Home Practice · Weekend Plans
Make plans with friends · take it easy · recharge your batteries
A2–B1 · ABOUT 30 MIN · HOME PRACTICE01
Recall · 4 minutes
Can you still say them?
The class introduced these six phrases. Today you produce them: each card gives a situation, and you say the phrase that fits before you check.
Read the situation and say the phrase out loud before you flip. If nothing comes, flip and read it — then close the card and try the situation again.
The same six phrases as the class, asked the other way round. American English neural audio: Aria and Guy.
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A short language check · 3 minutes
Find the phrase that fits.
Write the missing phrase. The first letters help. Check, then listen and say the whole sentence.
There’s a café near the office. Want to grab coffee after work?
We’re both free on Sunday. Let’s make plans.
No chores today! I’m going to stay home and take it easy.
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?
I’m exhausted. I need a quiet weekend to recharge my batteries.
Extra support · Suggestions and preferences
Suggest
Want to grab coffee?
Why don’t you come over?
Explain a preference
I’d rather stay home because…
I need to recharge my batteries.
Agree & confirm
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.
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Listen in a new situation · 5 minutes
A new invitation. A different plan.
Sunday at Alex’s
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
SamHey, Alex! What are you up to on Sunday?
AlexI don’t have any plans yet. I need to recharge my batteries.
SamSame here. Want to grab coffee?
AlexI’d love to see you, but I don’t feel like going out. Why don’t you come over?
SamSounds good. We can take it easy and watch a movie.
AlexGreat, I’m busy until two, so how about three?
SamThat works for me. So, Sunday at three, at your place?
AlexExactly. See you then!
Now complete the dialogue from memory
Close the transcript first. Rebuild these six lines, then say both roles aloud and listen to the audio again.
Write the missing phrase. The first letters help. Check, then listen and say the whole sentence.
Hey, Alex! What are you up to on Sunday?
I don’t have any plans yet. I need to recharge my batteries.
Same here. Want to grab coffee?
I’d love to see you, but I don’t feel like going out. Why don’t you come over?
Sounds good. We can take it easy and watch a movie.
Great, I’m busy until two, so how about three?
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Your reply · 6 minutes
Your friend has a suggestion.
Useful phrases · Choose 2–3 for your reply
Your situation. You are free on Saturday after 2 p.m. You can spend up to $10. You would prefer some fresh air.
Message 1 · Your friend
“Would you like to watch a movie on Saturday at one? Tickets are fifteen dollars. We could grab coffee afterward.”
- Plan for 30 seconds. Thank your friend, explain the difficulty, and suggest an activity, time, and place.
- Reply aloud for 30–45 seconds. Record if you want to listen back. A written draft or speaking without a microphone is fine too.
- Open the follow-up below. Answer it before looking at a model.
Message 2 · Your friend replies
“Thanks for the idea! If it rains, where could we meet indoors without spending much?”
Give an indoor alternative and confirm a time and place. Then listen back or say both replies once more.
Record, listen, try again
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Up to 90 seconds. You can also just speak aloud.
Download my recordingAfter your attempt: compare with one possible reply
“Thanks for asking! I’d rather go for a walk because I want some fresh air. I’m not free until two, and fifteen dollars is too much for me. How about meeting at the park entrance at three?”
“If it rains, you could come over to my place. We can make coffee and take it easy. Let’s meet at three.”
Other answers can work. Check the invitation, your reason, and the final plan—not whether you copied these words.
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Find & fix · 4 minutes
Five sentences with one mistake each.
The underlined part is wrong. Say the correct sentence out loud, then open the fix and check. Each note explains why the mistake happens, not only what the rule is.
1What are you doing in Saturday?
✅ What are you doing on Saturday?
Russian uses в субботу, so “in” feels right — but English days take on: on Saturday, on Monday.
2Let’s to make plans for the weekend.
✅ 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.
3How about to grab coffee after work?
✅ How about grabbing coffee after work?
How about is followed by -ing, not the infinitive. Compare: Would you like to grab coffee?
4I feel myself tired, I want to stay home.
✅ 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.
5Come to me on Sunday, we can watch a movie.
✅ 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).
In the live class these same five are done out loud, with the teacher listening. Here you check yourself.
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Podcast · 6 minutes
One story, all six phrases.
Listen once without reading, just for the story. Listen again for the details, then answer the questions. Open the transcript only after your second listen.
A quiet weekend
About 90 seconds. Every phrase from this lesson appears in it at least once.
Read the transcript
It’s Friday evening, and I’m tired. It was a long week — meetings every day, and I slept badly. All I want is a quiet weekend. I want to take it easy and recharge my batteries.
Then my phone rings. It’s my friend Nina. “Hey! What are you up to this weekend?” she asks. I tell her the truth: nothing. She laughs. “Perfect. Let’s make plans.”
Nina wants to go to a big street festival on Saturday. Loud music, a lot of people, and a long bus ride across the city. I love Nina, but that is not what I need this week.
So I say, “Can we do something quieter? Why don’t you come over? I’ll make lunch.” There is a short silence. Then she says, “Actually, that sounds good. I’m tired too.”
On Saturday she arrives at twelve. We don’t go anywhere far. We eat pasta, we talk for three hours, and later we walk to the park near my house and grab coffee at the small café on the corner.
On Sunday evening I feel different. Calm, not tired. Sometimes the best weekend is the one where you do almost nothing — with one good friend.
A podcast is what replaces the teacher’s voice when you work alone — the live class has listening too, but there it is a conversation you can interrupt.
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Reflect & return · 2 minutes
What can you do now?
Listen to your reply, or say it again. Use the checklist to choose one improvement, then make a second attempt.
This is a reflection on your speaking, not a level test. Clicking the correct answers doesn’t assess a conversation.
Tomorrow: a two-minute return
Close the answers. Use Recall mode to remember three phrases and make a new plan for Sunday. Try again with a different activity later in the week.
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