Hideto's Writing Trainer
Friends
Let's practice writing about OUR FRIENDS.
Please try to introduce your best friend in English by following the
guidelines below. You just simply answer each question and put them all
together. You will have a nice and brief introduction of your close friends
at the end. Type an answer into the box provided and then pull down the
drop-down box to see some of the possible ways to answer the question.
You can also consult a dictionary by pressing the button below. Enjoy writing!
1 Who is your closest friend?
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answers.
Give names.
My best friend is Shinji Saito.
Yoko Akiyama is my closest friend.
Among all my good friends, I get along best with Mizue Chigira.
My long-time buddy is Kenji Iwamoto.
2 How long have you kept company with him/her?
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answers.
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new friend? old friend?
I've gotten along with Tatsuhiko since we are both in junior high
school.
I'been together since our childhood.
Hajime has been my best friend for the last five years.
I've taken Yoshiko as my best friend just recently.
He was my best friend long before I came to realize it.
We keep good company for ages.
Makoto and I started to go out together when we were in the junior
year in high school.
I made friends with him at the welcome party of this college.
Naoto and I have been sticking together for over a year now.
We've been hanging out together for several years.
3 What things or characters do you have in common?
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answers.
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any similarities?
Both Tomio and I ride a sports moterbike.
We both love movies.
We are both anti-nuclear activists.
We both like having fun and partying.
We are both very quiet. We share peaceful moments with each other.
We are both crazy about girls. We are always chasing after good-looking
girls.
4 What things do you do together?
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answers.
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go anywhere together? do something together?
We always get together at my apartment and listen to the latest
rock CDs.
We get in my car and go cruising around town on Friday night looking
for girls.
We usually put our empty heads together and study for class projects.
On weekends, we get together and go out shopping and eating.
We hang out at the local karaoke studios and sing a few songs together.
We do nothing but drink and play mahjong. After all, we are a bad
company.
5 What do you like the most about your friend?
Put a check in the appropriate box.
character
talent
house
same interest
car
rich
has a pretty sister
always free
intelligent
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Then write it in a sentence.
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good points about your friend
He is the most trustworthy of all of my friends.
He always lend me some money and bails me out of trouble.
He is very calm, understanging, and generous. We have never argued
about anything.
He is always available. In other words, he is free all the time.
She shows deep sympathy toward me when I am in pain.
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