1.

3 FRIENDS: THE NEW

FAMILY?
Unit Goals
1. To talk about relationships:
friends and family using
phrasal verbs.
2. To review and practice
reflexive pronouns.
SPEAKING
1 Work in pairs.

What do the
images show?

What do they have

in common?

How do you think

the people feel?
LISTENING
Are you more like Craig or Marcela? Why?
GRAMMAR
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
 REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
When the Subject and Object of a verb are the same person or thing.

ask blame introduce

enjoy express take care of

give hurt teach

He taught himself to play the I made myself a cup of tea.

guitar.
 REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
To mean “without help from other people”

Nobody was home. I think he My coworker is sick, so I had

painted the walls himself. to finish the project myself.
 When might you send yourself an e-mail?

When was the last time your friends invited themselves

over to your house?

Have you ever accidentally hurt yourself?

Do you know anyone who taught himself/herself to do

something, e.g., to speak a language?

When there’s a problem with you home, do you fix

it yourself or pay someone else to do it?
SPEAKING
1 Work in pairs. Talk about the time you spend with friends and
family. Take notes on your partner’s opinions and experiences.
Then report your findings.
Picture References
Slide 1 Friends: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/02/18/22/18/picnic-1208229_960_720.jpg

Laptop: https://c.pxhere.com/photos/48/b9/4k_wallpaper_apple_devices_blur_cellphone_close_up_coffee_cup_computer_depth_of_field
Slide 2
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Slide 3 Friends: https://images.pexels.com/photos/853168/pexels-photo-853168.jpeg

Slide 4 Speaking: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/09/28/22/14/speech-icon-2797263_960_720.png

Slide 5 Radio show: https://images.pexels.com/photos/484/sound-speaker-radio-microphone.jpg

Slide 6 Friends: https://images.pexels.com/photos/5429000/pexels-photo-5429000.jpeg

Slide 7 Write: https://images.pexels.com/photos/210661/pexels-photo-210661.jpeg

Guitar: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2019/08/23/22/40/the-man-playing-the-guitar-4426646_960_720.jpg
Slide 8
Tea: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2019/06/21/11/00/tea-4289165_960_720.jpg

Painted: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/04/21/01/43/painter-2247395_960_720.jpg
Slide 9
Project: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2015/07/17/22/43/student-849825_960_720.jpg

Slide 10 Friends: https://images.pexels.com/photos/4880405/pexels-photo-4880405.jpeg

Slide 11 Family: https://images.pexels.com/photos/1128316/pexels-photo-1128316.jpeg