Mia's English · Lesson 17

A busy Saturday

Talk about yesterday — Mia's biggest café day ever!

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Warm-up 🔁

Before the new story, let's bring back your words from the lessons before. The ones ready to review are waiting here — a little today, a little in a few days.

A busy Saturday 📖

Read it slowly. Say the words out loud.

Ana is at home again now. Mia's room is quiet. But the café? The café is NOT quiet! ☕

Yesterday was Saturday — the café's biggest day ever. So many people! Coffee, tea, cake, more coffee…

A very busy Saturday at the café: Mia balances a tray with three cups, Rosa works at the coffee machine, happy customers everywhere.

Mia worked all day. She carried a big tray with three cups — and she didn't drop it! 🎉

She helped Rosa at the coffee machine. She helped a little boy with his hot chocolate. She helped everyone!

The people smiled at Mia, and Mia smiled at the people. It was a very busy day — and a very happy day.

In the evening, Mia and Rosa cleaned the tables and the floor. Rosa smiled. "You worked so well today, Mia. Thank you!"

Evening: Mia flops happily into an armchair, feet up on a stool, content and tired, with the ginger cat nearby.

At home, Mia was so tired. She closed her eyes in the big chair. The cat closed its eyes too. 🐈

"What a Saturday," she says to the cat. "I worked, I helped, I smiled… and now — I sleep!" 😴

Notice: Mia worked, helped, smiled and cleaned. That little -ed at the end means it happened yesterday — in the past. Learn the words next.

Your new words 🗂️

Tap a card to see its meaning. These eight join your review deck — next to the words from the lessons before.

The pattern: -ed = yesterday 🧩

To talk about the past, add -ed to the verb. Same word for I, you, he, she, we, they!

Today I work. → Yesterday I worked.
Today she helps. → Yesterday she helped.
Today we clean. → Yesterday we cleaned.
Does the verb end in e, like smile? Just add d:
smile → smiled  ·  close → closed
Remember lesson 12? was and were are the past too: "Yesterday was Saturday. Mia was tired. The people were happy — and Mia worked, helped and smiled."
🕰️ More practice: Simple past — talking about yesterdayOpen → 📚 The full grammar course (past simple and beyond)Open →

Now you 🗣️

Think about YOUR yesterday. Put the verbs into the past, then say each line out loud.

Yesterday I for many hours.

My friend at me.

In the evening, I my room.

Practise today's words

Tap to check yourself, then rate how well you knew each one.

Before you go

See you tomorrow. Today's words join the earlier lessons in your Warm-up. Little by little, they become yours forever.

Act it out 🎭

Now YOU are in the story — at the end of the biggest Saturday ever.

🎬 The scene: Evening at the café. The last people go home. You and Rosa clean the last table.

Round 1 — you are Mia

Your teacher is Rosa. Speak your lines — don't write them.

Rosa: "Phew! The last table is clean. What a Saturday! How was the day for you?"

You: (say how the day was — use the word for "so much to do")

Rosa: "So many people! Tell me two or three things from your day."

You: (say what you did — the big tray, the coffee machine, the tables… all with that little -ed)

Rosa: "Yes! And the people? Were they happy?"

You: (say what the people did with their faces — and what you did back)

Rosa: "Big smiles all day! Thank you, Mia. Go home now — sleep well!"

You: (say how you feel after this long day — and say good night)

Round 2 — swap!

Now YOU are Rosa, and your teacher is Mia. But this time it is a busy market Monday, and her jobs were different.

Stuck? Look at your Words again, then come back and try once more.