суббота, 5 октября 2013 г.

Unit 2 Lesson 4 FRIENDS OR ACQUAINTANCES?

1. Complete the text with the phrases from the list.
    a)    have fun and laugh when we are together
    b)    share all of my secrets with my good friends
    c)    a best friend must have
    d)    I would be bored to death
    e)    he will give it to me
    f)    even less than that sometimes
    g)    I talk to but never really hang out with
Friends are a very important part of life. Friends are there to give support or to laugh with. If I did not have my friends around, (1) ____. Sometimes some people are more of a friend than others. There are best friends, good friends and acquaintances in everyone’s life.
        Best friends are very hard to find. I have only one best friend. There are many qualities (2) ____. My best friend is always there for me. I can call him at tree o’clock in the morning and he will wake up to talk to me. My best friend is also a great listener. If I ask my best friend for advice, (3) ____, but there are some times that I just want him to listen. I can open up to my best friend and tell him anything. Also, my best friend is always there to comfort me. If I am ever upset (расстроен), he always finds a way to make things better. My best friend and I always (4) ____.
       Good friends also great to have. I have a lot of good friends. My good friends are usually there for me when I need them also. They are fun to be around and they make me laugh. I do not (5) ____. I tell them a lot of things, but not everything. I do not feel as comfortable with my good friends as I do with my best friend. Also, I do not hang out with my good friends nearly as much as I do with my best friend. I hang out with my good friends every weekend, or maybe (6) ____. Good friends are a great thing to have.
       Acquaintances are also nice. They could be anything from a classmate to a sports team friend. I have a lot of classmates and friends on my cheer-leading team that I would call acquaintances, they are my friends that (7) ____. My acquaintances are people who are around and we have to be nice to each other. I do like these people; we just never have the wish to hang out.

2. Complete the sentences about friends and acquaintances. Guess the words.
    1.    Best friends are ready to lend a h___ h___ any time.
    2.    Best friends always have f___ when they h___ o___ together.
    3.    You share a lot with your good friends but you don’t t___ them e___.
    4.    Good friends usually hang out e___ w___ or less often.
    5.    Acquaintances are people who you know but they are not your b___ f___.
    6.    People rarely hang out with their a_______.

3. Open the brackets using the verbs in the right tense form.
    1.    We (be) ___ friends with Jeff since the first form.
    2.    (he/ever/like) ____ drama?
    3.    I (make) ___ a lot of new friends when I (travel) ___ around Europe last summer.
    4.    We (start) ___ a Hobby Club next month.
    5.    I hope my social skills (improve) ___ when I (join) ___ the club.
    6.    Everybody (want) ___ to have friends and (need) a shoulder to cry on.
    7.    When Jane (change) ___ schools she (be) ___nervous at first but everything (work out) ___ well in the end.
    8.    Lending a helping hand to your friend (not/cost) ___ much.
    9.    We (hang out) ___ every evening when we (be) ___at school.
    10.  (She/never/have) ___ many friends because of her shyness.

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