friendship

Friendship

Word families: friend

What words collocate with the noun friendship?

1. What is the best way of keeping in touch with your friends?
2. What is the best way to increase your circle of friends?
3. Is it a good idea to form a close friendship with your next door neighbour?
4. Do you always give a warm welcome to visitors to your house? Does anyone ever get a frosty reception?
5. Why do you think people might lose touch with their school friends?
6. Is it worth trying to stay in touch with old friends when you don't share many interests with them any more?
7. What really makes you enjoy someone's company?
8. If you lose contact with someone , what's the best way to get in touch again?

Match the expression to its meaning. 1. he or she has my back 2. a friend for life 3. he or she has a good heart 4. he or she doesn’t have a bad bone in his or her body 5. to be oneself 6. we count on each other a. someone who will be a friend forever b. someone who has no bad qualities to their character c. someone you can always rely on d. someone who has is caring and kind e. to be able to be genuine and comfortable being you f. when you can rely on each other as friends

Read the text about how the writer met her best friend Claire. Choose the correct part of the phrasal verb to fill each gap.

1. What's your best friend like?
2. When did you meet?
3. What do you have in common?
4. What are their best qualities?
5. What qualities are important in a friend?

Peachey Publications: The Old Friends

What makes a friendship last?

This friendship lesson plan contains activities for B2 upper intermediate and C1 advanced students. The lesson mostly focuses on how to make friendships last and what the key is to sustaining healthy friendships. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand and express their feelings on a variety of challenges people experience in friendships and give advice on how to overcome them.

Listen to the song and fill in the blanks

1. close friends / close family
2. circle of friends / old friends
3. keep in touch / stay in touch
4. enjoy someone's company/form a close friendship
5. lose touch / get in touch
6. 6. warm welcome / frosty reception

Look at the pairs of collocations. In which pair do both the phrases have the same meaning? What are the differences between the phrases in the other pairs of collocations?