1️⃣ Warm-up (Conversation)

• Do you like holidays?
• How do you feel before a holiday?
• What are your plans for Carnival?

2️⃣ Vocabulary

📅 Holiday × Vacation (US × UK)

• Holiday
  • US English → feriado / período curto de folga
  • British English → férias / feriado / viagens de férias
• Vacation
  • US English → férias (período mais longo)
  • British English → menos comum

📌 Exemplos:

• Next week is a holiday.
• Carnival is a holiday in Brazil.
• We take our vacation once a year.

🗓️ Long weekend

Long weekend = feriado prolongado (3 ou 4 dias)

• Carnival is a long weekend in Brazil.
• We have a long weekend next week.
• I’m traveling on the long weekend.

Common use:

• on the long weekend
• during the long weekend

💰 / ⏰ Spend

Spend = passar (tempo) / gastar (dinheiro)

• I spend time with my family.
• I want to spend the holiday at home.
• I don’t want to spend a lot of money.

Structure:

• spend + the holiday / the long weekend

• spend + time / money

😌 Holiday mood

Holiday mood = para falar de estado emocional, clima ou atmosfera

👉 in a holiday mood

• I’m already in a holiday mood.
• Everyone is in a holiday mood.

❌ on a holiday mood
❌ at a holiday mood

✔️ IN a holiday mood

More examples with IN

• in a good mood
• in a bad mood
• in a relaxed mood
• in the mood to travel

📅 Workday

• Workday = dia de trabalho

📌 Exemplos:

• Monday is a workday.
• Holidays are not workdays.

3️⃣ Model Sentences

• Next week is Carnival holiday.
• I’m already in a holiday mood.
• I want to spend the long weekend resting.
• Some people travel on holidays.
• I prefer to stay home during Carnival.

4️⃣ Grammar Focus (Going to)

We use going to for plans and intentions:

• I’m going to spend the holiday with my family.

5️⃣ Practice

📝 Exercise 1 – Complete with IN, HOLIDAY, VACATION or LONG WEEKEND:

1. I’m ___ a holiday mood.
2. We have a ___ because Carnival is on Monday.
3. In the US, people say ___ instead of holiday.
4. I’m going to spend the ___ at home.
5. Everyone is ___ a relaxed mood this week.

📝 Exercise 2 – Complete the sentences

1. Next week is a __________.
2. Carnival is a __________ weekend.
3. I want to __________ the holiday at home.
4. I’m already in a holiday __________.
5. I’m on __________ in July for two weeks.

🗣️ Exercise 3 – Personal answers

Answer with complete sentences:

1. How do you usually spend holidays?
2. Are you in a holiday mood now?
3. What are your plans for the long weekend?

🗝️ Answer Key

Exercise 1

1. in
2. long weekend
3. vacation
4. holiday / long weekend
5. in

Exercise 2

1. holiday
2. long
3. spend
4. mood
5. vacation (US) / holiday (UK)

Holidays are not about doing more — they’re about feeling better.