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Practice past tense in English with guided reading. Practice listening to a basic friendly conversation with native English speakers. Practice longer sentences with conjunctions and details.

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Practice suggestions:
1) Pause the video before the speaking starts. Try to read the sentence.
2) Pause the video after the speaking, and repeat.
3) Try to say a response before the words change.

Transcript from video:
(00:00:03) Man: How was your weekend?
(00:00:11) Woman: It was not good.
(00:00:22) Man: What happened?
(00:00:29) Woman: On Saturday,
(00:00:36) the weather was bad,
(00:00:44) so I didn’t walk.
(00:00:54) And the laundromat was closed,
(00:01:04) so I didn’t do the laundry.
(00:01:15) On Sunday,
(00:01:20) I was sick,
(00:01:32) so I stayed in bed all day.
(00:01:46) Man: Oh, I’m sorry.
(00:01:55) That is awful.
(00:02:05) Did you call a doctor?
(00:02:15) Woman: Yes, I did.
(00:02:22) I called a doctor.
(00:02:31) Man: Well, I hope you feel better soon.
(00:02:43) Woman: Thank you.
(00:02:50) Woman: What about you?
(00:02:58) How was your weekend?
(00:03:06) Man: It was very good.
(00:03:16) Woman: What did you do?
(00:03:23) Man: On Saturday,
(00:03:30) the weather was bad,
(00:03:38) so I went shopping.
(00:03:48) On Sunday,
(00:03:54) the weather was nice,
(00:04:04) so I walked
(00:04:11) and I exercised in the park.
(00:04:27) Woman: That’s nice.
(00:04:33) Man: Thank you.
(00:04:40) Man and Woman: What about you?
(00:04:47) How was your weekend?
(00:04:57) YOU: It was ____________.
(00:05:02) Man and Woman: What did you do?
(00:05:12) YOU: On Saturday, __________.
(00:05:22) On Sunday, I __________.
(00:05:33) Man: Well, have a good week!
(00:05:43) Woman: You too, thanks!

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