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A. Discuss the following questions.


1. Who is your best friend? What is he or she like? Describe him or her to your partner.
2. Why is he or she your best friend? What special qualities does he or she have?
B. Match the words below with the definitions.
a) to become familiar with someones personality
1. to catch up b) to tell each other your latest news
2. to get back in touch/contact c) to communicate with someone
3. to get on well d) to have a friendly relationship with someone
4. to get to know each other e) to have many similar interests and opinions
5. to have a lot in common f) to like each other
6. to hit it off g) to see and talk to someone
7. to keep/stay in touch/contact h) to stop talking to someone because you are
8. to lose touch/contact angry with him or her
9. to meet i) to spend time with someone by appointment
10. to meet up j) to start communicating with someone after a
11. to fall out (with someone) period of no communication
k) to stop communicating with someone
C. Fill the gaps below with the words from B in the correct form.
1. I first ........................ him when I was at school.
2. We .......................... immediately. We enjoyed spending time together from the start.
3. We ........................ . We liked the same music and the same sports.
4. We .......................... very well. We learned a lot about each other.
5. We .......................... when I went away to university. I was too busy to email or phone him.
6. We .......................... after university. I rang him one day because I missed him.
7. We .......................... because we understand each other.
8. We never ................ with each other because we tend to agree with each other on most things.
9. We .......................... by email and phone. We speak to each other at least once a week.
10. We .......................... once a month or so. We usually go to pub together then have a pizza.
11. We enjoy ................. with each other. Its nice to chat about whats happening in our lives.

D. Ask your partner the questions below.


1. How did you meet your best friend? 5. Why exactly do you get on well together?
2. Did you hit it off immediately? 6. Have you ever fallen out with each other?
3. What do you have in common? 7. How do you keep/stay in touch/contact?
4. Have you ever lost touch/contact? 8. How often do you meet up?
9. Do you enjoy catching up together?
E. Discuss the following questions with your partner.
1. Who are your closest friends? What are they 8. Why do some people like having a pen-pal?
like? Describe them to your partner. 9. How do you keep in contact with friends who
2. What do you and your friends usually do dont live near you? How difficult is it to stay in
together? touch?
3. Who is your oldest friend? How long have you 10. Have you ever made friends with someone
known each other? through the Internet? Have you ever met this
4. Do you find it easy to make new friends? Why person face-to-face? Why (not)?
(not)? 11. Do you think a man and a woman can be just
5. Who is your newest friend? How did you good friends? Why (not)?
meet? 12. What is more important to young people
6. What qualities are most important to you in a nowadays, friends or family? Which is more
friend? Honesty? A sense of humour? important to you, and why?
Something else? 13. Are you a good friend? What qualities do you
7. Have you ever had a pen-pal? Why (not)? offer your friends?

F. Discuss the following statement.


A mans best friend is his dog.
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