Match the words on the right with the ideas on the left.

They study together.	workmate
They work for the same firm.	partner
They write every month.	classmate
They share a flat.	pen-friend
They live together but aren’t married.	flatmate

 

3. Complete the sentences in two letters with the words and the phrases from the box. What would you advise if you were Angie?

go our separate ways	lose	isn’t speaking
fell out	drifted apart	row

 

1. Dear Angie,

I’ve been really good friends with sue since we started in the same class four years ago but recently we _____________________ over a boy that we both like. I knew sue liked him but when Tom asked me out I accepted. Sue was really angry and we had a terrible _________. Now she ___________________ to me. I like Tom but I don’t want to _________ my best friend. What should I do?

 

2. Dear Angie,

All the time we were at school Vicky and I were really close friends. But since she went to university we seem to have _________________. She made lots of new friends and doesn’t have time for me. Is there anything I can do to keep her as a friend or it is time to ____________?

 

4. Discussion “You can choose your friends but not your family”.

Answer the following questions:

1. Is there a similar saying in your language?

2. Have you got a best friend?

3. Did you fall out over a boy / girl?

4. Did you have rows?

5. Did you drift apart with your friend?

6. Is your friend of good kin?

Read an essay of an English schoolgirl describing her friend. Then write an essay or tell about your friend following the plan below the text.