A message to a new friend

A message to a new friend

Read a direct message on social media to practise and improve your reading skills. 

Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.

Preparation

Reading text

Hi Lucia

How are you? It was so nice to meet you last week in Sydney at the sales meeting. How was the rest of your trip? Did you see any kangaroos? I hope you got home to Mexico City OK.

Anyway, I have the documents about the new Berlin offices. We're going to be open in three months. I moved here from London just last week. They are very nice offices, and the location is perfect. There are lots of restaurants, cafés and banks in the area. There's also public transport; we are next to an U-Bahn (that is the name for the metro here). Maybe you can come and see them one day? I would love to show you Berlin, especially in the winter. You said you have never seen snow – you will see lots here!

Here's a photo of you and me at the restaurant in Sydney. That was a very fun night! Remember the singing Englishman? Crazy! Please send me any other photos you have of that night. Good memories.

Please give me your email address and I will send you the documents.

Bye for now

Mikel

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Submitted by HMB80222 on Wed, 10/06/2026 - 16:33

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I usually chat whit my friends to meet me whit theirs. Sometimes we send a text message, this way it’s very common in USA

Submitted by Khun Than Zin Oo on Tue, 09/06/2026 - 03:47

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Submitted by Khun Thant Zin Oo on Tue, 09/06/2026 - 09:15

This reading I'll learn some vocabulary and sentence structure.

 

Submitted by alperoncu on Thu, 04/06/2026 - 11:37

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ı usually use whatsapp for chat my friend so we reraly talk on the telephone, we usually chattin on whatsapp

Submitted by Osama7420 on Sun, 31/05/2026 - 10:20

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I usually make plans with friends by using WhatsApp chat, creating a group, and then exchanging our plans together.

Submitted by Hasoon on Sun, 31/05/2026 - 06:14

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Hello.
I dont have much friend because i love to be alone sometimes i dont know why but i think i feel comfortable when i be alone.
iam sry of there many mistakes in my writting because iam beginner in learning English 

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Submitted by Gisella italian on Wed, 27/05/2026 - 21:33

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I live far from my family, an we speak by Whatsapp, and from time a time I travel to Italy so that I saw them.

I  talk also with my friends on Whatsapp and we met once time a month to visit some places in the island or we go to the theatre or to the restaurant.

Submitted by Alemad on Sun, 24/05/2026 - 19:05

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I usually make plans with friends through messenger, because this way allows me to explain things clearly and expand on details.

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Submitted by HousamIT on Sun, 24/05/2026 - 05:29

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I am a new user in this, please. I hope to make a lot of friends, and this short story is the first of my try to exercise here, and it sounds good.
I try to perfect my English for work.

If there is any advice on using this platform, I would be very happy to hear it.

Submitted by Moizex on Wed, 13/05/2026 - 18:42

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I make plans with friends when I usually talk on WhatsApp or Instagram.