VOCABULARY Mark the correct variant to fill in the blanks (7-12).
A LUCKY PICNIC
When I was a child we used to go to my grandmother’s house. We often had a picnic
in a wood which was (7) of wild flowers. We always used to go to the (8) place. One day
when we had finished our picnic, my mother noticed that she had (9)her ring, which had her
initials inside it.
We looked everywhere for it and we carried on until it was dark and we had to give up. Thir-
ty years later, I was on holiday with my own children and we (10)the same wood. We decided
to have a picnic there. It was my son who made it a lucky day. He was bored with the picnic so he
started digging a hole under a tree. Suddenly, he (11) up a ring. It had some writing inside
it and we all (12) it was my mother’s ring. She was really happy when we gave it back to her. 7 busy, full, complete, crowded.
8 single, same,similar, alike
9 lost ,stolen,disappeared, missed.
10 realised, came found, met
11 held, took, looked,came
12 persuaded, agreed, promised, recommended