Adventure

An adventure is something exciting that happens to someone. An adventure can be a made-up story, or it can be something that happens in real life. People often like stories about a person or a group of people who go off and have an adventure. There is often some danger in the story. Enid Blyton and Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote stories about people who have exciting adventures. Harry Potter has lots of adventures: he meets strange people and gets into lots of dangerous situations. People in real life like to have adventures. They may be explorers who like to go to far-away places where no one has ever been before.

Types

• Adventure sports are sports that are exciting and can be rather dangerous. Skydiving, gliding and rock climbing are adventure sports.

• An adventure playground is a playground for children where they can climb, swing and jump on things. They have been made by adults for children to use and are normally quite safe.

• An adventurer is someone who goes on adventures or does things that are risky.
  • Space travel is an example of a modern adventure.

• An adventure game is a video game about adventures.
  • The word venture is a short form of "adventure". A "business venture" is a business project, involving a lot of risks. Venture can also be a verb, e.g. "They ventured out into the storm."