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  1. I often meet up groups of friends in the evening.
  2. You don’t need to get on someone to be friends. It’s fine to have different interests.
  3. I have a lot in common most people I know. There aren’t many people I don’t like.
  4. A really good friend is someone you can call at midnight and ask them to help out.
  5. The friends you make at school are often friends for life.
  6. I’m always pleased when someone I haven’t heard from in ages keep in touch.
  7. I’m quite easy-going. I rarely have an argument with my friends.
  8. I’m not speaking to my sister at the moment — we’ve fallen out. It seems a bit childish.
  9. I can trust my closest friend with all my secrets.

slide 137 ex. 1

There are over one billion Facebook users worldwide. And this number is increasing all the time. It is clear that Facebook has changed the way we look at friendship. The word “friend” has become a verb, and “friends” now include people we only know online and who we have never met. One positive side to Facebook is that friends who have lost contact, often many years ago, are now able to get in touch again. ‘More and more people are connecting with old friends via Facebook’, says a spokesperson for the website. ‘And Facebook also means that friends never need to lose touch, people can stay friends for life.

ex. 2

1. A: Where do you work?

B: Well, normally I worked in Berlin, but I’m working in Stuttgart at the moment. (work)

2. A: Do you know Jake?

B: Yes, we have known each other for a few years. (know)

3. A: Do you live in London?

B: Yes, I do. Actually, I’ve lived there all my life. (live)

4. A: Jameela’s busy at the moment. She is having a piano lesson.

B: Oh yes, of course. She has one every Wednesday. (have)

5. A: Haven’t you emailed Andy yet?

B: I’m emailing him right now, actually. (email)

6. A: How many Facebook friends have you got?

B: Not many. I think I have got about fifty or sixty. (have got)

7. A: I’m looking for my phone.

B: Have you looked in the kitchen? I think I saw it in there a few minutes ago. (look)

8. A: You see Karen quite often, don’t you?

B: Usually, yes. But I haven’t seen her for a few weeks now. (see/not see)

9. A: I’m reading a great book at the moment — Tribal Life by Bruce James. Have you read it?

B: No, but I’m reading (I’ve read) another one of his books. (read)