Who Is Your Oldest Friend?

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Intermediate

Learning Objectives

In this lesson you will:

Improve your ability to talk about long-term friends.

Exercise 1

Warm-up

Have a short conversation based on these questions. Make sure you ask your tutor some questions too!

Who is your best friend?

What are they like?

Exercise 2

Vocabulary

Listen and repeat these words with your tutor. If you don't know a word, ask your tutor to read the definition and example sentence.

loyal

Adjective

silly

Adjective

sweet

Adjective

hilarious

Adjective

smart

Adjective

sensitive

Adjective

thoughtful

Adjective

chill

Adjective

Let's Practice

Tell your tutor which of the vocabulary items describe your best friend and which do not.

Exercise 3

Useful Language

Listen and repeat these phrases with your tutor.

the same interests
go to school together
live close by
have a lot in common
have the same sense of humor
be a good listener

Let's Practice

Fill in the blanks to make these sentences true for you.

My best friend and I (do / do not ) have the same interests.

My best friend and I (do / do not / did / did not ) go to school together.

My best friend and I (do / do not) live close by.

My best friend and I (have / do not have) a lot in common.

My best friend and I (have / do not have) the same sense of humor.

My best friend (is / is not) a good listener.

Exercise 4

Dialogue

Read the dialogue aloud with your tutor, then answer the questions.

	Jason Who is your oldest friend?
	Ling My oldest friend is Ellie. We went to middle and high school together.
	Jason What do you like about her?
	Ling She's sensitive and thoughtful, and just a really loyal friend.
	Jason How has she changed since you’ve known her?
	Ling She hasn't changed much at all. She is just as sweet and caring as she has always been.
	Jason I have a friend like that too. Why do you think you still get along with Ellie?
	Ling For one thing, we still live close by, which is so important because we both have very busy lives. We also still have a lot in common, and we've always had the same sense of humor.
	Jason You went to school together so you've obviously shared a lot of experiences too.
	Ling That's true. We've been through a lot of fun times and hard times together, and we have so many great memories.

Check Your Understanding

Who is Ellie?

Has Ellie changed in any way?

Why is it important that Ling and Ellie live close by?

Exercise 5

Complete the Sentence

Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence, then read it aloud.

Who your oldest friend?

A.
is
B.
are
C.
does

My best friend is such a good .

A.
listen
B.
listening
C.
listener

She is one of the people I know.

A.
smart
B.
smarts
C.
smartest

What do you like him?

A.
about
B.
around
C.
after

He changed at all.

A.
doesn't
B.
didn't
C.
hasn't

Jane and I used to to school together.

A.
go
B.
going
C.
gone

Exercise 6

Fill in the Blanks

Read the dialogue aloud with your tutor and fill in the blanks. You will be Nina. Use the Answer Pool below to help you.

	Zach Who is your oldest friend?
	Nina I still (1) a couple friends from elementary school, but my (2) friend is Sean.
	Zach What do you like about him?
	Nina He's incredibly (3). He's always doing little things to (4) my day better.
	Zach Has he changed in any way since you've known him?
	Nina He used to get quite emotional, but he's become a lot more (5) over the years.
	Zach Why do you think you still get along well with Sean?
	Nina We just have the same (6). And there's definitely a deep understanding of each other that comes with long-term (7).