Step 14: A Busy Weekend
Weekend stories — Past simple: irregular verbs
📖 Read — Our Weekend Trip
Last weekend, we went to the sea. We saw a big boat and we ate fish in a small restaurant. My father bought ice cream for everyone. I took many photos. We came home at night. It was a wonderful day. I gave the photos to my grandmother, and she was very happy.
🧩 Grammar — Past simple — irregular verbs
Some very common verbs do not add -ed. Learn them by heart: go→went, see→saw, eat→ate, drink→drank, buy→bought, take→took, come→came, give→gave.
- We went to the sea.
- I saw a boat.
- We ate fish.
- He bought ice cream.
🏗️ Key structures
- Last weekend, we went to… — Last weekend, we went to the sea.
- I saw/ate/bought + thing — I bought a new bag.
- We came home at… — We came home at night.
⭐ Idiom & natural phrases
The weekend trip recharged my batteries!
🔤 New words
past of go
We went to the sea.
past of see
I saw a big boat.
past of eat
We ate fish.
past of drink
She drank juice.
past of buy
He bought ice cream.
past of take
I took many photos.
past of come
We came home at night.
past of give
I gave the photos to her.
🎧 Say it with me
Last weekend we went to the sea. We ate fish, and I took many photos.
🎤 Your turn to speak
Tell a mini story about last weekend: 5 sentences with went, saw, ate, bought, took.
Say it out loud three times. Even better: record it on your phone and listen — your ear is your best teacher.
✍️ Your turn to write
Write 5 sentences about a trip or a day out.
See a model answer
Last Friday we went to the park. We saw birds and we ate sandwiches. My brother bought juice. I took photos. We came home at six.
Self-check: capital letters? Full stops? Did you use the grammar of this step?
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