25 min

language learning center · A2 · Lesson 2

Recent events

Ask and answer simple questions about a completed weekend activity.

Understand and learn

Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.

Leo

How was your weekend?

Leo opens a conversation about the past.

Maya

It was great. I visited a new art museum on Saturday.

Maya gives an opinion and a completed action.

Leo

Did you go with anyone?

Leo asks a past-simple follow-up question.

Maya

Yes, I went with my sister, and we had lunch nearby.

Maya answers with two irregular past forms.

Notice, try, and speak

Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.

Useful words and phrases

These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.

Learn these items
  • How was your weekend?

    Ask about a recent weekend.

    How was your weekend?

  • I visited…

    Name a completed visit.

    It was great. I visited a new art museum on Saturday.

  • Did you go with anyone?

    Ask who joined.

    Did you go with anyone?

  • I went with…

    Name your companion.

    Yes, I went with my sister, and we had lunch nearby.

  • We had…

    Add another completed event.

    Yes, I went with my sister, and we had lunch nearby.

Notice, try, and speak

Which question is correct?

Which question is correct?

Make it yours

Say where you went, who you were with, and one thing you did.

Use a real recent day, even if the activity was simple.

Use it with someone

Share a recent experience in English

  1. 1. How was your weekend?
  2. 2. I visited…
  3. 3. Did you go with anyone?
  4. 4. I went with…
  5. 5. We had…
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