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A2 English • Everyday Life

☀️ Weekend Plans and Invitations

Learn 10 useful words and common expressions to plan weekend fun and invite your friends.

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📌 How to use this lesson

👨‍🏫 Teacher Guide

Pace this lesson for 20 minutes with your class.
Run a quick 2-minute check on collocations first. After the tasks, check the answers together with the short explanations.

🎒 Student Path

Read the word table and listen to the example sentences carefully.
Complete the 16 practice questions, then practice speaking in the shadowing section.

Word Table: 10 Key Words

A cheerful group of young diverse friends outdoors in a sunny green park, planning their weekend with notebooks and fres

Friends making fun plans for the upcoming weekend.

💡 Quick Memory Rule

Notice how English pairs verbs and nouns: we have a picnic or a barbecue, we go on a hike, and we go to the beach, cinema, or museum!

🌿 Theme 1: Outdoor Fun

Word	Meaning	Common Collocations	Example Sentence	Memory Tip
picnic	A meal eaten outside, often on a blanket in a park.	have a picnic, pack a picnic	We can have a picnic in the park this Saturday.	Picture picking food from a picnic basket.
hike	A long walk in the countryside or up a mountain.	go on a hike, hike up a hill	Let's go on a hike in the forest on Sunday morning.	Hike rhymes with bike, but you use your boots.
barbecue	An outdoor party where food is cooked over a fire or grill.	have a barbecue, backyard barbecue	My uncle wants to have a barbecue and grill burgers.	Think of BBQ ribs on a hot smoking grill.
concert	A live musical performance in front of an audience.	go to a concert, concert tickets	I bought two tickets to go to a concert on Friday night.	Singers connect with the crowd at a concert.

🤝 Theme 2: Making Plans

Word	Meaning	Common Collocations	Example Sentence	Memory Tip
invitation	A written or spoken request asking someone to go somewhere.	send an invitation, accept an invitation	I received an invitation to Sarah's birthday party.	Invite (verb) + ation = Invitation (noun).
join	To do an activity together with other people.	join us, join in the game	Would you like to join us for a walk in the afternoon?	Think of joining hands together with friends.
busy	Having a lot of work or things to do; not free.	be busy, busy schedule	I am busy on Saturday morning, but I am free at night.	Think of a busy bee always working hard.

🏛️ Theme 3: Places to Go

Word	Meaning	Common Collocations	Example Sentence	Memory Tip
beach	An area of sand or small stones beside the ocean.	go to the beach, sandy beach	Let's go to the beach and swim in the cool water.	Warm sunshine + golden sand = beach.
cinema	A building where people pay to watch movies on a big screen.	go to the cinema, cinema tickets	We went to the cinema to watch a funny movie.	Popcorn and red seats at the cinema.
museum	A building where historical or artistic objects are shown.	visit a museum, art museum	The city history museum has many old pictures and statues.	Think of a quiet building full of old things to look at.

Practice: 16 Interactive Tasks

Test what you learned across 4 task types.

Tasks 1-4 • Word Partners

Match each action with its natural partner word.

Select the correct matching word for each verb phrase.

1. Choose the natural partner for: have a...

____ beach ____ picnic ____ us ____ busy

2. Choose the natural partner for: go on a...

____ hike ____ invitation ____ busy ____ us

3. Choose the natural partner for: send an...

____ barbecue ____ invitation ____ beach ____ museum

4. Choose the natural partner for: join...

____ busy ____ cinema ____ us ____ museum

Tasks 5-8 • Gap-fill with Word Bank

Type the correct word into the gap.

Choose from this word bank: concert, museum, busy, picnic.

concert museum busy picnic

5. Let's make sandwiches, grab a blanket, and have a [ ? ] in the park.

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6. We heard a famous singer at the [ ? ] on Friday night.

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7. I would love to join your party, but I have a lot of work and I am very [ ? ] this weekend.

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8. We can look at famous old paintings and historic statues at the art [ ? ] tomorrow.

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Tasks 9-12 • Choose the Word

Select the word that best fits the sentence.

Read each situation and choose the right option.

9. The weather is hot and sunny today. Let's swim in the sea and sit on the sand at the ___.

____ a. beach ____ b. cinema ____ c. museum

10. My family is grilling sausages and burgers outside in the garden for our Sunday ___.

____ a. hike ____ b. barbecue ____ c. concert

11. Thank you for the ___ to your birthday party. I would love to come!

____ a. invitation ____ b. concert ____ c. picnic

12. Do you want to see the new action movie on a giant screen at the ___ tonight?

____ a. cinema ____ b. concert ____ c. museum

Tasks 13-16 • Sentence Building

Arrange the words into a correct complete sentence.

Type the full sentence in the box. Remember capital letters and punctuation.

Unscramble these words (contains: beach):

going the We to beach. are

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Unscramble these words (contains: hike):

a hike. go Let's on

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Unscramble these words (contains: barbecue):

to a They barbecue. have want

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Unscramble these words (contains: invitation):

for invitation. Thank your you

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Shadowing: 12 Speaking Tasks

Listen, repeat, and record your voice clearly.

A sunny backyard barbecue party with delicious grilled skewers and vegetables on the grill, friends laughing around a wo

🎙️ Listen to the audio first, then press record and speak the phrase.

Pronunciation Practice

Section 1 • Common Collocations (4 Items)

Practice short phrases smoothly with natural rhythm.

Item 1 • Collocation

have a picnic

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 2 • Collocation

go on a hike

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 3 • Collocation

go to the cinema

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 4 • Collocation

join us

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Section 2 • Everyday Sentences (4 Items)

Speak full questions and statements with clear intonation.

Item 5 • Sentence

Can you come to the beach tomorrow?

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 6 • Sentence

I would like to visit the art museum.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 7 • Sentence

I am busy this Saturday afternoon.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 8 • Sentence

We are going to a live music concert.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Section 3 • Longer Invitations & Replies (2 Items)

Practice connecting an invitation with reasons and details.

Item 9 • Longer Sentence

Would you like to join our picnic?

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 10 • Longer Sentence

I would love to hike, but I'm busy.

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Section 4 • Word Focus (Final 2 Items)

Focus on clear syllable stress for these two important vocabulary words.

Item 11 • Word Focus

barbecue

Stress on first syllable: BAR-be-cue

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Item 12 • Word Focus

invitation

Stress on third syllable: in-vi-TA-tion

[Bài tập luyện nói]

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Weekend Plans and Invitations

☀️ Weekend Plans and Invitations

📌 How to use this lesson

Word Table: 10 Key Words

💡 Quick Memory Rule

Practice: 16 Interactive Tasks

Match each action with its natural partner word.

Type the correct word into the gap.

Select the word that best fits the sentence.

Arrange the words into a correct complete sentence.

Shadowing: 12 Speaking Tasks

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