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Last weekend
I can talk about what I did at the weekend.
THINK! Think of three answers for the question 'How was your weekend?'.
Alfie: Hey, Lois. How are things?
Lois: Oh hi, Alfie. Good, thanks. How (1) _______ your weekend?
Alfie: It (2) _______ great, thanks. I (3) _______ to a football match on Saturday.
Lois: Really? (4) _______ it good?
Alfie: Yes, it was brilliant. There (5) _______ a lot of goals. United (6) _______ 3-2 in the end.
Lois: That's good news! Who (7) _______ you with?
Alfie: My brother. Why don't you come next time?
Lois: Sure. Why not? Text me when you're going, OK?
Alfie: OK then. Bye, Lois.
Lois: Bye.
1. 
🎧2.18 Complete the dialogue. Then watch or listen and check. Why was Alfie happy on Saturday?
2. 
🎧2.18 Look at the Key Phrases. Cover the dialogue and try to complete the Key Phrases. Then watch or listen and check.
| KEY PHRASES |
| Talking about the weekend 1. _______ was your weekend? 2. _______ good/bad news! 3. _______ were you with? 4. _______ don't you come next time? 5 Sure _______ not? 6. Text me _______ you're going. |
3. 🎧2.19 Look at the phrases. Then listen to three mini-dialogues. Which phrases do you hear?
| It was It wasn't | brilliant. cool. OK. great. | I went ... | to a concert. on a trip. to a tennis match. to the cinema on Saturday. to a restaurant with my parents. |
| The | music place(s) players food game film | was wasn't were weren't | (really) | bad. boring. nice. amazing. strange. interesting. terrible. |
4. 
Work in pairs. Practise mini-dialogues using the phrases in exercises 2 and 3.
How was your weekend?
It was cool. I _________.
5.USE IT! Work in pairs. Look at the pictures. Imagine that you went to a football match or basketball game last weekend. Prepare and practise new dialogues with the phrases in exercises 2 and 3.
