Introduction - To friend or unfriend?
Have you got lots of friends? Are they ‘real’ friends, or ‘friends’ that you have on your social media accounts? How many social media friends do you have? Is the number of ‘friends’ important? Did you become ‘friends’ with them because they requested your friendship? Are you really friends with them? What is a real friend anyway?
In this section you are going to think about who your friends really are. You will learn some ‘friends’ vocabulary, and you will think about the qualities of a good friend. Then you will look at some criteria to reduce your friend list on social media.
This first section contains 10 steps. Work them through step by step.
| Step | Activity |
| 1 Speaking | Read the statements. Tick the right ones. Discuss with a classmate, give three reasons. |
| 2 Words | Pronounce the words. Divide them in two categories. Fill the words in in two exercises. |
| 3 Writing | Write down thoughts about friends & friendship. |
| 4 Reading | Read the text. Tick the reasons. Do a true/false exercise. Check with a classmate. |
| 5 Speaking (and writing) | Read questions and compare your ideas with classmate. |
| 6 Listening (and viewing) | Tick annoying posts. Watch the video and answer the question. |
| 7 Words | Example of prefixes. Two exercises about prefixes. |
| 8 Grammar | Grammar desk and exercises: Simple Present. |
| 9 Pronunciation | Pronunciations of third person 's'. Listen to the pronunciation and watch the video. |
| 10 Task | Look at activities for celebration friends day. Discuss advantages and disadvantages. |