Coping with the Hot Summer Weather (Speaking Activity)

Coping with the Hot Summer Weather

(Speaking Activity)

I. Answer the following questions using the "Past Simple Tense"

1. How did you stay cool during the last heatwave?

2. What cold food or drink did you make or buy when it was super hot?

3. Did you or someone you know ever experience a heatstroke or a heat rash or sunburn during summer? What happened?

4. Where was the coolest place you visited to escape the heat?

5. What mistake did you make on a hot day, and how did you fix it?

Useful Past Tense Starters:

"On the hottest day, I went to..."

"We drank a lot of..."

"It was so warm that we decided to..."

"I forgot my water bottle, so I had to..."

Summer Verbs (Past Tense)

Base Form	Past Simple	Example Sentence
drink	drank	"I drank three glasses of iced lemonade."
eat	ate	"We ate watermelon on the porch."
go	went	"They went to an air-conditioned cinema."
swim	swam	"I swam in the pool for hours."
hide	hid	"We hid from the afternoon sun indoors."
turn on	turned on	"He turned on two fans in his room."
forget	forgot	"I forgot my hat at home."
melt	melted	"My ice cream melted in five minutes!"
escape	escaped	"She escaped the heat by visiting the basement."
buy	bought	"We bought a cold bag of ice at the shop."

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