Choose the best word from the box to complete the following paragraph: at - the - but - up - a Last year, we had ( 1 )………..…nice holiday. My friend and I went to the seaside for a month. I had been to the seaside several times before, ( 2 )…….…… this was the first time for my friend. Naturally, it was a great event for him. Finally, the days came. It was a fine morning. We got ( 3 ) ……….very early because we wanted to leave home after breakfast. We made the journey by car. We reached the seaside ( 4 )……….. noon. We spent many hours on the beach.