CAMPING WITH MY

1. Fill in the gaps with the correct past simple form:

Last summer my friends and me ……………… (decide) to go 2. Find these words in
camping. We ……………… (meet) at the station on Friday. I the reading & write
……………… (pack) my rucksack on Thursday night. I ………… down the names under
(put) a pair of boots, a cap and a raincoat. I ……………… (not/ the pictures:
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 1. 2.
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.
3. 4.
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). 5. 6.
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 7. 8.
…………… (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 9. 10.
when we …………… (stop) for a snack.

Not everything ……………… (go) well. I have to confess that we

…………… (lose) our way twice since Terry …………… (forget)
the compass in the tent. We also ………… (find) some mushrooms, 11. 12.
but we …………… (not/ pick) them up because we ……………
(not/have) a penknife and we ……………… (not/ want) to damage
them. Anyway, we ………… (spend) a nice couple of days living in
a clean, peaceful place.
13. 14.

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
………………………………………………………………………………
5. They picked up some mushrooms because they didn’t like them