1. SPEAKING Work in pairs. Read the forum posts and discuss the opinions. Do you agree with them? Think of two more things that are important in a best friend.

(Làm việc theo cặp. Đọc các bài viết trên diễn đàn và thảo luận các ý kiến. Bạn có đồng ý với họ không? Hãy nghĩ về hai điều quan trọng nữa ở một người bạn thân.)

Tell us what you think is important in a best friend.

JACKO

Well, I hope to be supportedd by a best friend when I have problem and I expect them to spend time listening to me. I also don’t want to have to apologise for being me!

QUEEN

I agree. A good friend shouldn't mind putting up with the bad side of my personality. They should also be honest and warn me against doing things they don't think are good. And they should advise me to do things they think are good, even if I decide not to do them.

MATE365

Good points. A best friend doesn't choose to be your friend only when things are going well. They should always be there when you need them!

2. Match the highlighted verbs in the forum post with the verb patterns below.

(Nối các động từ được đánh dấu trong bài đăng trên diễn đàn với các mẫu động từ bên dưới.)

1. verb + -ing form

2. verb + infinitive

3. verb + object + infinitive

4. verb + object + preposition + -ing form

5. verb + preposition + -ing form

3. Choose the correct form to complete the sentences.

(Chọn dạng đúng để hoàn thành câu.)

1. Jack admitted to copy / copying the test.

2. Amy hopes to study / studying medicine.

3. We really enjoyed to visit / visiting the exhibition together.

4. I agreed to go / going to help him with his homework.

5. Mark encouraged me to apply / applying for the summer job.

6. They praised him for to volunteer / volunteering.

4. Complete the dialogue with the correct form of the verbs below.

(Hoàn thành đoạn hội thoại với dạng đúng của động từ dưới đây.)

Max: Hi, Lily. You look a bit anxious. What's the matter?

Lily: Well, I was ¹ ______ going to Amy’s but she's just texted me to say she's busy all weekend. I think she's angry with me.

Max: Why? I thought you were good friends.

Lily: We are, but she ² ______ me to go out with her last Saturday and I ³ ______ how about Monday’s maths exam and said we should stay in and study.

Max: That seems reasonable. So what's the problem?

Lily: Well, she ⁴ ______ on going out and of course she didn't study. She didn't do well in the exam and now she’s ⁵ ______ me of being a bad friend because I didn't stop her from going out!

Max: That's really unfair! She should be ashamed of herself. In my opinion, she should ⁶ ______ for being so unreasonable!

5. Find adjectives in the dialogue that correspond with these nouns: anger, anxiety, shame.

(Tìm những tính từ trong đoạn hội thoại tương ứng với những danh từ sau: giận dữ, lo lắng, xấu hổ.)

6. Read the Learn this! box Put the verbs below into the correct group (1 or 2) in the Learn this! box .

(Đọc phần Learn this! Hãy xếp các động từ dưới đây vào đúng nhóm (1 hoặc 2) trong khung Learn this!)

7. Choose the correct form of the verbs to complete the sentences. Sometimes both answers are correct.

(Chọn dạng đúng của động từ để hoàn thành câu. Đôi khi cả hai câu trả lời đều đúng.)

1. I don’t like to go / going to discos.

2. Did you remember to tell / telling Ewan about the party?

3. I tried not to laugh / laughing, but I couldn't stop myself.

4. Anna told me about her holiday; then she went on to talk / talking about life at university.

8. SPEAKING Work in pairs. Tell your partner about something you did recently. Use verbs from this lesson.

(Làm việc theo cặp. Nói với đối tác của bạn về điều gì đó bạn đã làm gần đây. Sử dụng động từ từ bài học này.)