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 mohamed20266 on Wed, 18/06/2025 - 08:45

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I usually send WhatsApp messages to know themwhere we will go to the place  

Submitted by yousef aed on Tue, 10/06/2025 - 20:50

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By texting him on WhatsApp 

Submitted by gigbraga_s on Tue, 03/06/2025 - 01:26

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Hi, everyone!

I usually make plans with my friends via whatsapp mensseger or personally. I mean, when we are together we talk about our next meeting.

Submitted by Ozesen on Sun, 01/06/2025 - 15:24

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Actually, we don't really make plans with my friends.
Someone just calls the others and we meet up. :)
There isn't a plan — that's the plan!

Submitted by d_di on Mon, 19/05/2025 - 13:11

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I usually make plans with my friends and contact each other through phone calls to discuss what we want to do on weekends, sometimes we go to the cinema and eat delicious food at restaurants 

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Submitted by Kate_tsim on Sat, 17/05/2025 - 11:37

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So, usually I use different messengers to confirm the meeting. On the day of the meeting I call if friend is late

Submitted by luisfer1980 on Sun, 04/05/2025 - 17:21

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

I usually send texts to my friends when I have plans to go out with them. Sometimes They response but when they don't do it, I call them to confirm whether they will go or not.

Submitted by Adal9 on Sun, 04/05/2025 - 10:08

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I make plans with my friends using WhatsApp. It’s easy because we can send messages quickly, and everyone can see the plan at the same time.

Submitted by sara31 on Thu, 01/05/2025 - 12:59

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if i want to meet my frnds i call them and we plan together 

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Submitted by Aynur Ahmad on Thu, 17/04/2025 - 22:04

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I usualy use Whatsapp when I make plan with my friends.Since Whatsapp is very comfortable for online talk. We have mini group that include in my close friends. One day or a few days before we talk our plan in this group. 

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