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Family and Friends
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When you have discussions with family and close
friends, you usually speak the language you are most comfortable with.
Therefore, this lesson will not focus on the sentences you use to speak with
your family, but it will focus more on the sentences you use when you are
talking to someone about your family or your close friends.
Here are some questions you can ask when talking about family.
How
are your parents doing?"
Are
your parents healthy and well?"
Do
you still live with your parents?"
Do
you live near any family members?"
Where
do your in-laws live?"
Do
you see your family frequently?"
Do
you ever have family reunions?"
You can respond to these types of questions in multiple ways. Here are some
examples.
My
parents are doing well."
My
father is getting old, but otherwise, healthy."
My
mother has been complaining about chest pains. I hope it isn't anything
serious."
Yeah.
I live with my parents. It saves me some rent money."
Just
for another year until I get back on my feet."
No.
I moved out several years ago. I have my own apartment now."
My
in-laws are in Ohio."
I
grew up in Florida, so my in-laws are there. We moved to California 5 years
ago."
My
family lives in the area so I usually see them once a month."
My
family lives pretty far away, so I only see them a couple times a year."
We
have a family reunion every 5 years."
No,
but I wish we could."
We
used to, but everyone is too busy these days, so we haven't had one in a while
now."
Talking about Friends
Having lifelong friends is a great conversational
topic. Many questions are related towards how long they have been friends.
Here are some questions you can ask when talking about friends.
How
long have you guys been friends?"
How
long have you known each other?"
Did
you grow up together?"
Did
you go to school together?"
So
how did you meet?"
Here are some example you can use to respond to these types of questions.
We've
been friends since elementary school."
I
think it's been like 20 years."
We
grew up together. Our parents lived pretty close so we were basically
neighbors."
We
went to the same school since the 5th grade."
We
met in middle school and started going to the same school from the 7th grade."
We
started going to the same school at the University of Washington."
We
met at church when we were young. We have been close friends since."
We
met in high school in our English class." |