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
 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 damage them . Anyway, we SPENT (spend) a nice couple of days
living in a clean, peaceful place.

1. FIRE 2. COMPASS 3. WATER BOTTLE 4. BOOTS 5. RUCKSCAK 6. 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.