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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Task 2

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Discussion

How do you make plans with friends? Email, messenger, phone calls or another way?

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Language level

A2 Pre-intermediate

Topics

social media

family and friends

I have 2 groups with friends and colleagues in WhatsUp! so we always plan in these groups

In Europe, we usually use Messenger to contact each other about trips. We send pictures of places, locations, hotels and we are discussing some details.

Discussion
How do you make plans with friends?

I always when I see a a new place we haven't seen before I mentioned my friends by comment on TikTok to see the nice view or I send the video of place by message in the group chatting to see their opinions then we decide

How do you make plans with friends? Do you use email, Messenger, phone calls, or another method?

I usually make plans with friends through Messenger. I’d like to try using phone calls to confirm details, as it's easy to misunderstand the meaning of text messages. I haven’t emailed my friends yet because I find chatting on Messenger more convenient.

In Azerbaijan we use WhatsApp to organize any meeting with friends. But when it comes to organize work meetings we use Telegram.

I usually make plan with my friend through whatsapp. And we never make plan in emergyency .we make plan before a week or a month . So we don't miss a single things

I use WhatsApp and I like to call my family and my friends

How I make plans with my friends depends on the situation. If I want to meet with just one friend, I usually call him and arrange the meeting because it is easier and faster than sending messages and trying to find a time that suits both of us. However, if I want to meet with several friends, it is more convenient to create a group chat on WhatsApp.