Unit 3. A trip to the countryside

VOCABULARY
1/ picnic site (n): địa điểm dã ngoại
2/ put down : trải ra
3/ blanket (n): chăn, tấm trải
4/ lay out : bày, dọn ra ( lay – laid – laid )
5/ hurriedly (adv): một cách nhanh chóng
6/ gather = collect(v): thu dọn
7/ bus stop (n): bến xe buýt
PAST SIMPLE TENSE




Eg: We studied English last night.
He went to the part yesterday.
Look at the pictures and the information given. Then write a passage entitled “A Country Picnic”. Start like this:

It was a beautiful day...
1) beautiful day / my friends and I / go / picnic.
take / bus / countryside / walk / 20 minutes / picnic site / river.




1) beautiful day / my friends and I / go / picnic.
take / bus / countryside / walk / 20 minutes / picnic site / river.

eg:
It ____ a beautiful day. My friends and I _______ to go for a picnic. We ____ a bus to the countryside. We walked about 20 minutes to the picnic site by the river.
was
decided
took
=> We put down the blanket on the ground and laid out the food on it.

2) put down / blankets / lay out / food.
3) After meal / play / games / “What song is it?”/ blind man’s buff.

Late / afternoon / go fishing. We / enjoy / picnic.
=> After the meal,we played games and sang the song "What song is it?" and played the "blind man`s buff". Later in the afternoon, we went fishing in the river. We enjoyed the picnic very much.
3) After meal / play / games / “What song is it?”/ blind man’s buff. Late / afternoon / go fishing. We / enjoy / picnic.
4) when / look at / time / it / nearly 6.30 pm / hurriedly gather / things / run / bus stop.


=> When we looked at the time, it was nearly 6.30 p.m. We hurriedly gathered things and ran to the bus stop.
5. we / lucky / catch / last bus / and / we / arrive / home / very late / evening.

=> We were lucky to catch the last bus, and we arrived home very late in the evening.