16896 camping with my friends

CAMPING WITH MY
1. Fill in the gaps with the correct past simple form:
Last summer my friends and me ……………… (decide)
to go camping. We ……………… (meet) at the station
on Friday. I ……………… (pack) my rucksack on
Thursday night. I ………… (put) a pair of boots, a cap
and a raincoat. I ……………… (not/ forget) my sleeping
bag and my binoculars because I like bird watching.
On Friday at 15:30 me and my three friends
……………… (get) on the train to the mountain. We
…………… (arrive) at 18: 15 and ……………… (go) to
the local shop to get some food. Pete is a good cook,
so he ……………… (prepare) our meals. He ……………
(bring) a portable stove, but he ……………… (not/
bring) any matches, so we …………… (have) to ask the
campers next to us.
When we ……………… (get) there, we immediately
………………… (put) the tent up. At night, we ……………
(make) a fire and ……………… (sit) around. We
……………… (tell) stories and jokes and ……………
(sing). Everything …………… (be) dark, but the stars
and the moon ………………… (shine). However, in the
tent we ………………… (not/ can /see) anything, so we
…………… (use) Tom’s torch to get into our sleeping
bags.
In the morning we ………… (get) up early and …………
(have) a big breakfast. Then we …………… (go) walking
or climbing. We …………… (see) some nice birds, but
we …………… (need) some insect repellent because
there …………… (be) lots of mosquitoes near the river.
Fortunately we ………… (bring) our water bottles and

…………… (fill) them there, so we ………… (drink) fresh
water when we …………… (stop) for a snack.

2. Find these words
in the reading &
write down the
names under the
pictures:

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Not everything ……………… (go) well. I have to confess
that we …………… (lose) our way twice since Terry
…………… (forget) the compass in the tent. We also
3. Say if the sentences are True or False. Correct the wrong ones.
1. There were some bees in the camp site
…………………………………………………………………
2. Although they had a compass, they lost their way
………………………………………………
3. They bought some things at the camp site shop
……………………………………………………
4. Campers were rude to them
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Last summer my friends and me DECIDED (decide) to go camping. We MET
(meet) at the station on Friday. I PACKED (pack) my rucksack on Thursday
night. I PUT (put) a pair of boots, a cap and a raincoat. I DIN’T FORGET (not/
forget) my sleeping bag and my binoculars because I like bird watching.
On Friday at 15:30 me and my three friends GOT (get) on the train to the
mountain. We ARRIVE (arrive) at 18: 15 and WENT (go) to the local shop to
get some food. Pete is a good cook, so he PREPARED (prepare) our meals. He
BROUGHT (bring) a portable stove, but he DIDN’T BRING (not/ bring) any
matches, so we HAD (have) to ask the campers next to us.
When we GOT (get) there, we immediately PUT (put) the tent up. At night, we
MADE (make) a fire and SAT (sit) around. We TOLD (tell) stories and jokes and
SANG (sing). Everything WAS (be) dark but the stars and the moon SHONE
(shine). However, in the tent we COULDN’T (not/ can /see) anything, so we

USED (use) Tom’s torch to get into our sleeping bags.
In the morning we GOT (get) up early and HAD (have) a big breakfast. Then
we WENT (go) walking or climbing. We SAW (see) some nice birds, but we
NEEDED (need) some insect repellent because there WERE (be) lots of
mosquitoes near the river. Fortunately we BROUGHT (bring) our water bottles
and FILLED (fill) them there so we DRANK (drink) fresh water when we
STOPPED (stop) to have a snack.
Not everything WENT (go) well. I have to confess that we LOST (lose) our way
twice since Terry FORGOT (leave) the compass in the tent. We also FOUND
(find) some mushrooms, but we DIDN’T PICK (not/ pick) them up because we
DIDN’T HAVE (not/have) a penknife and we DIDN’T WANT (not/ want) to
1. FIRE 2. COMPASS 3. WATER BOTTLE 4. BOOTS 5. RUCKSCAK
PENKNIFE
7. SLEEPING BAG 8. INSECT REPELLENT
9. TENT
10. RAINCOAT
11. PORTABLE STOVE 12. CAP
13. TORCH 14. BINOCULARS
1. There were some mosquitoes near the river
2. They lost their way because Terry forgot the compass in the tent
3. They bought some things at the local shop
4. Campers were nice to them
5. They didn’t pick up some mushrooms because they didn’t have a
penknife
6. When they arrived at the camp site, they put the tent up.
7. They filled their water bottles with water from the river.

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