Busy Weekend. Past Simple

In this lesson, your students will:

• choose and compare weekend activities they consider fun or boring
• answer and ask simple Past Simple questions about their weekend
• read short personal weekend stories
• drill collocations and their past forms
• paraphrase sentences using target collocations in Past Simple
• make and ask detailed follow-up questions about weekend activities
• discuss and reflect on their own preferences
• explore a list of high-energy and low-energy weekend activities
• practice prepositions of place through listening, sorting, and speaking tasks

This lesson includes 15+ exercises that develop learners’ ability to talk about past weekend activities using Past Simple forms, common collocations, and functional phrases for sharing and asking about personal experiences.

Grammar: Past Simple for states and actions, irregular verbs. Bonus: prepositions of place

Vocabulary: binge-watch a show, hit a bar, fill up the car, etc.

Additional resources: WordWall, Quizlet