Text messages to a friend

Text messages to a friend

Read a text conversation between two friends to practise and improve your reading skills. 

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

Preparation

Reading text
Neira
online

Hi Aziz! Are you there?

15:57

Hello? Hello?!?

16:03

Hi! I'm here! I'm here.

16:04

Good. smiley

16:04

What's up, Neira?

16:05

Would you like to meet for a coffee?

16:05

Yes! When?

16:05

I'm working now, but I finish work at five. Maybe at 5.15?

16:05

That's difficult for me. Can we meet 30 minutes later?

16:06

OK. Where?

16:06

The Blue Café is nice. I love the tea there. heart

16:07

It's closed on Mondays. Let's go to Rocket Boy. It's new.

16:08

Is it good?

16:08

It's very good!

16:08

Where is it? I don't know it.

16:09

It's next to the school. See you there?

16:09

See you there at 5.45!

16:09

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Submitted by Abrarhussain on Fri, 24/06/2022 - 20:30

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I meet my friends in Starbucks. We usually meet on the weekend at 3 : 00 pm.

Submitted by jyoti Chaudhary on Sat, 28/05/2022 - 11:47

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Where do you meet your friends? What time do you usually meet?

Actually I dont have any close friends and I didnt go for coffee and tea with anyone.

Submitted by tryyourbest on Mon, 23/05/2022 - 08:57

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Where do you meet your friends? What time do you usually meet?
I often meet my friend at coffee shop - a warm place with music and outside view.
My friend specially love going to the coffee shop in rainy day. I think it's a wonderful experience when staying in the warm and full of light place enjoying hot coffee while it's cold and wet outside. So peaceful!

Submitted by JANCYMARY on Tue, 17/05/2022 - 16:27

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I ALWAYS GO OUT WITH MY FRIENDS ONLY MALL,BEACH,PARK AND THEN CAFE.AND THEN CHAT WITH ON WHATS UP.

Hi JANCYMARY,

Thanks for your comment but next time please don't write in all capitals. Thanks :)

Jonathan

The LearnEnglish Team

Submitted by Claudia Ortiz … on Thu, 24/02/2022 - 00:41

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Good exercise

Submitted by Kamelbenslimane on Wed, 16/02/2022 - 12:31

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I often meet my friend in the weekend because I work all the week 14 hours per day

Submitted by nicha on Sun, 09/01/2022 - 15:14

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I often meet friends in restaurant to have some nice meal or the mall or even the cafe (depend on which friends)

Submitted by ocelfrat on Wed, 05/01/2022 - 22:17

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I usually meet my friends at home after work.