SPEAKING AND LISTENING FIRST STEP W8

SPEAKING SKILLS
TOPIC: FRIENDS

Vocabulary Practice
1. To have a full schedule 1. Are your friends mostly
2. Be quite busy on weekdays your age or different ages?
2. How often do you hang out
3. To unwind after a tiring day at work
with your friends?
4. To tend to see my friends 3. Do you usually see your
5. To share my updates and concerns friends during the week or
6. To have pleasant activities and conversation together at weekends?
4. In what way are your
7. To give me useful advice
friends important to you?
8. To share common interests
9. To support me to overcome difficulties
10. be good companions and listeners
11. Be helpful and supportive to me in times of desperate time

I. EXAMPLES:
1. Are your friends mostly your age or different ages? (bb của b phần lớn = tuổi hay khác tuổi)
Well, most of my friends are the same age as me because I met them at school and university. In
addition, I have a few friends who are older and younger that I met through work.

My friends are mostly people my age although I also have a few older friends - my colleagues.
However, I choose to stick with friends my age mainly because we tend to talk, behave and think
quite similarly. and I also easily meet them in both school and work because we sign up for the
same subjects and work together.
Bạn bè của tôi chủ yếu là những người cùng tuổi tôi mặc dù tôi cũng có một vài người bạn lớn tuổi
hơn - đồng nghiệp của tôi. Tuy nhiên, tôi chọn gắn bó với những người bạn cùng tuổi chủ yếu vì
chúng tôi có xu hướng nói chuyện, cư xử và suy nghĩ khá giống nhau. và tôi cũng dễ dàng gặp họ ở
cả trường học và nơi làm việc vì chúng tôi đăng ký cùng môn học và làm việc cùng nhau
2. How often do you hang out with your friends?
Well, it depends on the situation. I can meet my close friends three times a week if I have much
free time. Whereas, if I have a full schedule, I will spend time with my friends on the weekends.
Well, it depends on the situation. I can meet my close friend twice a week if I have a lot of free
time. Meanwhile, if I have a tight schedule, I will spend time with my friends about once every two
weeks. and sometimes, we also go on short trips to maintain our relationship and relieve stress.

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Vâng, điều đó phụ thuộc vào tình huống. Tôi có thể gặp bạn thân của mình hai lần một tuần nếu tôi
có nhiều thời gian rảnh. Trong khi đó, nếu tôi có lịch trình dày đặc, tôi sẽ dành thời gian cho bạn bè
của mình khoảng hai tuần một lần. và thỉnh thoảng, chúng tôi cũng đi những chuyến đi ngắn để
duy trì mối quan hệ và giải tỏa căng thẳng.

3. Do you usually see your friends during the week or at weekends?

Well, I am pretty busy on weekdays, and I usually go home to enjoy dinner with my family and
unwind after a tiring day at work. As a result, I tend to see my friends have pleasant activities and
conversations together on the weekends.
Yes, I am quite busy on weekdays, and I usually go home to have dinner with my family and study
at home after a day of work. Therefore, I often invite my friends to hang out on weekends, of
course I also meet (mít) them on weekdays when I go to work and study but we usually have
separate appointments so that we can chat freely and have privacy without being pressured (prét
sơ) by studying and working.
Có, tôi khá bận rộn vào các ngày trong tuần, và tôi thường về nhà ăn tối với gia đình và học ở nhà
sau một ngày làm việc. Do đó, tôi thường mời bạn bè đi chơi vào cuối tuần, tất nhiên tôi cũng gặp
họ vào các ngày trong tuần khi tôi đi làm và học nhưng chúng tôi thường có các cuộc hẹn riêng để
chúng tôi có thể trò chuyện thoải mái và có sự riêng tư mà không bị áp lực bởi việc học và công
việc.

