Chatting with friends

Match these social questions and answers!

1. How are you doing? 2. Whats the matter? 3. Whereve you been? 4. What have you been doing this week? 5. How was your weekend? 6. Have you got anything planned tonight? 7. Did you watch the football yesterday? 8. Did you see the news last night? a. Ive been to a meeting. b. No, I think Ill just say at home and watch a film. c. I feel a bit sick this morning, thats all. d. Great, thanks. I went to the beach. How about you? e. Mostly Ive been at work but I went out on Wednesday night. f. It was terrible wasnt it, two nil. g. No, I didnt. What happened? Now ask a h. Im fine thanks, how are you? partner these questions!

1h

2c

3a

4e

5d

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?
2. What colour are his eyes? 3. What were they drinking when they went out? 4. Which restaurant did he take her to? 5. What did he write in the text he sent her? 6. When did he get the new car? 7. How much did he have to spend and how did he pay for the car 8. Where did he find the car? 9. Did the car have any problems?

Hes six foot three

Blue Wine and soda An Indian restaurant Ive had a lovely time. I cant wait for us to meet up again / He had a lovely time and he couldnt wait to meet up with her again. At the weekend. He had a thousand pounds to spend but he bought the car for seven hundred and fifty He found it in the newspaper 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 youre well. As you know Ive 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 !