Real Easy English: talking about friends Beginner shadowing lesson
Georgie and Neil from BBC Learning English talk about their friends. Georgie finds it hard to stay in touch with her friends in Spain now that she lives in London, while Neil meets his in a pub or a restaurant, or at a sports match. They share other words for friends, like mate and pal, and end on why friends are important.
What you practise by shadowing it
- Asking, answering and asking back: So, Neil, do you have a lot of friends? Erm, yes, I do have quite a few friends. How about you?
- Stress on the words that say how many: quite a few friends, quite a lot of friends, a few friends in Spain, but not many.
- Giving a reason, with I think in the middle: Friends are important, I think, because you can be yourself with your friends.
- Beginner
- Video
- 4:58
- 69 sentences
Practise it in the app
Free, no account needed. The app plays one sentence and waits for you to say it.
First sentences
Hello! Welcome to Real Easy English from BBC Learning English.
I'm Georgie.
And I'm Neil.
We're here to help you improve your English with a real conversation in easy English.
If you want to read along,
The video has 69 sentences. The rest are in the app. Practise them all
Words and phrases
- mates
- friends (informal, British)
- pals
- friends (informal)
- gal pals
- female friends (a fun phrase)
- made friends
- started to be friends with someone
- keep in touch with
- see or speak to someone regularly
- stay in touch
- keep seeing or speaking to someone
- a few
- more than two, but not many
- quite a few
- a fairly large number
- make sure
- check that something happens
- have a good time
- enjoy yourself
- at the same time
- together, not one after another
How to practise this clip
- Read the sentence and the words to know, then listen to it.
- Say it right after the speaker, slowly at first. The app waits until you finish.
- Play your try next to the speaker's, then say it again until it sounds the same.
Want to practise every day? See the 15-minute routine.
Source
BBC Learning English, Real Easy English, on YouTube
