لنذهب في نزهة · Programme: Talking about picnic activities · Grammar: Linkers and / but; his / her / their
By the end of this lesson, I can:
- I can name picnic things and picnic activities.
- I can join two ideas with and or but.
- I can use his, her and their.
- I can write a short text about a picnic.
🖼️ Picture dictionary قاموس مصوّر
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13 كلمة من هذا الدرس في القاموس المدرسي: المعنى بالعربية والفرنسية، والنطق، ومثال.
📖 Read: A picnic by the river أقرأ
Last Sunday, the Ben Salah family went on a picnic. In the morning, everybody got ready. Dad put the food in a big basket. Mum took a blanket and some water. Lina packed her skipping rope and Karim took his ball and his kite.
They drove to a river near Béja. When they arrived, the children ran to the water. They washed their hands and sat on the grass. They ate sandwiches, salad and sweet watermelon.
After lunch, Lina and her cousin Nour did rope skipping. Karim wanted to fly a kite, but there was no wind! So he played football with Dad. In the evening, the children were tired but happy. Their picnic was perfect!
Do you understand? أفهم
Answer in your copybook first, then check.
- Where did the family go on a picnic?
Answer
To a river near Béja.
- What did Dad put in the basket?
Answer
The food.
- What did the children do when they arrived?
Answer
They ran to the water, washed their hands and sat on the grass.
- Why couldn’t Karim fly his kite?
Answer
Because there was no wind.
- How were the children in the evening?
Answer
Tired but happy.
🧩 Grammar القواعد
1. and / but
and adds an idea of the same kind: We ate sandwiches and watermelon.
but adds a different or opposite idea: Karim wanted to fly a kite, but there was no wind.
2. his / her / their say who has something:
👦 Karim ➡️ his ball · 👧 Lina ➡️ her rope · 👨👩👧👦 the family ➡️ their picnic
and تعني و (تضيف فكرة)، و but تعني لكنّ (فكرة مختلفة). his للمذكّر (ـه)، her للمؤنّث (ـها)، their للجمع (ـهم).
Who has it?
| Person | Possessive | Example |
|---|---|---|
| I | my | my sandwich 🥪 |
| you | your | your kite 🪁 |
| he 👦 | his | his ball ⚽ |
| she 👧 | her | her basket 🧺 |
| we | our | our picnic |
| they 👨👩👧👦 | their | their car 🚗 |
The word depends on the person who has the thing, not on the thing: Lina and her brother (Lina is a girl). Karim and his sister (Karim is a boy).
and or but?
| and ➕ (same idea) | but ➖ (different idea) |
|---|---|
| I like apples and bananas. | I like apples, but I don’t like bananas. |
| It was sunny and hot. | It was sunny, but it was windy. |
| We ate and we played. | We were tired, but we were happy. |
Look and say: our picnic
| Picture | Picnic thing or activity |
|---|---|
| 🧺 | a picnic basket |
| 🥪 | sandwiches |
| 🍉 | watermelon |
| 🪁 | fly a kite |
| 🪢 | rope skipping |
| ⚽ | play football |
pic + nic = picnic · water + melon = watermelon · sand + wich = sandwich · grand + father = grandfather
💬 Useful expressions عبارات مفيدة
Talking about a picnic
Saying who has what
🔊 Pronunciation النطق
Worked examples أمثلة محلولة
Try first, then read the solution.
Complete: I wanted to swim, … the water was cold.
Step-by-step solution
- The two ideas are different: I wanted / the water was cold.
- For a different idea, use but.
✓ I wanted to swim, but the water was cold.
Complete: Nour took … skipping rope.
Step-by-step solution
- Nour is a girl.
- For a girl, use her.
✓ Nour took her skipping rope.
Complete: The children washed … hands.
Step-by-step solution
- The children = they (more than one person).
- For they, use their.
✓ The children washed their hands.
⚠️ Common mistakes أخطاء شائعة
⭐ Remember أحفظ
- Picnic words: basket, sandwich, watermelon, grass, river, kite, rope skipping.
- and adds the same kind of idea.
- but adds a different idea.
- his = for a boy or a man; her = for a girl or a woman; their = for many people.
- k and c can make the same sound /k/: kite, cake.
Quick quiz اختبار سريع
4 questions · instant feedback1. Choose the right word: Lina packed … rope.
2. We were tired … happy.
3. Which word has the /k/ sound with the letter c?
4. In the text, why did Karim play football?
✍️ Write: Our picnic أكتب
Write a short text (50–80 words) about a picnic with your family or your class. Use and, but, his, her and their.
Steps
- Say when and where you went.
- Say how you got ready and what you took.
- Say what you ate.
- Say what each person did (his / her / their).
- Use and and but.
- Say how you felt at the end.
A model text to compare with (after writing mine)
Last spring, my class went on a picnic in a forest near Tabarka. We got ready early and we took sandwiches, water and oranges. When we arrived, we washed our hands and sat on the grass. My friend Amira played with her ball. Oussama flew his kite, but it fell in a tree! The teachers sat with their coffee and watched us. We were tired, but we were very happy.
One good example among many: compare, don’t copy.
😊 The lighter side استراحة
After rain comes sunshine.
I fly high in the sky, but I have no wings. A child holds my string. What am I?
Answer
A kite.
What does a frog eat at a picnic? — A fly sandwich, of course!
✅ Exercises تمارين
All exercises →6 exercises on three levels, with new questions every time.
- Choose the right answerTo do
- ClassifyTo do
- Situation 1To do
- Situation 2To do
Practise: Let’s Go on a Picnic
True or false, complete, choose, classify and situations: instant correction with explanations.
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6 exercises · instant correction · new questions every time
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