A Last weekend
| listen to music |
| play basketball |
| play in a band |
| shop for new clothes |
| stay home |
| stay out late |
| visit relatives |
| watch an old movie |
| cry |
| laugh |
| love |
1 Vocabulart Weekend activities
A Listen and repeat.
B Pair work Do you do any of the activites in Part A? When do you do them? Tell your partner.
"My friends and I usually play basketball on Saturday mornings."
2 Language in context Carmen's weekend
A Listen to Carmen talk about last weekend. Number the pictures from 1 to 3.
1. Last Saturday morning, my brother Pedro called me. We talked for hours. I uploaded some photos, and I listened to music.
2. I stayed out late on Saturday night. Pedro and I watched an old movie. We laughed a lot. We loved it!
3. On Sunday afternoon, I stayed home. I watched another movie. I didn't like the ending at all. I cried.
Answer:
- 3
- 1
- 2
B What about you? What do you usually do on weekends?
3 Grammar Simple past regular verbs
| I listened to music last Saturday. |
| You stayed home. |
| He called me on Saturday. |
| We laughed. |
| They stayed out late. |
| I didn't watch a movie. |
| You didn't stay out late. |
| He didn't call me on Sunday. |
| We didn't cry. |
| They didn't stay at home. |
|
Spelling stay → stayed love → loveed cry → cried shop → shopped |
A Write sentences about the things Pedro did and didn't do last weekend.
| Things to Do | |
| ✔ call Carmen | X listen to music |
| ✔ watch a movie | ✔ upload photos |
| X play basketball | X shop for new clothes |
- Pedro called Carmen.
Answer:
1. Pedro called Carmen.
2. Pedro watched a movie.
3. Pedro didn't play basketball.
4. Pedro didn't listen to music.
5. Pedro uploaded photos.
6. Pedro didn't shop for new clothes.
B Pair work Make true sentences about your weekend with the past froms of the verbs in Part A. Tell your partner.
4 Pronunciation Simple past -ed endings
A Listen and repeat. Notice that some verbs have an extra syllable in the simple past tense.
| Same syllable ( most verbs ) | Extra syllable ( verbs ending in t and d ) |
| call / called | chat / chat-ted |
| listen / listened | start / start-ed |
| play / played | upload / upload-ed |
Answer:
(most verbs)
- shop / shopped
- stay / stayed
- watch / watched
(verbs ending in t and d)
- download / download-ed
- post / post-ed
- visit / visit-ed
B Listen. Complete the chart with the correct verbs.
download / downloaded
post / posted
shop / shopped
stay / stayed
visit / visited
watch / watched
5 Speaking A fun weekend
A Complete the phrases with you own ideas.
chat with
cook
exercise
look for
study
talk to
visit
walk to
B Pair work Tell you partner about the things you did and didn't do last weekend. Use the phrases from Part A to help you.
A: I chatted online with my friends last weekend. How about you?
B: I didn't chat online with my friends, but I called them.