Exploring the World

Traveling to Europe 

July 2020 is going to be a busy month for my sister and her boyfriend. They're backpacking through Europe together. First, they're going to fly to New York airport for a day to break up the travel since they live in Arizona. My sister moved over there about 2 years ago. Once they arrive in New York, they will get their luggages, and come to my house for the day. The first country they're visiting is Lisbon, followed by Barcelona. Afterwards, they're exploring Rome. While they are there, they will visit the Vatican. The Pope lives over there. 


When they are done, they will travel to Milan, where my sister is probably going to go on a shopping spree. Next, they're traveling to Zurich, Munich, Vienna, Prague, and Berlin. They're traveling to all these countries on the Rail, which is a European train system. They carry all their belongings with them on the trains. The last three cities they're traveling to are Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris. I am so jealous that they are going over there to Europe and exploring! 

Vocabulary:

• Busy(adjective): actively doing something
• Backpacking(verb): to hike or travel with a backpack
• Airport(noun): a place where aircraft land and take off and where there are buildings for passengers to wait in and for aircraft to be sheltered
• Travel(verb): to go on a trip or journey: to go to a place and especially one that is far away
• Arrive(verb): to come to or reach a place after traveling, being sent, etc. 
• Luggage(noun): the bags and suitcases that a person carries when traveling
• Explore(verb): to travel over or through (a place) in order to learn more about it or to find something
• Pope(noun): the head of the Roman Catholic Church
• Spree(noun): a short period of time when you do a lot of something
• System(noun): a group of related parts that move or work together

Vocabulary Exercise:

Directions: Find all the words in the crossword puzzle below

https://www.puzzlefast.com/en/puzzles/2020030503210374E/plain-puzzle

Grammar Point:

Some words sound alike but they have very different meanings. It is important to learn the difference between these words that are frequently confused with each other. The underlined words in the text above are the words: there, their, and they're. 

There means "in that place" or the opposite of "here," "at that place." 

Their shows that something belongs to them.

They're is a contraction of "they are" or "they were"

Grammar Exercise:

Directions: Read each sentence and circle the correct usage of the words. 

1. (There/ They're) is no way I am going to hike that mountain.
2. "Hey! I see her over (their/there)." Tina and Tom said (they're/their) coming to do the hike. 
3. Can you please park the car over (they're/ there)? 
4. I would like to know when (they're/their) meeting us.
5. This is (they're/ their) tent.