UNIT 3: A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson 5: Write
Write these verbs from present simple to the past simple and the past participle.
took
taken
put
put
laid
laid
ran
run
caught
caught
New words
picnic site (n): địa điểm dã ngoại
blanket (n): chăn, tấm trải
lay out (v): bày, dọn
gather (v): thu dọn, gom lại
Writing
Put the following pictures into the correct order
Put the following pictures into the correct order
Key: 1d – 2c – a – 4b – 5e
Look at the pictures and the information given. Then write a passage entitled “A Country Picnic”. Start like this: It was a beautiful day…
beautiful day / my friends and I / go / picnic.
take / bus / countryside / walk / 20 minutes / picnic site / river.
It was a beautiful day, my friends and I decided to go on a picnic. We took a bus to the countryside and then walked about 20 minutes to the picnic site next to the river.
Put down / blanket/ lay out / food.
We put down the blankets and laid out the food.
After meal / play / games / “What song is it?” /
blind man’s buff.
Late / afternoon / go fishing. We / enjoy / picnic.
After meal, we played the games “What song is it?” and blind man`s buff. Late in the afternoon we went fishing. We enjoyed our picnic.
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 pm. We hurriedly gathered our things and ran to the bus stop.
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.
It was a beautiful day, my friends and I decided to go on a picnic. We took a bus to the countryside and then walked about 20 minutes to the picnic site next to the river.

We put down the blankets and laid out the food.
After meal, we played the games “What song is it?” and blind man`s buff. Late in the afternoon we went fishing. We enjoyed our picnic.

When we looked at the time, it was nearly 6.30 pm. We hurried gathered our things and ran to the bus stop.

We were lucky to catch the last bus and we arrived home very late in the evening.
Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D:
1. They decided to go on a picnic in the ______.
A. Countryside B. city C. mountain
2.They took a ______ to the countryside.
A. car B. bus C. train
3. They played ______.
A. blindman’s buff B. soccer C. volleyball
4. Late in the afternoon, they went ______.
A. swimming B. boating C. fishing
5.They arrived home very late in the ______.
A. midnight B. evening C. afternoon
Learn the new words by heart.
Rewrite the passage in your notebooks.
Write your own trip/story.
Prepare Lesson 6: Language Focus (page 28 – 31)
HOMEWORK
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