Live Class · Weekend Plans
Make plans with friends · take it easy · recharge your batteries
A2–B1 · 60 MIN · LIVE CLASSYour words for the weekend.
First, try a short conversation: “What would you like to do this weekend?” Suggest one idea and ask your partner. Keep your first attempt in mind; you’ll try again at the end.
Look at the picture and say the phrase. Turn the card to check. Then listen and make your own sentence. Recall mode hides the pictures: remember the phrase from its meaning.
Illustrated cards from my existing lessons. American English neural audio: Aria and Guy. Written examples are always available.
Find the phrase that fits.
Write the missing phrase. The first letters help. Check, then listen and say the whole sentence.
I’m exhausted. I need a quiet weekend to recharge my batteries.
Hey! What are you up to this Saturday?
You don’t need to cook. Would you like to come over for dinner at my place?
We’re both free on Sunday. Let’s make plans.
There’s a café near the office. Want to grab coffee after work?
No chores today! I’m going to stay home and take it easy.
Extra support · Suggestions and preferences
Want to grab coffee?
Why don’t you come over?
I’d rather stay home because…
I need to recharge my batteries.
That works for me.
So, let’s meet at…
Optional · Check the form of these three frames
The frames above use three patterns. Choose the form that fits.
Two friends. One plan.
Saturday with Alex and Sam
Listen once: what do they decide to do? Listen again: why, and where and when do they meet? Then open the transcript.
Read along if that helps you. The transcript is always available.
Read the transcript
AlexHey, Sam! What are you up to this weekend?
SamNot much. After a busy week, I just want to take it easy.
AlexSame here. Want to grab coffee on Saturday?
SamSounds good! What time works for you?
AlexI’m free in the morning. How about ten thirty?
SamThat works for me. Let’s meet at the café entrance.
AlexPerfect. And if it’s too busy there, you can come over to my place.
SamGreat. A quiet morning will help me recharge my batteries.
Now complete the dialogue from memory
Close the transcript first. Rebuild these six lines, then take one role and say the conversation with your teacher or partner.
Write the missing phrase. The first letters help. Check, then listen and say the whole sentence.
Hey, Sam! What are you up to this weekend?
Not much. After a busy week, I just want to take it easy.
Same here. Want to grab coffee on Saturday?
Sounds good! What time works for you?
I’m free in the morning. How about ten thirty?
That works for me. Let’s meet at the café entrance.
Find a plan that works for both.
Useful phrases · Tap the ones you use
Optional warm-up · Word Taboo
Choose a card without showing your partner. Explain the bold phrase without using the three words below it. Your partner guesses, then makes a weekend sentence. Swap roles.
Open a card
make plans
arrange · schedule · weekend
Open a card
grab coffee
café · drink · cup
Open a card
come over
visit · house · friend
Open a card
take it easy
relax · rest · work
Open a card
What are you up to?
doing · plans · weekend
Open a card
recharge my batteries
rest · energy · tired
With a partner or your teacher, choose A or B. Read only your own card. Ask questions to find out your partner’s information; don’t show each other your cards.
Partner A · Open your card
Your Saturday
- You are free from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- You can spend up to $10.
- You prefer being outside, but you’re open to other ideas.
You found these options
Park walk: 10–11 a.m. · free · park entrance.
Garden café: 1–2 p.m. · $8 each · café entrance.
Find out what your partner knows. Compare at least two options before you agree.
Partner B · Open your card
Your Saturday
- You are free from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- You can spend up to $15.
- You’d like to see a movie, but you’re open to other ideas.
You found these options
Movie: 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. · $12 each · theater entrance.
Free art show: 2–3 p.m. · free · library entrance.
Find out what your partner knows. Compare at least two options before you agree.
Leave with one agreed plan
Each person: suggest an option, explain a preference, and respond to a difficulty. Confirm the activity, time, meeting place, and cost.
Need support? A conversation frame
AHow about…?
BI’d rather… because… What time…?
AI’m free… / I can spend… Could we… instead?
BThat works for me. So, we’re meeting…
Ask “Could you say that again?” whenever you need to.
Ready for a change? A second round
The café is closed. Find another plan within both budgets and schedules. Swap who starts the conversation. Explain why your new idea works.
Find the mistakes · out loud, together
Your teacher reads each sentence. Say what is wrong and correct it before anyone opens the answer. These are the five slips Russian speakers make most often with this language.
✅ What are you doing on Saturday?
Russian uses в субботу, so “in” feels right — but English days take on: on Saturday, on Monday.
✅ Let’s make plans for the weekend.
After let’s the verb has no to: let’s go, let’s meet, let’s make plans.
✅ How about grabbing coffee after work?
How about is followed by -ing, not the infinitive. Compare: Would you like to grab coffee?
✅ I feel tired, so I want to stay home.
Чувствую себя is reflexive in Russian, but English feel is not: I feel tired, I feel better.
✅ Come over to my place on Sunday — we can watch a movie.
Приходи ко мне translates word-for-word into “come to me”, which sounds like a summons. The natural chunk is come over (to my place).
After speaking: check the practical details
The garden café at 1 p.m. ($8 each) and the free art show at 2 p.m. both fit the original cards. The scheduled park walk is too early for B; the movie costs more than A can spend. After the café closes, the art show still works. Other original plans are welcome if both people can explain how they meet the constraints.
What can you do now?
Ask your partner or teacher for one thing that worked and one useful change. Try the conversation again with less support. Compare it with your first attempt.
This is a reflection on your speaking, not a level test. Clicking the correct answers doesn’t assess a conversation.
Keep the conversation going
The home practice revisits these same words in a new invitation—with listening, a reply, and a second attempt.
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