Chatting with friends
Match these social questions and answers!
1. How are you doing?
a. I’ve been to a meeting.
2. What’s the matter?
b. No, I think I’ll just say at home
and watch a film.
3. Where’ve you been?
c. I feel a bit sick this morning,
that’s all.
4. What have you been doing
this week?
d. Great, thanks. I went to the
beach. How about you?
5. How was your weekend?
e. Mostly I’ve been at work but I
went out on Wednesday night.
6. Have you got anything
planned tonight?
f. It was terrible wasn’t it, two –
nil.
7. Did you watch the football
yesterday?
g. No, I didn’t. What happened?
8. Did you see the news last
night?
1h
2c
3a
4e
5d
Now ask a
h. I’m fine thanks, how are you?
partner these
questions!
6b
7f
8g
Pre-Listening
- Has anything new or
unusual happened to you
lately? Tell me about it.
- Have you been anywhere
good lately? What was it
like?
- Listen to the lady talking
about her new boy friend
and the man talking about
his new car.
- A fella = a man
- A quid = a pound
Listen again and answer the questions
1. How tall is her new boyfriend?
He’s six foot three
2. What colour are his eyes?
Blue
3. What were they drinking when they
went out?
Wine and soda
4. Which restaurant did he take her to?
An Indian restaurant
5. What did he write in the text he sent
her?
‘I’ve had a lovely time. I can’t wait for us to
meet up again’ / ‘He had a lovely time and
he couldn’t wait to meet up with her again.
6. When did he get the new car?
At the weekend.
7. How much did he have to spend and
how did he pay for the car
He had a thousand pounds to spend but
he bought the car for seven hundred and
fifty
8. Where did he find the car?
He found it in the newspaper
9. Did the car have any problems?
It started shaking went it got to 80 miles
an hour, it had obviously been used a lot
10. What did he find inside the glove
compartment?
A wallet with three hundred quid (pounds)
inside.
Talk about these questions with a partner.
1. What topics of
conversation do you talk
about most with your
friends? Sport ?
Fashion? Movies?
Other people?
2. Are there any topics that
you never talk about?
3. Do you ever gossip
about other people
behind their back?
Please tell the truth.
4. Tell each other about
your last holiday.
5. Tell each other about the
last time you went to the
hospital.
6. Do you like chatting on
the internet or social
networking sites? Tell
me about it.
7. Tell me something
interesting that
happened to you lately.
8. Tell each other the last
time you ‘won’
something.
Chatting with friends - writing
Dear brother/sister,
Hi there, I hope you’re well.
As you know I’ve been away from home for a long time.
Working on a ship is not as interesting as it sounds.
We sometimes visit interesting places but never for very long
and most of the time I only look at water on the horizon.
I really miss home and my family and friends. Please write and
tell me everything that has happened and all the gossip and
news… Tell me everything you can!
Thanks
Your brother
Captain James Malek
Please answer this letter to your
brother.
- Ask him about his life
- Tell him as much gossip as you
can about your family
- Please write 100 words
- Use paragraphs !