💬 Colloquial English · after Units 8 & 9

Right now & last weekend

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Say what is happening now, and tell someone about your weekend in simple past sentences.

1. Match

Match question and answer

Drag or tap a meaning, then tap the word
  • What are you doing?
    drop or tap here…
  • Where are you?
    drop or tap here…
  • How was your weekend?
    drop or tap here…
  • What did you do?
    drop or tap here…
  • Was the weather good?
    drop or tap here…
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2. Choose the best answer

What do you say?

  1. Look! She ___ a red coat.

  2. 'What are you doing?' — 'I ___ lunch.'

  3. Last Saturday I ___ at home.

  4. We ___ a film yesterday.

  5. My parents ___ very happy on Sunday.

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3. Conversation

A phone call on Monday morning

Read the conversation aloud with a partner (or read both parts yourself).

Nina:Hi Luis! Where are you? It's very noisy.

Luis:I'm walking to the office. It's raining and I'm looking for a taxi.

Nina:Oh no. How was your weekend?

Luis:It was great. On Saturday I played football with my cousins.

Nina:And on Sunday?

Luis:We travelled to the beach. The weather was perfect. What about you?

Nina:My weekend was quiet. I watched two films and I cooked a big lunch for my family.

Luis:That sounds nice. OK, my taxi is here — talk later!

  1. What is Luis doing now?
  2. What did he do on Saturday?
  3. What did Nina do at the weekend?
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4. Role-play

Now you speak

Speak for about 60 seconds. Use each of these at least once:

  • call your partner and say where you are and what you are doing
  • ask 'How was your weekend?'
  • say two things you did (I visited… / I watched…)
  • say one thing about the weather last weekend
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5. Writing (discursive)

Write full sentences

  1. Write 3 sentences about what is happening around you right now.
  2. Write about your last weekend in 4 sentences (past simple).
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