Can-Do Task: My Last Weekend

Your Task

Write about your last weekend (or a recent holiday) in 6–8 sentences, then tell it out loud. Your story must have a beginning, events in time order and an ending with your opinion.

Before You Start

  1. Make notes: Saturday morning / afternoon / evening, Sunday. What did you do? Who were you with?
  2. Start with a time expression and a general comment (Last weekend was…).
  3. Write the events in order with first, then, after that, in the evening.
  4. Use at least one was/were, one regular verb, two irregular verbs and one ago or last.
  5. End with how you felt. Then record yourself telling the story without reading.

Useful Language

  • Time: Last weekend · On Saturday morning · In the afternoon · On Sunday · two days ago
  • Order: First · Then · After that · Later · Finally
  • Regular: visited · watched · played · cooked · stayed · walked
  • Irregular: went · had · ate · saw · met · bought · slept · took
  • Ending: It was great / relaxing / boring. · I was very tired but happy.

Model Answer

Read this example first. Then write your own; don’t copy it.

Last weekend was really relaxing. On Saturday morning I slept late, then I had a big breakfast with my family. In the afternoon I met my friend Omar and we played football in the park. After that we went to a café and I drank a lemonade. On Sunday it was rainy, so I stayed at home. I cooked lunch for my parents and in the evening we watched a film. It was a quiet weekend, but I was very happy.

Check Your Work

Tick each box before you finish:

  • ☐ I started with a time expression.
  • ☐ My events are in time order, with sequence words.
  • ☐ I used was / were correctly.
  • ☐ I used regular (-ed) and irregular past verbs.
  • ☐ I used didn’t / did + base verb if I wrote a negative or a question.
  • ☐ I finished with my opinion and told the story out loud.

Go Further

Ask a friend five questions about their weekend (Where did you go? What did you eat?…) and write their answers in the third person: Sara went to…

Connect

Review this module’s grammar with our Grammar Quiz (choose A1).

Try our Grammar Quiz →

CEFR A1 — Writing: I can write a short, simple story about my past experiences. Spoken Production: I can describe past activities.

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