Introduce the theme of friendship with some discussion about friends. Ask the students to contribute their thoughts on friends. Write the term "A true friend..." on the board, and have students volunteer different sentences following the pattern. Write some answers on the board, encourage students to repeat the examples. After examples, introduce the four collocations into the pattern: "True friends... ...have a lot in common" ...get on well" ...see each other often" ...keep in touch"

Chest the handout and explain which exercise we will do; distribute handout. Break the students up into groups of 3-5. Instruct students to number the 8 sentences appropriately with the help of their peers so that the paragraph reads correctly. Encourage the students to say the sentences out loud to see if it sounds correct. (5-8 minutes). Play recording 1.2 so that students can check their answers. Have the students correct their answers, then play recording again. (4-6 minutes).

Chest the handout and Instruct the students to fill in the blanks and complete the collocation with the appropriate bold word from above. They may ask their neighbors for help. Check the answers as a group. (3-5 minutes). Have the students pair up and ask each other / answer the 4 questions. (6-8 minutes).

Show the picture on the projector. Have the students pair up, and have each student pick a person in the photograph and describe it to their partner. Give an example, and encourage them to use as much detail as possible. After, ask for volunteers to describe characters to the WC.

Nominate a student to read each sentence from listing exercise 2 out loud to the class. Have students write their answers (T/F) next to each sentence. ICQ question - are we speaking our answer? No, we are writing it. (3-6 minutes). Play the audio recording and have the students check / correct their answers. Recording may need to be played more than once. (3-6)