American English · A2 · Unit 1
Last weekend
My weekend
By the end you can
- Tell someone what you did last weekend
- Ask follow-up questions about someone's weekend
- Understand a short story about a weekend
Words and phrases
| American English | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| on the weekend | on Saturday and Sunday (British: at the weekend) | What did you do on the weekend? |
| how was your weekend? | did you have a good weekend? | Hi! How was your weekend? |
| last Saturday | the Saturday before this one | Last Saturday the weather was beautiful. |
| I went for a walk | I walked for pleasure | I went for a walk by the river. |
| I had | I had (past of have) | I had a quiet weekend. |
| I bought | I bought (past of buy) | I bought some new shoes. |
| I cleaned | I cleaned (past of clean) | I cleaned the whole apartment. |
| I visited | I visited (went to see) | I visited my sister in San Diego. |
| we played | we played (past of play) | We played cards all evening. |
| I slept in | I stayed in bed late in the morning | I slept in on Sunday. |
| it was great | it was very good | It was great to relax. |
Write about yourself
Fill in the gaps with something true about you.
- On the weekend I .
- Last Saturday I and then .
- It was .
Then talk it through
On Monday a colleague asks about your weekend and tells you about theirs. In the app you have this conversation out loud or typed, with the unit's goals to tick off and corrections at the end.