Social Life
1. Are you an introvert or an extrovert?
2. How often do you meet your close friends or visit your family/relatives?
3. Do you text or call your friends? What do you usually chat about?
4. What social activities do you do? Like parties, dancing, playing games with friends, etc.
5. Tell us about your social network. Who do you usually spend time with?
Related Words: confident, in a good/bad mood, nightlife, socialise, circle, gossip, chat with friends, go clubbing, gather with, best friend, buddy, communicative, eye contact, body language, being shy, get along with, arguments, play card games/board games, go camping, gym friends, workmate, classmate
EXAMPLE ANSWERS: Social life
1. Hello. I am Esra, and I am one of the directors of Spoken Cafe. I am an extroverted person. I like chatting with people, and I have a lot of friends
2. I meet my close friends now and then. That means whenever I have the chance. I visit my parents every month or every two months. They live in Malkara.
3. I always text my friends. We are very active on WhatsApp. We talk about daily things, sometimes work and sometimes clothes and shopping.
4. We usually go shopping together. We go to concerts, museums and restaurants. Sometimes we go abroad with my friends
5. My social network consists of people from Spoken Cafe and our neighbours.
Watch the video above and discuss what you learned from it during your Spoken Cafe session
Bamboo: A Strong and Fast-Growing Plant
Bamboo is a special plant because it is both strong and flexible. It is often grown as a decorative plant in gardens and parks because it looks nice and adds green beauty to the area.
One of the best things about bamboo is that it is a renewable plant. This means it can grow back quickly, so we can use it without harming the environment.
Bamboo is also the fastest-growing plant in the world! According to Guinness World Records, bamboo can grow up to 88.9 centimetres in just one day. That’s about 3.7 centimetres every hour! This amazing growth makes bamboo a very unique and useful plant.
Watch the video above and discuss what you learned from it during your Spoken Cafe session.
READ/SPEAK
What’s your favourite plant? Why do you like it?
Do you have bamboo plants in your home or garden?
Have you heard of any other plants that are used for decoration?
What other plants do you like to see in gardens?
Said when something, especially money, is easily obtained and then soon spent or lost:
“I lost £500 in a card game last night, but that’s life – easy come, easy go”
LEARN THE IDIOM AND SPEAK
How, where and for what things do you spend money?