Circle of Friends - Conversation - Intermediate


Discuss or debate the questions below. Remember to support your answers!
  • Do you have more male friends or female friends?
  • Do you rely on your friends? If yes, how do you rely on them?
  • Do your friends rely on you? If yes, how do they rely on you?
  • Have you ever had a friend who you later hated? If yes, what happened?
  • Have you ever had an enemy or someone you disliked who later became your friend? If yes, what happened?
  • Who is your best friend? Please describe him/her. How long have you know him/her?
  • How did you meet your best friend?
  • How often do you see your best friend? What do you usually do together?
  • The people you usually hang out with is often called a "circle of friends." Please describe your circle of friends. What do you usually do with them?
  • How has your circle of friends changed over the years? Please explain.
  • How often do you make new friends?
  • What is the difference between a friend and an acquaintance? Please explain.
  • What terrible thing would a friend have to do for you to end the friendship?
  • Would you want to travel around the world with your three closest friends? Why/not?
  • Would you want to live with your three closest friends? Why/not?
  • Would you give any of your close friends $10,000 if they really needed it? Why/not?
  • Would you die for a friend? Why/not?
  • Do you agree or disagree?: Friends are more trouble than they are worth. Please explain your opinion.
  • What do you think the following idiom means?: Birds of a feather flock together?
  • Finish this sentence: Friendship means...

Written by Chris Cotter

http://www.headsupenglish.com/index.php/lower-intermediate-students/lower-intermediate-skill-builders/lower-intermediate-speaking/87-friendship


SOME IDIOMS ABOUT RELATIONSHIP:

Bad blood - Hatred or dislike among individuals or groups of people. 
You can't please everyone - No single action can make everyone action. 
Build bridges - To increase understanding / friendship between different people or groups.
Blood is thicker than water - People who are related have stronger obligations to each other than to people outside the family.
Have strong feelings - To have strong emotions for someone, often attraction.
Fair-weather friend - Someone who is your friend only when things are pleasant or going well for you.
An item - A term used for a couple who are in a relationship. "Bob and Jenny are an item, aren´t they?"
Blind date - A blind date is when the two people going out on the date are meeting for the first time.
The honeymoon is over - The early pleasant beginning (as at the start of a marriage) has ended.





http://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms/idiomcategories/relationships/relationships1.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode40/languagepoint.shtml

http://www.studymode.com/essays/Friendship-Idiom-1299728.html



Test some idioms: 

http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/relationship-idioms




PROVERBS ABOUT RELATIONSHIP:

"God defend me from my friends; from my enemies I can defend myself."

http://www.friendship.com.au/quotes/quopro.html


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