About "school holidays"

(a) Last holidays, I went to Japan. -- "Last holidays" sounds slightly abbreviated, but I think it's OK in everyday use.

(b) During the school holidays, it was bright and sunny. -- OK

(c) Last school holidays, it was fine/bright and sunny.

Last school holidays, it was a sunny day. -- No. Implies that there was only one day in the holidays.

(d

Thanks. Can I say,

(a) Last week was a school holiday / was school holidays. They visited the Botanical Garden. They went to the bust stop to take a bus to the Botanical Garden.

(b)Last week my school was / had holidays.

(c) Last week was my school holiday.

(d) Last week was holidays.

(e) It was school holidays.

(a) Last week was a school holiday / was school holidays. They visited the Botanical Garden. They went to the bus stop to take a bus to the Botanical Garden. -- grammatically OK, but stylistically not great because of the repetition of "Botanical Garden".

(b) Last week my school was on holiday.

(c) Last week was my school holiday. -- Possible, but (b) is

Can I say,

During the summer holidays, our class visited the old folk home.

Vincent Teo
Can I say,

During the summer holidays, our class visited the old folk home.

"During the summer holidays, our class visited the old folks' home."

"old folks' home" is informal. More formally, you could say "retirement home".

Thanks, but I got confused, I say:

Last week was a holiday.

I mean, the "whole week" were holidays, not just "a holiday" for a day. You get what I mean?


If I say, "...was a holiday", doesn't it only "one holiday" in a week?

"Last week was a holiday" is understood to mean that the whole week was a holiday. Although "a holiday" looks like it should mean just one day, it can refer to any length of time.

You are right that "Last week was/were holidays" seems logical, but we don't say that.

Thanks your reply. Are you the Native speaker? Are you using British Eng or American English?

By the way, Can I say,

During the last holidays, John went on / for a trip.

Yes, I am a native speaker of British English. Americans tend to use "vacation" where the British would use "holiday".

"went on a trip" is better than "went for a trip".

"During the last holidays" is passable but not particularly elegant. If you have a name for the holidays then it would be better to use that. For example: "During the summer holidays..."