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Unit 1 • A1 English 20 Minutes

Last weekend with friends

Learn 10 easy words about games, food, places, and home activities to talk about your weekend.

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For the Teacher

Run this 20-minute lesson step by step with your A1 class.

Check answers together after each practice section and guide pronunciation.

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For the Learner

First, read the word table carefully to learn the 10 words.

Next, complete the 16 practice items and record your voice in shadowing.

Word table

🎮 Group 1: Games

Word	Meaning	Common collocations	Example sentence	Memory tip
badminton	A sport with rackets and a shuttlecock	play badminton	I played badminton on Saturday.	BAD + MIN + TON (you hit a little bird over a net)
rugby	A game played with an oval ball	play rugby	My brother plays rugby.	RUG + BY (players fall on the grass like on a rug)
marbles	Small round glass balls for children's games	play marbles	We played marbles in the yard.	MARBLES (tiny round balls that roll and shine)
trampoline	A strong sheet for jumping high	jump on a trampoline	We jumped on a big trampoline.	TRAMPOLINE (a bouncy bed: jump, jump, jump)

🍔 Group 2: Food and places

Word	Meaning	Common collocations	Example sentence	Memory tip
burger	Meat inside a bread roll	eat a burger	He ate a tasty burger.	HAMBURGER (short word for hamburger)
theatre	A building for watching plays or shows	go to the theatre	We went to the theatre on Sunday.	THEE + A + TER (say it like this: actors work on a stage)
skatepark	A place for riding skateboards	go to the skatepark	We went to the skatepark.	SKATE + PARK (a park to skate in)

🏠 Group 3: At home

Word	Meaning	Common collocations	Example sentence	Memory tip
chores	Small jobs you do at home like cleaning	do chores	She did her daily chores.	CHORES = FLOORS (they sound alike: clean the floors)
stay	To be in one place and not go away	stay at home	We didn't stay at home.	STAY = DAY (they sound alike: stay all day)
buddy	A good friend	meet a buddy	I played games with my buddy.	BUDDY = PAL (a short, fun word for a friend)

Practice

16 tasks from easy to hard. Try your best!

Part A: Collocation Matrix (Match the verb to the word)

1. Which action goes with badminton?

Word

eat

go to

play

badminton

____eat ____go to ____play ____do

2. Which action goes with chores?

Word

eat

go to

play

chores

____eat ____go to ____play ____do

3. Which action goes with skatepark?

Word

eat

go to

play

skatepark

____eat ____go to ____play ____do

4. Which action goes with burger?

Word

eat

go to

play

burger

____eat ____go to ____play ____do

Part B: Gap-fill (Fill in the missing word from the Word Bank)

💡 Word Bank: trampoline buddy rugby theatre

5. Short dialogue

A: Did you play badminton yesterday?

B: No, we played ____ with our team.

6. Short dialogue

A: We played marbles in the garden.

B: Fun! Later we jumped on the big ____ in the yard.

7. Short dialogue

A: I ate a tasty burger for lunch.

B: Great! In the evening, we went to the ____ to see a show.

8. Short dialogue

A: Did you stay at home on Sunday?

B: Yes, I stayed home and called my ____ to talk.

Part C: Choose the word (Select the 1 correct word for the meaning)

9. The players ran and fell in the mud during the ___ match.

____ a. badminton ____ b. rugby ____ c. marbles

10. The children rolled their ___ on the floor.

____ a. badminton ____ b. rugby ____ c. marbles

11. We watched an exciting play at the ___ in town.

____ a. burger ____ b. theatre ____ c. skatepark

12. After cleaning my room, I finished all my home ___.

____ a. chores ____ b. stay ____ c. buddy

Part D: Sentence-building (Put given words in the right order)

13. Put these 5 words in order to make a full sentence:

stay at home. didn't We

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14. Put these 5 words in order to make a full sentence:

chores. did She daily her

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15. Put these 5 words in order to make a full sentence:

skatepark. the went We to

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16. Put these 6 words in order to make a full sentence:

played my games I with buddy.

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Shadowing

Listen, repeat out loud, and record your voice for each item!

🗣️ Part 1: Common Collocations (Items 17-20)

Item 17 • Collocation

play badminton play badminton

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 18 • Collocation

do chores do chores

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 19 • Collocation

stay at home stay at home

[Bài tập luyện nói]

____

Item 20 • Collocation

eat a burger eat a burger

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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💬 Part 2: Short Sentences (Items 21-26)

Item 21 • Sentence (6 words)

I played badminton with my buddy. I played badminton with my buddy.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 22 • Sentence (6 words)

We jumped on a big trampoline. We jumped on a big trampoline.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 23 • Sentence (5 words)

He ate a tasty burger. He ate a tasty burger.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 24 • Sentence (6 words)

I stayed at home on Sunday. I stayed at home on Sunday.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 25 • Sentence (5 words)

We went to the skatepark. We went to the skatepark.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 26 • Sentence (5 words)

She did her daily chores. She did her daily chores.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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🎯 Part 3: Focus Pronunciation Words (Items 27-28)

Item 27 • Word Focus

badminton /ˈbædmɪntən/

badminton

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 28 • Word Focus

theatre /ˈθɪətər/

theatre

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Vocabulary and Pronunciation: Last Weekend with Friends

Last weekend with friends

For the Teacher

For the Learner

Word table

🎮 Group 1: Games

🍔 Group 2: Food and places

🏠 Group 3: At home

Practice

Part A: Collocation Matrix (Match the verb to the word)

Part B: Gap-fill (Fill in the missing word from the Word Bank)

Part C: Choose the word (Select the 1 correct word for the meaning)

Part D: Sentence-building (Put given words in the right order)

Shadowing

🗣️ Part 1: Common Collocations (Items 17-20)

💬 Part 2: Short Sentences (Items 21-26)

🎯 Part 3: Focus Pronunciation Words (Items 27-28)

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