My Best Friends

Answer the following questions.

1. Can you describe one of your closest friends?

2. Do you have any childhood friendships that are still strong today?

3. Do you have any long distance friends? 

4. How do you keep in touch with your long-distance friends?

Match two parts of the quotations.

1. A friend to all is …                                          a) a plant of slow growth.

2. What is a friend? A single soul …                  b) a friend to none.

3. True friendship is …                                   c) is not clear to you, look at his friends.

4. A friend in need is …                                      d) old wine are best.

5. Only real friends …                                          e) a friend indeed.

6. Old friends and …                                            f) than in bad company.

7. Better be alone …                                             g) tell you when your face is dirty.

8. When the character of a man …                      h) in two bodies.

Form collocations connected with “People and Relationship”

1. keep             a) in common

2. stay              b) secrets

3. share            c) in touch

4. have             d) friend

5. close             e) about most things

6. agree            f) friends

Read this letter from Milena to her pen-pal, Elena. There are six paragraphs. Match each paragraph to a subject by writing the correct letter (A–F) for what it talks about.

Dear Elena,

1) Thank you for the letter you sent me last week. I’m very happy to hear that you and Francesco are well and that your exam results were so good. Well done! I know you studied hard and you deserve your success.

2) Mine are next week so at the moment I’m studying a lot. I’m really nervous about them because, if you remember, I was ill for a couple of months at the end of the year and so I missed a lot of lessons. When they finish I would like to come and visit you for a few days, if that’s OK with your mom and dad.

3) Do you remember I told you about my friend Amanda from Scotland? She’s going to come here next month and is going to stay for two weeks. I’d like you to come too so you can meet her and we can all go out together. What do you think? We can practise our English!

4) I remember last year we had such a good time. The beaches near your house are wonderful and I really enjoyed meeting your friends (especially Roberto! Is he still single?) I can’t remember the name of the disco next to the train station but I’d like to go there again — it was fun.

5) Oh, guess what! Jason broke his arm last weekend! He went to the skateboard park with his friends from school and fell down some steps (he doesn’t know how to skateboard!) He’s got a plaster cast and he’s going to have it for at least six weeks. He’s such an idiot!

6) My mom’s calling me for lunch so I’ll finish this letter now. Say hello to your family and don’t forget to congratulate Francesco for me.

Lots of love

Milena xx

PS. Say Hi to Roberto too!

A Memories

B Well done!

C Plans

D Me

E News

F Bye!

There is no best age for teens to begin dating. Every person will be ready for a dating 1) _ at a different time. Different families may have certain 2) _ about dating too. When you decide to start a new dating relationship, it should be because you care about someone and not because you feel like you have to have a boyfriend or girlfriend. A dating relationship is a special chance to get to know someone, share your thoughts and 3) __ with each other, and do activities together.

Here are some tips for starting a healthy dating relationship and ways to stay safe.

Get to know a person by talking on the phone or at school 4) ___ you go out with them for the first time. Go out with a group of friends to a public place the first few times you are spending time together. Tell your friend(s) and your parent(s) where you are going, who you will be with, and how to reach you.

Dating relationships can be a fun and exciting part of your life now. They may be a little 5)___ , particularly if dating is new to you. Once you know that the person that you like, likes you too, you may be unsure of what to do next.

You can start by learning about what makes a dating relationship healthy. The most important thing to remember is staying 6) ___ , especially when you begin to date.

 Read the passage and be ready to speak about your close friend.

I am so happy to tell you about my friend. His (her) name is … . We are close friends. We have known each other for about … years. We get on well because we have very similar personalities.  We have a lot in common: we both like travelling, playing football, listening to music … . We don't argue much, we usually agree about most things.  We keep in touch by email and we phone each other very often. We support each other in difficult situations, share our secrets and ideas. My friend is reliable, generous, hard-working and responsible. I hope we'll stay friends for a long time.

Watch the video about friendship and say what the characteristics of true or quality friendship are.