4. In what way are your friends important to you?

I need many friends because they can give me helpful advice, share common interests and some
experience and support me in overcoming difficulties.
Friends are very important in my life. I need to have many friends because they can give me useful
advice, share my interests and experiences and support me through difficult times. Having friends
makes my life more interesting ( in trợt ting )(enjoyable) and fun. I really appreciate the friends I
have.
bạn bè rất quan trọng trong cuộc sống của tôi. Tôi cần có nhiều bạn bè vì họ có thể cho tôi lời
khuyên hữu ích, chia sẻ sở thích cũng như là một số kinh nghiệm và hỗ trợ tôi vượt qua khó khăn.
Có bạn bè giúp cuộc sống của tôi thú vị và trở nên vui nhộn hơn. tôi rất trân trọng những người
bạn đang có

II. PRACTICE:
1. Are your friends mostly your age or different ages? Well, most of my
friends are the same age as me Because I met them at ………. and ……......
In addition, I have a few older and younger friends than I met …………..

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2. How often do you hang out with your friends? Well, it depends on the
situation.
If I have much free time, I can meet my close friends …………..
Whereas, if I have a full schedule, I will spend time going out.…………....

3. Do you usually see your friends during the week or at weekends?

Well, I am pretty busy on weekdays, and I usually go home to ………… and ………….. As
a result, I may see my friends to …………. and …………. on the weekends.

4. In what way are your friends important to you?

Type 1:
It is essential/ important/ necessary for me to have many friends Because
they can …………, …………. and ……………….

Type 2:
Friendship plays a vital role in my life
Because my friends can help me to ……..… and ………….

III. ACTIVITIES:
1. Activity 1: Working in groups of 2 to 3 students to answer questions related to the topic. Then,
the teacher asks each individual to answer those questions.

2. Activity 2: Asking students combines questions to create a paragraph. Then they will stand in
front of the class to practice and use body language within 2 minutes, like SPEAKING IELTS Part
2.

LISTENING SKILLS
BASIC LISTENING
TOPIC: FRIENDS
FILLING THE GAPS:
I think I have the greatest friends in the world. They are just as important to me as family. In fact,
they are my family, really. My best friends and I all grew up together and shared so many
experiences together. We know everything about each other. I would do anything for my friends
and and I’m sure they’d do anything for me. I’m sure there’s nothing in the world that could stop
us from being friends. I’ve also made

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lots of other good friends from university and the different places I’ve worked. They are also
important to me. We are ____________________ the world and it’s sometimes difficult to
____________________ , but we
_________________ . One day I’d like to get all my friends together for a big party. That’d be great
fun.

VOCABULARY:
1. Great friends /ɡreɪt/: những người bạn tuyệt vời.
2. To grow up together /ɡrəʊ/: lớn lên cùng nhau.
3. To share experiences together /ʃeər/: chia sẽ trải nghiệm cùng nhau.
4. To do anything for sb: làm bất cứ việc gì cho ai đó.
5. To stop sb from sth: ngăn ai đó khỏi việc gì đó.
6. All over the world: trên khắp thế giới.
7. To work different places: làm việc ở những nơi khác nhau
8. To stay/ to keep in touch /tʌtʃ/: giữ liên lạc.

LISTENING SKILLS
IELTS LISTENING

Question 1 - 10
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
ALEX’S TRAINING
Example
Alex completed his training in 2014 About
the applicant:
• At first, Alex did his training in the (1) finance ( tài chính ) department.
• Alex did not have a qualification from school in (2) maths
• Alex thinks he should have done the diploma in (3) business skills.
• Age of other trainees: the youngest was (4) seventeen

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Benefits of doing training at JPNW:

• Lots of opportunities because of the size of the organization.
• Trainees receive the same amount of (5) holiday as permanent staff.
• The training experience increases people’s confidence a lot.
• Trainees go to (6) college one day per month.
• The company is in a convenient (7) location
Advice for interview:
• Do not wear (8) jeans
• Do not be (9) late.
• Make sure you (10) smile.

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