Unit 1: Entertaining Myself

Summary: Let’s Go on a Picnic

Key points

  • A picnic is a meal outside, on the grass, for example near a river.
  • Picnic things: a basket, sandwiches, fruit, water, a blanket, a ball, a kite, a skipping rope.
  • And joins two ideas of the same kind; but joins two different ideas.
  • His is for a boy or a man, her for a girl or a woman, their for many people.
  • The letters k and c (before a, o, u) make the same sound /k/: kite, cake.

Rules to remember

and
We ate sandwiches and watermelon.
but
Karim wanted to fly a kite, but there was no wind.
his / her / their
Karim took his ball. Lina packed her rope. The children washed their hands.

How to do it

  1. Find the person who has the thing.
  2. Boy ➡️ his; girl ➡️ her; many people ➡️ their.
  3. Same idea ➡️ and; different idea ➡️ but.

Example

The children were tired, but they were happy with their picnic.

Common mistakes

  • *Karim took her ball.* ➡️ Karim took his ball.
  • *They washed they hands.* ➡️ They washed their hands.
  • *We arrived to the river.* ➡️ We arrived at the river.

Key words

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