Pumpkin Picking!

This past weekend we were lucky to have gorgeous weather.  Two friends, Karen and Joanne, and myself took advantage of the wonderful weather and drove out east to Riverhead.  There we found a nice, not so crowded pumpkin farm.  We had such a great time.  Immediately, we grabbed a wheelbarrow and headed to the 26-acre pumpkin patch.  We took our time picking out the best pumpkins and then made our way back to the cashier.  The woman at the register said that we could buy any pumpkins we could carry at once, in our own arms without asking for help for only $25.  And I did it!  I carried five pumpkins 10 feet and only paid $25!  My friends even took pictures of me doing this.

After buying the pumpkins, we walked around the farm for a little.  We found a corn maze and decided to try it.  The woman at the entrance gave us a choice, we could either go through the maze on our own or we could use trivia to help us through.  We chose to use trivia to get through the maze.  It was very confusing but we finally finished.  We then bought some roasted corn, which was delicious.  Joanne, Karen, and I had such a fun day.  We can’t wait to do this again next year!

Vocabulary:

Lucky (adj.) – having or marked with good luck; fortunate.

Advantage (noun) – benefit; gain; profit.

Pumpkin (noun) – a squash fruit grown on a vine, usually orange in color when ripe.

Cashier (noun) – an employee, as in a market or department store, who collects payments for customer purchases.

Maze (noun) – a confusing network of interconnecting paths or passages.

Delicious (adj.) – highly pleasing to the senses, especially to taste or smell.

Trivia (noun) – matters or things that are very unimportant.

Exercise:

1)   It will be to his ________________ to learn his chess rivals’ strategy before the chess match.

2)   At Halloween, my family and I always carve a scary face into a _______________.

3)   The _________________ at Stop & Shop was embarrassed when she gave me too much change back for my purchase.

4)   My dad is full of useless __________________ that he enjoys sharing with everyone he meets.

5)   Every Thanksgiving, my Aunt Murielle makes the most _______________ pumpkin pie.

6)   Watching the lab rats run the twisting and confusing _____________ was fascinating.

7)   Jacob is very ________________, he always wins the radio call-in contests.

Grammar Point:

A Noun is a person, place or thing. Can you find 10 nouns in the paragraphs above?