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Unit 5
          Writing  A description of a friend

          1   Read the Writing File.                              3   Put the words in the correct order.
                                                                    1  they / me / often / phone
    Writing File Word order                                           They often phone me.
                                                                    2  more / her / is / generous / than / he
            Subject pronoun    verb   object pronoun                3  us / are / talkative / they / more / than
                   I             like       her .                   4  we / him / older / are / than
                   You           are   older than  me .             5  than / am / you / I / funnier
                   We              see       them at school.      6  more / cheerful / Sam / than / is / her

                                                                  7  me / more / brother / my / than / hard-working / is
                                                                  8  always / gives / he / them / presents

                                                                4   Think about you and one of your friends.
          2   Read the description of Ricardo. Complete           Answer the questions.  Make notes.
             the description with these words.
                                                                    1  How old are you? How old is your friend?
            him  me  them  us                                       2  Where are you both from?
                                                                    3  What type of personality is your friend?
                                                                  4  What type of personality are you?
                                                                    5  What do you both like?
                                                                    6  What are you doing together this week?

                                                                5   Write a description of your friend. Use ‘My
                                                                  friend’ and your notes from Exercise 4.

                                                                    My friend


                                                                          My best friend is  ( name )      .  I met him/her

                                                                      ( when )    .  I am  (age)     .
                                                                          He/She is    (age)     .  We are from  ( place )    .

                                                                        ( Name )  is     and     .

                                                                          We both like     and       .
              My best friend is Ricardo. I met                            This week we are       .
            him three years ago. We’re from
            Brazil and we’re both   ifteen, but
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                                  1
            he’s taller than     .   Ricardo’s got
            dark hair and brown eyes. When                            Remember!
                          2
            people see     together, they think
                                                                         Check the word order and pronouns.
            we’re brothers. Ricardo often smiles                         Use the vocabulary in this unit.
            and he often laughs.    He’s the                             Check your grammar, spelling and
            most cheerful person I know. He’s                           punctuation.
            very talkative and he’s friendly,
            too. Ricardo is more talkative than
            me. I am sometimes shy. Ricardo is
                                                  3

            very popular. People always like     .
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                We both   ike sport. We’re in the
            same   olleyball team and we play
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            volleyball for our school. Tomorrow
            we’re playing a match against a
            very good team, but I think we’re
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            better than     .
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