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Last weekend

I have got some problems with my English. Can you help me to complete the following text about my last weekend?

Last Saturday I ................ (get up) very late, about 10 o'clock. Then I ................ (have) breakfast. I ................ (drink) coffee with milk and ................ (eat) two pieces of toast with butter and marmelade. Then I ................ (take) a shower and ................ (put on) my new tracksuit. I ................ (go) to the gym. I love training in the morning at the weekend. The gym ................ (be) full of people. I ................ (finish) at noon. After that, I ................(phone) my friend Ciara and we ................ (meet) at a café, in downtown. We ................ (chat) for some time there. At around two, I ................ (take) my car and I ................ (drive) to my parent's house. I ................ (not, call) them, so they ................ (not, expect) me. I ................ (spend) there some time and ................ (go) back home. It ................ (be) a long day, so I ................ (go) to bed early.

On Sunday.... I can't remember, can you help me? (Use the pictures to help you).

First, I ................... (picture number 1) and put on my relaxing music. Then I ................... (picture number 2). I had some cereals with cold milk. After that, I went to the park and ................... (picture number 3) with my friends. Then, I ................... (picture number 4). My dog, Shadow loves the park and running with me. After that, I ................... (picture number 5). I am very good at billiards and I won all the games. Then, I phoned my friend Mark and we ................... (picture number 6). After the cinema, I wanted to see my favourite team's match, so I ................... (picture number 7). When the match ended, I was very hungry so I ................... (picture number 8). Finally, I ................... (picture number 9). Sunday was a long day too and I did a lot of things.

You can find the solutions here

What did you do in your weekend? Write a comment and describe it, please.

Present Continuous

Write a sentence in Present Continuous that explains what is happening in the pictures. (Special thanks to Andrea Gurumeta for the artistic help).

Present Simple vs. Present Continuous

Have you got problems using present simple and present continuous? Do you need some practice with them? Here you have some activities to help you with these two tenses.

• Present Simple
• Present Continuous
• Present Simple and Present Continuous

For some more grammatical explanation or activities, you can go to the English Page

Life lesson

This is Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address. He didn't know how deep his words would be, specially after his death. R.I.P



After watching this video, answer the following questions:

1. What can we learn from the three stories he tells?
2. What can we learn in general from his address?