An email from a friend

An email from a friend

Preparation Task: Vocabulary

Multiple Choice

something that is fast, exciting and unpredictable

• to oversee

• kind of

• a whirlwind

• days on end

Multiple Choice

several days continuously

• to oversee

• kind of

• a whirlwind

• days on end

Multiple Choice

to regularly check the progress of a project

• to oversee

• kind of

• a whirlwind

• days on end

Multiple Choice

in some way, sort of

• to oversee

• kind of

• a whirlwind

• days on end

Multiple Choice

to be sent to a place for a job

• to be posted

• to figure

• to be off to

• every other

Multiple Choice

one out of every two

• to be posted

• to figure

• to be off to

• every other

Multiple Choice

to move or travel to a different place, often quickly

• to be posted

• to figure

• to be off to

• every other

Multiple Choice

to think, to suppose

• to be posted

• to figure

• to be off to

• every other

An email from a friend

Task 2
Do this after reading the text.

Multiple Choice

Where she will get married

• New York

• London

• Frankfurt

• Prague

• LA

Multiple Choice

A city that wasn’t what she expected

• New York

• London

• Frankfurt

• Prague

• LA

Multiple Choice

An expensive place

• New York

• London

• Frankfurt

• Prague

• LA

Multiple Choice

A place she didn’t really see much of

• New York

• London

• Frankfurt

• Prague

• LA

Multiple Choice

The most recent city she’s lived in

• New York

• London

• Frankfurt

• Prague

• LA

An email from a friend

Task 3
Do this after reading the text.

Multiple Choice

Recently, Kath has been …

• making an effort to email people she knows

• too busy to even think about writing emails.

• thinking about writing an email to her friend

Multiple Choice

Prague was …

• better than Kath imagined.

• just as Kath imagined.

• not as nice as Kath imagined.

Multiple Choice

Kath says Christmas was …

• exciting because she was in a new place.

• difficult because she missed her family.

• as good as usual thanks to technology.

Multiple Choice

In New York, she spent most of her money on …

• tourist attractions.

• restaurants.

• a TV.

Multiple Choice

How did Kath feel about LA?

• It’s nice for a holiday but not to live.

• She would have enjoyed spending more time at the beach.

• She didn’t really like the beach part of the LA lifestyle.

Multiple Choice

Kath and Michael are …

• thinking about how to spend more time together.

• working out where to hold the wedding.

• planning to get engaged.

An email from a friend

Discussion
What form of communication would you use to tell old friends important news?