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1e Meet my friend

1 ocabulary  3 peak & rite
A. Read and write the correct name under each picture. A. A teenage online magazine
invites its readers to write
Then listen and check your answers. about their friends. Read
what Rob Fabregas wrote. In
which paragraph can you find
information about the following?
Marco’s personality

what Rob and Marco do together
Marco’s appearance
who Marco is

My best friend
by Rob Fabregas

My best friend’s name is Marco.
1 2 3 He’s 13 years old and he’s short and
slim. Marco has got curly brown
Fiona is short and chubby. She’s got medium-length straight hair and brown eyes.
fair hair. Marco is shy but when we hang out
Emma is really good-looking. She’s got short curly hair. together, we always have a lot of
Amanda is tall and slim. She’s got long wavy dark hair. fun. Marco is also very clever and
helpful, so I like studying with him.
B. Look at the pictures and match the opposite adjectives. We both like sports, and we’re in
Then listen and check your answers. the same ice-hockey team. Marco
is a great player! In the winter, we
friendly spend all our free time at the ice
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or our loc
or our loc
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or our loc
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ant t
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ant t
o pla
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rink
rink. We want to play for our local
rink
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am one da
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active polite outgoing
When you learn new
words, it’s a good idea
rude lazy shy unfriendly to learn any synonyms
and/or opposites.
C. Form the opposites of the words in the box and complete the table.
NOTE: The opposites of many English friendly possible responsible
words are formed by adding a happy polite regular
negative pre ix (un-, im-, ir-, etc.)
to the adjectives.
un- +adjective im- +adjective ir- +adjective
unfriendly impossible irresponsible
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CLASS GAME
Say three sentences describing one of your classmates (appearance Lee has got blue eyes and...
and personality) to the class, including one sentence which is not true. He’s active and...
Your classmates must find what is not true about this person.
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