Do a friendship quiz, and read quotes and definitions of friendship.
Read different blog posts about friendship, Facebook friends and social grooming.
Revise punctuation and writing terms, and study "friends" vocabulary, nouns ending in -ship, idioms like take the plunge, and "mouth" idioms.
Revise adjectives ending in -able and -ible, practise word formation and adverb position, and study different uses of should and would.
Listen to an interview and part of a Webinar on social media and friendship.
Review what you have studied so far.
Write and post messages about friends and friendship. (This is an optional activity designed to give you extra writing practice.)
Practise using common expressions and idioms that you have studied.
Practise spoken discourse markers and features.
Practise spelling and pronunciation of words with ie and ei, and practise stress in discourse markers.
Find out more about gossip, social grooming, and the authors of the extracts in this unit.
Practise summarising an article to present to a discussion group, or write about social networks used for work or social purposes.
Talk to your tutor about the unit and the topic you wrote about in Tutorial 2.
Review the work in the unit.
Send us your feedback on this unit.
Test what you have studied in this unit.
Practise the language you study in this unit, and improve your reading, listening and speaking skills.
bail
bail (n)
money paid as security to release a person accused of a crime from jail until the trial
bemoan
bemoan (v)
to complain about something and express your disappointment or displeasure
bond
bond (v)
to form a lasting relationship between people
cheeky
cheeky (adj)
showing a lack of respect to be funny
clan
clan (n)
large family group
cull
cull (v)
to reduce in number
dataset
dataset (n)
collection of data, usually presented in table form
ego-boosting
ego-boosting (adj)
improving self-esteem
forebear
forebear (n)
ancestor
gregarious
gregarious (adj)
outgoing and sociable
handle
handle (v)
to cope or deal with
hermit
hermit (n)
loner, person who lives alone and apart from society
keep_track_of
keep track of (exp)
to continue to be informed about someone or something
leach
leach (v)
to remove a substance from something, to dissolve it, usually using water
pair_bond
pair bond (n)
close social relationship between two humans or animals
pejorative
pejorative (adj)
expressing disapproval or contempt
pledge
pledge (n)
formal promise
ruleofthumb
rule of thumb (n)
general principle seen as more or less correct but not to be regarded as completely accurate
seminal
seminal (adj)
containing new and influential ideas, creative and original
shift
shift (n)
change of position
sitting
sitting (n)
limited period of time when you do one particular activity
track
track (v)
to follow and record
vow
vow (v)
to swear or solemnly promise