Camping Trip

Understand the meaning of common phrasal verbs like set off, look for, come up with, put up, give up, and pack up, and learn how to use them naturally in sentences when talking about daily activities or unexpected situations.

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Last weekend, my friends and I decided to go camping. We set off early in the morning because we wanted to reach the campsite before noon. Everything was going well until we arrived and realized we had forgotten the tent! We looked for it everywhere but couldn’t find it. One of my friends came up with a clever idea—she suggested that we make a temporary shelter using some branches and blankets we had brought.

While we were building our shelter, it suddenly started to rain. We put up our umbrellas and tried to stay dry, but the rain was too heavy. We gave up and ran to the nearest café to wait for the rain to stop.

By the time the rain stopped, it was late in the afternoon, so we decided to pack up and head home. Even though things didn’t go as planned, we still laughed about how badly our trip had turned out.

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Vocabulary Chart:

Term	Meaning	Example Sentence
Set off	To start a journey	We set off early to reach the campsite before noon.
Look for	To try to find something	We looked for the tent, but we couldn’t find it.
Come up with	To think of a new idea or solution	She came up with the idea to build a shelter.
Put up	To open or set up something	We put up our umbrellas when it started raining.
Give up	To stop trying	We gave up and ran to the nearest café to stay dry.
Pack up	To put things away, usually for leaving	After the rain stopped, we packed up and went home.

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