American English · A1 · Unit 12
A day out
A day out
By the end you can
- Invite someone to do something
- Agree on a time and place
- Understand a short invitation
Words and phrases
| American English | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| do you want to | would you like to (informal) | Do you want to meet on Saturday? |
| let's | let us (to suggest doing something together) | Let's get lunch. |
| go to the movies | go and see a movie (British: go to the cinema) | We can go to the movies tonight. |
| a bar | a bar (a place to have a drink, often with food) | Let's meet at a bar downtown. |
| together | together (with each other) | We can have lunch together. |
| that sounds good | good idea, yes (to agree to a plan) | Six o'clock? That sounds good! |
| what time should we meet? | when should we meet? | OK! What time should we meet? |
| where should we meet? | at which place should we meet? | Where should we meet? |
| meet | meet (see someone at a place) | We can meet at the station. |
| outside | outside (in front of a building) | See you outside the café. |
Write about yourself
Fill in the gaps with something true about you.
- Do you want to on Saturday?
- We can meet at .
- See you outside !
Then talk it through
Inviting a friend for a coffee on Saturday and agreeing on when and where. In the app you have this conversation out loud or typed, with the unit's goals to tick off and corrections at the end.