English speaking lesson · Everyday Life
Making plans with a friend
You're on a phone call with a friend, catching up and looking to make plans together. You practise it as a real conversation, at whichever of the four levels fits you — the room and the steps stay the same, only the words get harder.
A phone call with a friend · you talk to the friend
Free plan: 10 messages a day. No card needed.
What you have to do
Propose an activity, agree on a day and time, and settle a place to meet. You finish the lesson by getting there in conversation — not by answering questions about it. Nothing is corrected while you talk; the corrections are collected and handed to you at the end.
How it opens
Hey! Good to hear from you — what's up?
Spoken aloud by the tutor playing the friend.
The 5 steps that finish it
A step clears when you say the thing that clears it. The steps are identical at all four levels — only the example line fades, and at Natural there is none at all.
- 01
Propose a plan
Say hi, and suggest doing something together.
“Hey! Are you free to do something together this weekend?”
- 02
Suggest a day
Say what day would work for you.
“Saturday works for me!”
- 03
Suggest a time
Say what time suits you.
“How about the afternoon?”
- 04
Settle on a place
Check the plan is right, and suggest a place to meet.
“Great — how about we meet at the café near the park?”
- 05
Confirm and say bye
Confirm you're set, and say goodbye.
“Perfect, see you then! Bye!”
The words, at all four levels
The same room and the same steps, four vocabularies. These are the words the lesson listens for and scores you on — with what each one means and how it sounds when you are talking to the friend.
Starter
A1 – A2Simple, everyday words with a full hint on every step.
- free
- not busy, available
- “Are you free this weekend?”
- plan
- an idea for what to do
- “Do you have a plan for Saturday?”
- movie
- a film you watch
- “Want to see a movie?”
- weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- “Are you free this weekend?”
- meet
- to see someone in person
- “Where should we meet?”
- time
- the hour something happens
- “What time works for you?”
- sounds
- used before saying how an idea seems
- “That sounds great!”
- great
- very good
- “Great, let's do that!”
- bye
- a short goodbye
- “Okay, bye!”
- sure
- used to agree to something
- “Sure, that works!”
Conversational
A2 – B1Common words at a natural pace, with hints to lean on.
- available
- free to do something
- “Are you available this week?”
- hangout
- an informal time spent together
- “Fancy a hangout this week?”
- schedule
- your plan of times for things
- “Does that fit your schedule?”
- arrange
- to plan and set up something
- “Let's arrange to meet up.”
- confirm
- to say something is definitely settled
- “Can you confirm the time?”
- flexible
- able to change easily
- “I'm pretty flexible on time.”
- grab
- to get something quickly, informally
- “Should we grab dinner?”
- sometime
- at some point, not fixed yet
- “Let's catch up sometime this week.”
- plans
- arrangements for what to do
- “Do you have plans already?”
- likely
- probably going to happen
- “Saturday's more likely for me.”
Confident
B1 – B2Richer, more specific words, with only light hints.
- tentative
- not yet fixed, likely to change
- “Let's keep Saturday tentative for now.”
- coordinate
- to arrange things so they fit together
- “Let's coordinate our schedules.”
- logistics
- the practical details of arranging something
- “I'll sort the logistics.”
- overbook
- to schedule too many things at once
- “I don't want to overbook myself.”
- spontaneous
- done without much planning
- “Let's do something spontaneous.”
- availability
- whether you're free or not
- “What's your availability like?”
- reschedule
- to change the agreed time
- “We can always reschedule if needed.”
- priorities
- the things that matter most right now
- “Depends on my priorities this week.”
- pencil
- to note something down loosely (informal)
- “Can we pencil in Saturday?”
- commitment
- something you've agreed to do
- “I don't have any other commitment.”
Natural
B2 – C1Advanced, idiomatic words — no hints at all.
- raincheck
- a promise to do something another time (informal)
- “Can I take a raincheck on tonight?”
- impromptu
- done on the spur of the moment
- “Fancy something impromptu this week?”
- improvise
- to make plans up as you go
- “Let's just improvise and see.”
- sync
- to make things line up together
- “Let me sync with my calendar.”
- juggle
- to manage several things at once
- “I always juggle a lot in summer.”
- swamped
- very busy (informal)
- “I've been swamped lately.”
- loop
- to include someone in plans or updates
- “Loop me in once you know.”
- reconnect
- to see or speak to someone again after a while
- “It'd be good to reconnect.”
- flake
- to cancel plans at the last minute (informal)
- “I promise I won't flake this time.”
- spontaneity
- the quality of doing things without planning
- “I love a bit of spontaneity.”
More Everyday Life lessons
- Grocery shopping
- At the post office
- Missed delivery
- At the dry cleaners
- At the hairdresser
- Joining a gym
- Locked out