacation
Not let’s take a look at some other questions, these questions will help you think about your last vacation.
The first set are basic questions that usually require some basic details to be answered:
- Where did you go?
- When did you go?
- Who did you go with?
- How did you get there?
- What did you do during the day?
- What did you do at nights?
- What did you eat?
- Did you enjoy your last vacation?
- Where did you stay?
- How much money did you spend on your last vacation?
These are some questions that require a few more details to be answered
- Did you have any bad experiences in your last vacation?
- Did you make new friends on your last vacation?
- What places did you visit during your stay?
- How long were you there?
- Did you buy any souvenirs?
- Where would you like to go next?
- Would you recommend that place that you visited? why or why not?
All of those questions are really helpful when you have an oral test.
Last vacation with my family Examples
These are five examples of people describing their last vacations.
Pay Careful attention to verbs in the past form since you will see lots of them. You will also see verbs in the present in some instances.
They verbs in the past forms will be in bold so it is easier for you to remember them.
Don’t think that those examples are hard to create, you just need to create simple sentences and in some instance provide more details.
Example #1
Last year, I had the chance the amusement park, Zarcero and Ciudad Quesada in a day. I went with my daughter, my wife and some friends.
We woke up early that day and our friends drove us to the amusement park, my daughter enjoyed the many rides available, we ate pizza and we left around three.
Then we headed to San Carlos, on the way to San Carlos we stopped by the catholic church and took some pictures of ourselves in the gardens.
We got to San Carlos around 5:00 PM , we had dinner there, picked some people up and headed home.
Example #2
Last year I spent my vacation at the beach. I traveled with some friends of mine. We arrived at the beach at 8:00 AM, we immediately went to swim then we made some sandwiches for lunch.
After lunch, we went to run and we left the beach before 6:00 PM.
We drove back to the hotel and we had dinner there. Around 9, we called our friends and we met outside a dance club because we wanted to dance.
We spent like three hours in the club and we got back to the hotel.
Example #3
Last year, I went to Cartagena with my family and my best friend Luis. We visited my cousins Mayra and Alejandra. I hadn’t met them before, so I was really excited to meet them.
My first impression of them it was very good, they are friendly and fun. We went to visit many places but my favorite place was Barú island.
That island is amazing, it looks like a paradise, I took many pictures of every single we did.
The food was excellent. We ate shrimp rice and shrimp cocktail. I had a great time with my family. We spent three amazing days in Cartagena.
Example #4
Hello. I’d like to share with everybody the great time that I had on my last vacations. I went to Conchal Beach with my friends. We stayed at a small hotel right in front of the beach.
The first day we were there we took surfing lessons, my friends and I had so much fun hanging out at the beach.
There was another beach nearby, probably a five-minute walk and you are in Brasilito beach. We watched the sunset and we set a fire at night.
We spent most of three days in the beach and we usually went to club at night located in a place called Tamarindo. There is a beach in Tamarindo too. It was one of the most special times I’ve had in my life.
Example #5
My last holiday was a five-day trip to Guatemala I know Guatemala well because I lived there when I was a missionary more than ten years ago.
Instead of staying in a hotel, I stayed with one of my old friends. It was so much fun.
I wanted to visit all the places I lived, so I visited Baja Verapaz. It has changed a lot. I also went to the supermarket near my old house.
We did some touristy things too. We went to Tikal. Nature is amazing up there. We walked across the historic monuments.
Questions about My Last Vacation in English
These are some questions and answers about my last vacation in English
- Where did you go?
- I went to Coco Beach
- When did you go?
- I went to Samara Last week
- Who did you go with?
- I went to a resort with my parents
- How did you get there?
- We rented a car
- What did you do during the day?
- I went surfing with my friends
- What did you do at nights?
- We visited the clubs and the casinos
- What did you eat?
- We ate different types of meat
Key Vocabulary
These are some important words that you can use when talking about vacations in English
Long Weekend: Saturday and Sunday with at least one extra day added, either Friday or Monday.
Hang out: to spend a lot of time in a place or with someone
Sightseeing: The activity of visiting interesting places, especially by people on holiday
