10 English for The Weekend
This is an episode for your social English! Join Barton and I as we talk about our weekend adventures; things we love to do, places we like to check out and people we love to catch up with.
- What’s happening this weekend?
- What do you usually like to do on a Saturday night?
- What’s your favourite thing to do on Sunday morning?
- What is your favourite way to chill out on the weekend?
Read below for this episode’s vocabulary.
PODCAST VOCABULARY LIST
Listen to the podcast conversation more than once and try to hear the key phrasal verbs, idioms and slang that we use.
The conversation starts at 8.26 minutes.
Do you know what the key phrasal verbs mean? Can you guess?
- to catch up with
- to check out
- to catch up on
- to hang out with
- to chill out
- to drop into
- to head out
- to have someone over
- to get away
Other vocabulary:
- chockers
- cheap and cheerful
- to play catch up
- a joint
Asking about the weekend:
- What’s happening for the weekend?
- Got any plans for the weekend?
- What are you up to this weekend?
- What did you get up to on the weekend?
- How was your weekend?
- Did you have a good weekend?
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