CAMPING WITH MY 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 Find these words in the reading & write down the names under the pictures: 10 11 12 Not everything ……………… (go) well I have to confess that we …………… (lose) our way twice since Terry …………… (forget) the compass in the tent We also Say if the sentences are True or False Correct the wrong ones There were some bees in the camp site ………………………………………………………………… Although they had a compass, they lost their way ……………………………………………… They bought some things at the camp site shop …………………………………………………… Campers were rude to 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 FIRE COMPASS WATER BOTTLE BOOTS RUCKSCAK PENKNIFE SLEEPING BAG INSECT REPELLENT TENT 10 RAINCOAT 11 PORTABLE STOVE 12 CAP 13 TORCH 14 BINOCULARS There were some mosquitoes near the river They lost their way because Terry forgot the compass in the tent They bought some things at the local shop Campers were nice to them They didn’t pick up some mushrooms because they didn’t have a penknife When they arrived at the camp site, they put the tent up They filled their water bottles with water from the river