Where are they now?

Today we will

• ask and answer Wh- questions
• talk about friends

A friend in need, is a friend indeed!

10 quotes about friendship

1. Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.
2. A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.
3. A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.
4. Friends are those rare people who ask how you are and then wait for the answer.
5. A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.
6. There are big ships and small ships. But the best ship of all is friendship.
7. A true friend shows love at all times, And is a brother who is born for times of distress.
8. A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
9. It’s not how many friends you can count, it’s how many of those you can count on.
10. It is a good thing to be rich, and it is a good thing to be strong, but it is a better thing to be loved of many friends.

1. Which quote did you like the most and why?
2. Do you have many friends?
3. How many true friends have you got?
4. What do you think what is a true friend like?
5. How and where can you find friends?
6. How two people become friends?
7. What qualites should you have so that people want to be your friend?
8. What qualities will make it hard for you to find friends?
9. Describe your best friend.

verb collocations (friendship)

Put the text in the correct order.

• each other very often, but we keep
• good friends. We come from similar
• David is one of my oldest
• backgrounds and we have a lot
• friends. We were at college together. We didn't get
• in common. He lives in Spain now, so we don't see
• in touch by phone and email.
• on well at first, but later we became

• What sort of people do you get keep have see on well with?
• How often do you and your best friend get keep have see each other?
• Do you get keep have see a lot in common with your best friend? What?
• How do you get keep have see in touch with friends in other towns or countries?

Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions

Read the story

Friends

“My best friend is Florian, an old school friend'. We got to know each other when we were in the same class at school. We've been mates ever since', and our friendship is very important to both of us. He spends a lot of time with my family, and his current girlfriend is actually one of my brother's ex-girlfriends. But we all get on really well.

Work in pairs. Read the text and answer the questions.

FRIENDS REUNITED is one of the most popular websites in Britain. It has seven million members and more than three million people visit the site every day. People visit the site because they want to find out about old friends.You can read news about friends from school or university.You can look at photos of these people now and you can send voice and email messages. After visiting the site, many people organize reunions with their old friends.

Questions

Complete the questions with an auxiliary verb from the box

• What does did is was your best friend's name?
• Where does did is was she/he live?
• What does did is was she/he do?
• Where and when does did is was you first meet?
• When does did is was the last time you met?

Complete the questions with a word: how what when who why

• ...is his/her name?
• ...was he/she born?
• ...many brothers and sisters does he/she have?
• ...colour is his/her hair?
• ...languages does he/she speak?
• ...is he/she your best friend?
• ...old is he/she?
• ...is his/her hobby?

Speaking

Correct the mistakes in the questions

Use the questions to find out about Christine's old friends

Writing

Write the questions that you hear

Now I can

• Can you talk about friendship and your best friend?
• Can you ask and answer Wh- questions?