General English Level 2 V 3
UNIT 01 Talking about the past TOPIC 01 Last weekend
LANGUAGE FOCUS 05 Time phrases
Jessica and Naomi say:
Jessica
What did you do?
Naomi
Well on Saturday morning I went to the beach for a walk. After my walk I had a coffee in a café opposite the beach. Then in the afternoon I went shopping in the city.

Hiro and Mauro say:
Hiro
What did you do?
Mauro
On Saturday I worked at the gym all day . I taught two exercise classes. I went home at 6.30 and then, at about 8 o'clock , I went to my friend Nat's place.

Hiro says:
Hiro
It was fun but on Sunday I was very tired. I got up at midday and then did my art assignment. After that I went to the gym to work out. And what did you do on Sunday ?

' On Saturday morning ', ' in the afternoon ', ' on Saturday ', ' at 6.30 ', ' at about 8 o'clock ', ' on Sunday ', and ' at midday ' , are time phrases . Time phrases tell us when things happen.

in the morning
the afternoon
the evening
on Sunday
Saturday
Saturday morning
at 6.30
about 8 o'clock
midday

Examples

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