Listening, speaking and vocabulary: New friends

Vinsight Collocations with make and do

1Complete the questions with the correct form of make or do. Then match questions 1−7 to answers a−g. 

• 1When did you last  a big mistake?

  
  

• 2When do you usually  your homework?

  
  

• 3Who are you  a phone call to at the moment?

  
  

• 4What sports do you ?

  
  

• 5What's the best way to  new friends?

  
  

• 6Is your sister  a long journey?

  
  

• 7Who  the most housework in your house?

  
  

• aJoin a sports club!

  bActually, I think it's my dad.

  cFootball and rugby.

  dTo my friend, Jade.

  eIn the evening, or sometimes before school.

  fYes, she is. She's travelling around Australia.

  gI think it was when I went out with friends the night before my final exam.

VFree-time activities

2Complete the leaflet with the words in the box. There is one word that you do not need. 

MOVE
• novel
• video games
• support
• watch
• bake
• social networking
• check
• hang
• jewellery

AFTER SCHOOL IS COOL

Do you sit at home and ¹  DVDs every afternoon? Are you fed up with playing adventure ²  all weekend? Do you want to make new friends? At the AFTER SCHOOL centre, we have courses and activities for everyone. New members are always welcome!

Cookery course

Learn to make soup, cook spaghetti, ³  cakes and much more. Starts at 4 p.m. on Monday.

Book club

Read a ⁴  and discuss it with your friends! We choose a different book every week. See you at the school library at 2 p.m. on Tuesday.

Arts and crafts weekend

Learn to make ⁵  − earrings, necklaces and bracelets. Sat−Sun, 10 a.m.

K-festival

Come 

⁶ 

 

out the new bands from the area, listen to cool music and 

⁷ 

 

out with friends in the sun. Dorney Park, 15 Oct.

Help a silver surfer

Volunteers wanted! Can you teach an old person how to use 

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sites and send emails? If you have some free time on Thursday afternoon, we'd like to hear from you.

Contact info@afterschool.com for more information.

Asking for personal information

3Play the recording and listen to the dialogue. Are the sentences True or False? 

• 1Lucas plays football with Anna's brother.

  TrueFalse

• 2Lucas and Anna go to the same school.

  TrueFalse

• 3Anna hasn't got any friends.

  TrueFalse

• 4Anna and Lucas are meeting on Monday.

  TrueFalse

Asking for personal information

4Play the recording and listen to the dialogue. Tick the phrases that you hear. 

Asking for personal information

How do you know … ?

Where are you from?

What's it like there?

What do you think of … ?

What do you do after school?

Are you into … ?

Reacting

Me neither.

Really?

It's very different from … .

Actually, I love it.

I usually … .

That sounds great.

Asking for personal information

5Complete the dialogue with the phrases in the boxes. Then play the recording, listen and check. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task. You also need to use correct punctuation.

MOVEAsking for personal information
• How do you know … ?
• Where are you from?
• What's it like there?
• What do you think of … ?
• What do you do after school?
• Are you into … ?

MOVEReacting
• Me neither.
• Really?
• It's very different from … .
• Actually, I love it.
• I usually … .
• That sounds great.

LucasHey, aren't you Sam's sister?

AnnaYes, that's right. ¹ Sam?

LucasWe play tennis together.

AnnaI see. I'm Anna, by the way.

LucasI'm Lucas. So, what school do you go to, Anna?

AnnaManor High.

Lucas² Is it OK?

AnnaIt's a nice school. ³

Lucas⁴ That's good. And ⁵

Anna⁶ hang out with friends.

Lucas⁷ tennis, too?

AnnaNo, but I'm good at basketball.

LucasMe too! We're playing basketball on Monday after school. Sam will be there, too. Why don't you come along?

Anna⁸

6  Choose one of the situations below and write a dialogue. There is a new student in your class. Find out more about them, their family and free-time activities. You have new neighbours. Their children are the same age as you. Find out which school they go to and what they are interested in.

1.  Write your task in another program (e.g. Word).
2.  Save the file to your computer.
3.  Upload your file.
4.  If you want to add a note to your teacher, write it in the Comments box.
5.  Select Submit to Dropbox to send your work to your teacher.