Dad usually comes up with 1. (ORIGIN) ideas. Last Sunday Dad 2. (DECIDE) that we should all go on a camping trip. The idea came to him while he 3. (READ) an article about camping. The article said that camping brings families together. “Not true”, I smiled. “What about television? It usually 4. (HELP) families to feel a lot more united.” “If the weather is fine, we 5. (GO) on a trip next weekend,” Dad said and put his magazine on the coffee table. I quickly looked over at my 6. (YOUNG) brother, Paul. He gave me a knowing smile, “Do you remember 7. (WE) last trip?” I certainly did. Last summer Dad told us that fishing would be a great activity for our family. We bought four 8. (EXPENSE) fishing rods and drove for three long hours to a big lake in Virginia.
When we got there, we discovered that we 9. (FORGET) to take the fishing rods. Ten minutes later we made another unpleasant discovery: we 10. (NOT/HAVE) the tent which meant we couldn’t stay overnight and we had to drive all the way back home again. We were tired and disappointed with the trip.
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2. Decided
3. Was reading
4. Helps
5. Will go
6. Younger
7. Our
8. Expensive
9. Had forgotten
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