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
- Find the person who has the thing.
- Boy ➡️ his; girl ➡️ her; many people ➡️ their.
- 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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