Talking About Friendship
A one-page B1 conversation worksheet with 20 questions about friendship. Learners exchange personal experiences, explain preferences and discuss everyday choices.
What’s in the worksheet?
- 20 conversation questions
- Personal experiences, preferences and everyday choices
- Pair discussion with reasons and follow-up questions
Explore friendship through 20 B1 questions about qualities, keeping in touch, including newcomers and handling small disagreements. Learners practise giving opinions and practical suggestions without needing to name real friends.
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A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Review keep in touch, thoughtful and good listener. Choose prompts suited to the class and explain that general or imagined examples are welcome. Avoid requiring learners to discuss loneliness or a personal disagreement.
- Start with qualities learners appreciate in a friend. Model an opinion with a reason, then ask partners to compare their priorities.
- Discuss selected prompts on communication, online friendships and shared activities. Encourage a follow-up that responds to the partner's answer rather than simply moving to the next number.
- Finish with question 19 or 20: suggest how to help a shy person at a social event, or plan a day for friends. Invite pairs to explain how their suggestions include different people.
Support and extension
For support, offer starters such as A good friend… and You could…. For an extension, compare two suggestions and politely explain which seems more helpful. Open-ended answers have no fixed key; focus on understandable reasons, considerate language and balanced speaking time.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
