An email from a friend

Read an email about plans for the weekend to practise and improve your reading skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.

Preparation

Reading text

Hi Samia,

Just a quick email to say that sounds like a great idea. Saturday is better for me because I'm meeting my parents on Sunday. So if that's still good for you, why don't you come here? Then you can see the new flat and all the work we've done on the kitchen since we moved in. We can eat at home and then go for a walk in the afternoon. It's going to be so good to catch up finally. I want to hear all about your new job!

Our address is 52 Charles Road, but it's a bit difficult to find because the house numbers are really strange here. If you turn left at the post office and keep going past the big white house on Charles Road, there's a small side street behind it with the houses 50–56 in. Don't ask me why the side street doesn't have a different name! But call me if you get lost and I'll come and get you.

Let me know if there's anything you do/don't like to eat. Really looking forward to seeing you!

See you soon!

Gregor

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How do you make plans with friends? By email?

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Language level

A2 - Pre-intermediate

Topics

family and friends

Hi SStanley,

The full phrase is:

Then you can see the new flat and all the work we've done on the kitchen since we moved in.

The preposition on is connected to all the work we've done. The base phrase is do work on something.

Your suggestion is good too! You could put in instead of on. Structurally, this is a bit different, because in is connected to the kitchen (not all the work we've done). But the meaning is pretty much the same.

Does that make sense?

Jonathan

The LearnEnglish Team

Thank you for your explanation.

I make plans with my friends by WhatsApp or maybe by Email, because is more easy to contact with they.

I never make plans with me friends by email. I usually call my friends to make plans.

I usually use phone calls to make plane with my friends, because I suppose emails are more professional.

I usually make plan with my friend by social app like WhatsApp. We arrange what to do and the place to meet, and also the time

At this time, most people use messenger,sms and text to communicate with their friends instead of email. I also use only messenger and phone calls.

I don't make plans with my friends by email. I usually call them or text them.

I like call by phone to my friends before any plans to do, we arrange the schedule and place meet , and we confirm by message at phone some details like adress, or to give some instructions.

I'm always use a massager, what's up or calling direct to make a plan , I don't use the email with my friends.