Mar del Plata Vacation and Daily Routines
Vacation in Mar del Plata
I was in Mar del Plata in January 2015. There were many people. They were friendly. My favorite restaurant is called “Manolo”. I love pasta and pizza. I never eat fish; I don’t like it. The food was delicious, but it was expensive. There wasn’t a good market in the town. There were many restaurants, but they were small. In Mar del Plata, there were fantastic beaches. I like surfing and playing volleyball. The traffic was okay.
Visit Mar del Plata. It’s a fantastic city in the summer. The weather was beautiful.
Typical Day
I always get up at six o’clock in the morning, and then I have breakfast at a quarter past six. I go to work at seven o’clock in the morning. I start work at nine o’clock in the morning. I have lunch at half past twelve in the afternoon. I finish work at five o’clock in the afternoon. I get home at half past seven in the evening. I have a shower at about eight in the evening. After that, I have dinner, and I go to bed at about eleven at night.
Frequency Adverbs
Always, usually, sometimes, never.
I love food, and I always go to restaurants with my family at the weekend. I usually like to eat pasta, sometimes pizza, and I never eat fish. There is a great restaurant near my house. They have fantastic pasta. I like going out to eat with my family and my boyfriend. There is a place which is my favorite, and it is called “La Quintana”. I sometimes go there with my friends too. The food is delicious. It’s a fantastic place to eat.
Verb Usage Notes
- Have: eat and/or drink (breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner)
- Have/Take: a shower, a bath
- Go: home, to work, to the gym, to bed
Grammar: Subject-Verb Agreement
- I, you, we, they: go, have, like… Do not/Don’t + go, have, like…
- He, she, it, the: goes, watches, has, likes, works, studies… Doesn’t/Does not + go, have, like…
Questions
- Do + I, you, we, they + go, have, like…?
- Does + he, she, it, the +…?
- What, who, why, when, where, how, which + do + I, you, we, they + go, have, like…?
- What, who, why, when, where, how, which + does + he, she, it, the + go, have, like…?
Verb Endings
Verbs ending in -x, -s, -sh, -ch, -o add “es”:
- Fixes
- Kisses
- Finishes
- Watches
- Goes
- Study = studies
- Play = plays
Actions and Preferences
- Like, dislike
- Love, hate
- Enjoy (Do you enjoy sunbathing? Do you like surfing?)
- Not mind
My House
My house is small. There are two bedrooms. In the bedroom, there is a TV. There is a bed, and there are three pillows on the bed. There is a bedside table next to the door. There is a lamp on the bedside table. There is a kitchen. In the kitchen, there is a cooker. There is a fridge. There is a sink. There is a table, and there are six chairs. There is a living room. In the living room, there is a smart TV. There is a sofa. There are two armchairs. There is a lamp. There is a DVD player. There are three windows. There are two doors. There is a bathroom. In the bathroom, there is a washbasin. There is a toilet. There is a shower, and there is one door.
Verb “To Be”
- I am / am not
- You, we, they are / aren’t
- He, she, it is / isn’t
What, who, why, when, where, how, which + am, is, are + person…?
What, who, why, when, where, how, which + does, do + person + verb?
Transportation
- To get/To take: a taxi, a train, a plane
- To travel/To go (to work): on foot, by bus, by train, by underground, in a taxi
Prepositions
- In: the morning, afternoon, evening, the summer, 2015, December, a hospital, an office, a garage, music school, a company
- At: night, lunchtime, 6 o’clock, the weekend, Christmas, Easter
- On: Monday, December 12th, New Year’s Day, a form, a ship, a boat, a plane
- From… to…
Adjectives
Fascinating = very interesting; Fantastic = wonderful; Close to = near; Interesting; Fantastic; Cheap; Expensive; Beautiful; Awful; Boring
Imperatives: See, visit, don’t forget
Food, traffic, money, furniture, water, salad take “was”.
People takes “were”.