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What did you do on the weekend? ESL/ESOL Speaking practice

Name: What did you do on the weekend? ESL/ESOL Speaking practice
Uploaded: 2025-03-04T21:44:03+02:00
Duration: 2 min 7 s
Channel: English Task
Description: Speaking practice on the most-asked question of the school week, with the irregular past forms the answers need: went, saw, had, met, got.

Speaking practice built on the most-asked question of the school week, with the irregular past forms that answers actually need: went, saw, had, met, got. Answer in two or three sentences, not one.

This is the most-asked question of the school week, and most learners answer it badly – one word, no detail, conversation over. A good answer is two or three sentences: where you went, who with, and one thing that happened.

Ten irregular verbs cover almost every weekend anyone has: went, saw, had, did, ate, met, got, took, made, slept. They are worth over-learning for that reason alone. And both at the weekend and on the weekend are correct – the first British, the second American – so pick one and stay with it.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I answer "What did you do at the weekend?"

In the past simple, with two or three sentences rather than one: I went to my grandmother's, we cooked together and I got home late. Adding where, who with and how it was turns a dead answer into a conversation.

Which past forms come up most in these answers?

The irregular ones you cannot avoid: went, saw, had, did, ate, met, got, took, made, slept. Ten verbs cover most weekends, and they are worth over-learning for that reason.

At the weekend or on the weekend?

Both are correct: at the weekend is the British form, on the weekend the American one. Neither will be misunderstood, so pick one and stay consistent.