An email from a friend

Read an email about plans for the weekend to practise and improve your reading skills.

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

Preparation

Reading text

Hi Samia,

Just a quick email to say that sounds like a great idea. Saturday is better for me because I'm meeting my parents on Sunday. So if that's still good for you, why don't you come here? Then you can see the new flat and all the work we've done on the kitchen since we moved in. We can eat at home and then go for a walk in the afternoon. It's going to be so good to catch up finally. I want to hear all about your new job!

Our address is 52 Charles Road, but it's a bit difficult to find because the house numbers are really strange here. If you turn left at the post office and keep going past the big white house on Charles Road, there's a small side street behind it with the houses 50–56 in. Don't ask me why the side street doesn't have a different name! But call me if you get lost and I'll come and get you.

Let me know if there's anything you do/don't like to eat. Really looking forward to seeing you!

See you soon!

Gregor

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Discussion

How do you make plans with friends? By email?

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Pre-intermediate (A2)

I don´t use an email to communicate with my friends, I prefer to use what's up or call them .

In real life, we're used to make informal plan through social media.

That is not good idea because we didn't make real life inviting friend with email.

I don´t use an email to communicate with my friends, usually i use Whatsapp or other social media but never email.

I never use an email to talk with a friend only I use WhatsApp

I have never made planes with my friends by Email, Sometimes by Whatsapp but it sounds like a great idea to try making a plane by Email and write the famous word that I've learned today "CATCH UP".

I usually use my email to invite my friends or talk with my family. Normally I use WhatsApp to talk with my friends and family. My e-mail is more for work or formal conversation.

I agree with you . Because if use of email invite friends , it loses your friendliness

I don't ever make plans via email address. Email is good only formal talk and in working people

i and my friends have never made plans on email because we have message on the phone

I'm too.

Yes, I think that anyone use the email to make plans with friends. I make plans with friends by calls or message text on WhatsApp. If I need to find friend's address we use the GPS, it's really useful.

I usually use WhatsApp for planning meetings with my friends.

I make phone calls if I want to meeting with friends. Usually email is for just for apply job. And email for professional work.

I make plans with friends by cell phone or text, but I don't use email for plans with friends.

No, we really make our plans by telegram. But as you well know since pandemic everything has been complicated we prefer to do it by video call.

Yessss, oh my god. Terrible times. I can not take it more.

Generally, I made plans with my friends through of Whatsapp, facebook or when we meet. Only, I've made plans to email when it's for work.

I make plans with my friends by WeChat, do you know that? It is easy.

I am send email just for apply job. Iam text or call my friend.

The best way is through whatsapp

To make plans with my friends by Line is the way I use most. app is much easier and doesn't cost much.

To make plans with my friends, I use WhatsApp to coordinate with them what we are going to do.

I often make plan with friends by phone call or social network applications. I only use email for work.

Henceforth, I would suggest using email instead of phone or social network applications.

I use to make plans with my friends by what's up or phone calls.

I don't use email, we schedule things in the days or in the free time by another application.

I usually use the phone to communicate with my friend and to arrange the time and the place for our meeting but sometimes i use the social media

no, I mostly do them by whatsapp

I make plans with my friends by social network or instant messaging app like Messenger, Whatsapp, Telegram. We decide the place we are going to meet, the time, etc.

I always call phone my friends when I make a plan but sometimes use messenger and go their home.

Why were you used " we've done ON the kitchen"instead of "IN"? Thank you!

Hi SStanley,

The full phrase is:

Then you can see the new flat and all the work we've done on the kitchen since we moved in.

The preposition on is connected to all the work we've done. The base phrase is do work on something.

Your suggestion is good too! You could put in instead of on. Structurally, this is a bit different, because in is connected to the kitchen (not all the work we've done). But the meaning is pretty much the same.

Does that make sense?

Jonathan

The LearnEnglish Team

Thank you for your explanation.

I make plans with my friends by WhatsApp or maybe by Email, because is more easy to contact with they.

I never make plans with me friends by email. I usually call my friends to make plans.

I usually use phone calls to make plane with my friends, because I suppose emails are more professional.

I usually make plan with my friend by social app like WhatsApp. We arrange what to do and the place to meet, and also the time

At this time, most people use messenger,sms and text to communicate with their friends instead of email. I also use only messenger and phone calls.

I don't make plans with my friends by email. I usually call them or text them.

I like call by phone to my friends before any plans to do, we arrange the schedule and place meet , and we confirm by message at phone some details like adress, or to give some instructions.

I'm always use a massager, what's up or calling direct to make a plan , I don't use the email with my friends.

No, I usually don't use email for that purpose...However, it happened that my phone got broken down so I just used my email instead.

I used SNS mostly.

I usually make the plans with friends by calling her. I don't use email everywhere.

Hi there. Can anyone help me??? I want to know why Task (1) - 2. "Gregor is going to make lunch." is truth. In Gregors email, he mentioned that they can have lunch at home and asked his friend if there's anything he can't eat. However, he did not clearly state that he is going to cook. Im so confused. He may order some food from delivery service....... It would be highly appreciate if someone help me understand. Thank you so much! (TT)

Hello Lilly098,

Gregor does not say directly that he is going to cook, so there is some interpretation here, I agree. However, I think if a person says 'we can eat at home' then it generally means that they are planning to cook or make something. If they intended to get something delivered, then they would probably ask what kind of food the person liked (Italian, Chinese etc) rather than asking if there was something they could not eat.

Peter

The LearnEnglish Team

i haven't used email ever for making plan with others.but i think email is very good to having contact with your university and i always use this way to communicate with university

I perfer to use social Apps like whatsup, wechat to make plans with my friends. But if the plans related to my job with my clients or colleagues, I would like to email them as it is more formal.

Dear sir I have a few doubts and would like you to explain to me if possible. In preparation section, how the question ”That SOUNDS LIKE a good idea.” can replace with ”is” In task 1 why they question number three answer is True. Sincerely