🇬🇧 Fishing meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Fishing is when people try to catch fish from rivers, lakes, ponds, or the ocean. They might use a fishing rod with a hook and some bait, or they might use nets, traps, or even their hands. Some people do fishing for fun, like a hobby on the weekend, and some people do fishing as their job to get food and money. Fishing usually takes patience, because you have to wait quietly for the fish to bite.

During fishing, I practiced my evil villain laugh, and I’m pretty sure I scared the fish back to another lake.

We were fishing for two hours before we realized we never put any bait on the hooks.

The fish at the lake love our fishing trips because it’s free comedy with badly thrown lines.

My grandpa said we were going fishing, but all we caught was each other’s hats on the hooks.

Our fishing trip was so quiet that even the fish fell asleep from boredom.

Tom goes fishing by the lake early. He likes fishing and holds a rod. He waits, fishing and smiling. A small fish bites the line. He pulls and the fish is in the boat. After fishing, Tom cooks the fish and the family is happy. They sit and talk about fishing and hug.

This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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