Best Friend - Friend from Hell

The following exercise focuses on what students like best - least about friends. The exercise allows students to practice a number of areas: expressing opinions, comparatives and superlatives1, descriptive adjectives and reported speech. The overall concept of the lesson can easily be transferred to other subject areas such as: holiday choices, choosing a school, perspective careers, etc.

Aim: Practice expressing opinions, reported speech

Activity: Choosing which qualities would make a best friend and which qualities would make an undesirable friend

Level:Pre-intermediate to upper-intermediate

Outline:

Help students activate vocabulary by asking them for descriptive adjectives Distribute worksheet to students and ask them to put the descriptive Put students into pairs and ask them to give explanations for why they have Ask students to pay careful attention to what their partner says and take notes, as Put students into new pairs and ask them to tell their new partner what their first As a class, ask students about any surprises or differences of opinion they Extend the lesson by a follow-up discussion on what makes a good friend.

describing good friends and bad friends. adjectives/phrases into the two categories (Best Friend - Undesirable Friend). chosen to put the various descriptions into one or the other of the categories. they will be expected to report back to a new partner. partner has said. encountered during the discussions.

Friends Step 1: Put the following adjectives/phrases into one of the two categories: Best Friend or Undesirable Friend

confident in his/her abilities handsome or beautiful trustworthy outgoing timid punctual intelligent fun-loving rich or well off artistic abilities

inquisitive mind possess athletic abilities well-traveled creative free spirit speaks English well interested in the same things interested in different things from the same social background from different social background loves to tell stories rather reserved ambitious plans for the future happy with what he/she has

Best Friend / Undesirable Friend

Step 2: Take notes on the preferences of your partner

Best Friend / Undesirable Friend