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Slocawber Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

summer holidays / vacations

1) In reply to the question:

How did you spend your summer holidays?

could one answer by saying: "well" or "very well" or "fine" or "good"?

2) Is there a difference between

How did you spend your summer holidays?

and

How did you spend your summer holiday?

Are they both acceptable?

3) If I use vacation(s) instead of holiday(s)

is it equivalent? Which one sounds more British or more American?

Thank you.
  

Top answer

could one answer by saying: "well" or "very well" or "fine" or "good"? No. You need to offer a description of what you did.

— Mister Micawber

  • could one answer by saying: "well" or "very well" or "fine" or "good"?
  • No.
  • You need to offer a description of what you did.
  • andHow did you spend your summer holiday?
  • Only if the interlocutor took two separate vacations in the summer.
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slocawber In reply to the question:How did you spend your summer holidays?could one answer by saying: "well" or "very well" or "fine" or "good"?
No. You need to offer a description of what you did.
slocawber2) Is there a difference between How did you spend your summer holidays?andHow did you spend your summer holiday?
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As your first question, you can say all of those. However, you should be careful because the response to how should be an adverb. But when you say "fine" or '"good" you are actually saying. "it was good"
As for your second question, both are acceptable, however I have heard "summer holidays" more often.
Last, vacation is the American alternative of holiday.
Regards
Hamid
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1) In reply to the question:

How did you spend your summer holidays?

could one answer by saying: "well" or "very well" or "fine" or "good"?
No.
Say
eg I went to Paris for three weeks.
eg I stayed home and worked in my garden.
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