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1.6 LISTENING and WRITING Best friends

I can understand short spoken texts and write short texts about best friends.

5 Read about Alex and complete the table.
International

Friendship Day!
My best

We think about our friends on International friend
Friendship Day.
Call Radio 8’s International Friendship Day kids’
special on 005468976.

Tell us about your best friends! u q
My name’s Alex. I’m thirteen and I’m from the
UK. I’m British. My best friend is Lian. She’s
1 Look at the website. What’s the radio show
thirteen, too. Lian is from the UK. Lian’s dad is
about?
British. Lian’s mum and granny are Chinese.
2 1.31 Listen to the radio show. Match
callers 1–3 to photos of their best friends A–C.

1 Tom 2 Maria 3 Juan Name Age Nationality Country
Me Alex the UK
A
My best British
friend

Writing Capital letters
Use a capital letter for names of people, countries
and nationalities. Use a capital letter for the pronoun
and at the beginning of every sentence, too
My best friend is Jack.
I’m from France.
Ayla and Yusuf are Turkish
B C
6 Find and circle capital letters in exercise 5.

Writing Time

7 Write about you and your best friend.

1 ! Find ideas
Find a photo of you and your best friend.
Make notes.
3 1.31 Read the questions. Listen again.
Write a number or country. 2 Draft
Write about your name, age, country and
1 How old is Monica? 11
nationality.
2 Where is Monica now?
My name’s … I’m (ten / eleven / twelve …) I’m
3 How old is Jack? from …
4 Where are Ayla and Yusuf from? Write the same about your best friend.
3 ✓ Check and write
4 Who’s your best friend? Tell the class.
Check all the capital letters and write the
final version of your text.
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