What did you do last weekend?

What did you really do at the weekend?

English File pre-intermediate 4C

Copy the vocabulary list below:

1. to invent details

8. to feel jealous

2. to impress sb

9. to be truthful about sth

3. common lie

10. colleague

4. survey

5. social networking sites

6. to encourage sb to do sth

7. social life

A survey of 5,000 adults in the UK has shown that one person in four invents details about their weekend because ... ./ Why?

Can you guess the missing words?When they are asked, 'Did you have a good weekend?' they don't like to say that they just s... at h... and w... TV because it sounds b... .

So they invent the details. The most common lie that people told was ... ./ Which one?a) I had a romantic meal. b) I went to a party. c) I went out on Saturday night. d) I went away for the weekend.

If you wanted to impress your colleagues, what lie would you invent about your weekend?

1. I didn't go anywhere special last weekend.

4. I did nothing on Saturday evening. I just relaxed.

Which of the sentences are true for you?

2. I met somebody special to me last weekend.

5. Nobody came to visit me last weekend.

6. I wanted to go somewhere exciting, but felt too tired.

3. I didn't watch anything on TV.

Complete the table:

people places things

+ -/? + (meaning -)

somewhere

anywhere

nowhere

something

somebody

anybody

nobody

nothing

anything

Thank you:)