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Paired Speaking Practice 3 - Weekend Plans
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Paired Speaking Practice is about mastering a dialogue to improve fluency and speaking skills while picking up key vocabulary and common phrases.
Get assigned a partner, arrange a time to chat and have a 10-15 minute speaking practice session.
This time, the focus is on: Weekend Plans.
🌸 Mini Lesson — Talking About Weekend Plans
Today’s conversation uses three useful speaking patterns:
- asking about plans
- saying what you want to do (〜たい)
- inviting someone
Let’s look at them.
1. Asking about plans
Shuumatsu no yotei wa arimasu ka?Do you have weekend plans?
- shuumatsu = weekend
- yotei = plans
- arimasu = have / exist
You can change shuumatsu to:
- kyō (today)
- ashita (tomorrow)
- raishū (next week)
Example:
- Ashita no yotei wa arimasu ka?
2. Saying what you want to do (〜たい)
Pattern:
verb stem + たいです
Examples from the dialogue:
Watashi wa eiga o mitai desu. I want to watch a movie.
Watashi wa kafe ni ikitai desu. I want to go to a café.
More examples you can use:
- rāmen o tabetai desu (want to eat ramen)
- tomodachi ni aitai desu (want to meet a friend)
- kōhī o nomitai desu (want to drink coffee)
3. Making invitations
Issho ni ikimasen ka? Shall we go together?
This pattern is very useful:
verb + ませんか
Examples:
- tabemasen ka? (shall we eat?)
- mimasen ka? (shall we watch?)
- hanashimasen ka? (shall we talk?)
Positive response:
- Hai, ikimashou! (Yes, let’s go!)
4. Arranging time
Nanji ni aimashou ka? What time shall we meet?
Gogo ni ji wa dō desu ka? How about 2 pm?
Useful words:
- gozen = morning / am
- gogo = afternoon / pm
- nanji = what time
Quick Practice (before paired speaking)
Can you complete these:
Watashi wa ______ o mitai desu.
Watashi wa ______ ni ikitai desu.
Issho ni ______ masen ka?
Check out the pdf attached which has the dialogue and English translation. Feel free to ask any questions about it!!
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