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Meeting friends

Read the text messages and do the exercises to practise and improve your texting skills.

Instructions

Do the preparation task first. Then do the other exercises.

Preparation

Do this exercise before you start.

Reading

Meeting friends

U 1 2 go c film?

2day?

:) 6pm?

:( L8R?

OK 8pm?

GR8 CU @ 8

CU L8R

 

Worksheets and downloads

Meeting friends - exercises596 KB
Meeting friends - answers137.24 KB
Meeting friends - text messages263.72 KB
Meeting friends - writing practice240.94 KB
Discussion

How many messages do you send every week?

Language level
A1 English level (elementary)
Topics
text message
writing
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Comments

Submitted by n-oct on Sun, 01/08/2023 - 04:47

I send many massages to my family or my friends in a week but I cannot count how many massages. If someone count massages to send in a week, they seem they have a lot of free time.

Submitted by ilovemyself on Sun, 01/08/2023 - 04:42

I bet 90% of people in my country (Thailand) send about 50+ messages a day. Personally, I send messages to my friends and family members about 100. We have Line and Messenger in our phones, so it is convenient to text each other or groups.

Submitted by mmmmm on Sat, 12/24/2022 - 04:30

In a day I send 90 words. Because I must do homework with my friends, so we have to chat online.

Submitted by ahgima099 on Sun, 08/14/2022 - 12:14

I don't remember that. Because I write a lot of messages a day.

Submitted by Gustavo on Mon, 02/07/2022 - 07:28

Hello dear friends, my name Gustavo :) I am Gustavo DaVinci I am 14 years old and I like number 5

Submitted by Fenic on Sun, 10/10/2021 - 06:55

I don't remember.
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Submitted by FlowerQueen on Mon, 08/30/2021 - 14:48

My answer to the question: I don't know. Maybe hundrets. I can't count, because I write to many messages.

Submitted by bear on Wed, 06/16/2021 - 20:25

Maybe one o three :(

Submitted by Boundlessocean2005 on Tue, 05/11/2021 - 17:50

Oh my god very much. I send message to my friend in week
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Submitted by COOLIONELA on Tue, 03/23/2021 - 16:10

Not normally any, and when I do I do not say any of those words. I spell check it all a few times and then make sure I am not using American but instead English vocabulary I do not use words like awesome which is not English but American. You might think I am not well educated putting a comma (,) before an and but I am not American so I use the "Oxford And"

Submitted by karlahdz on Fri, 02/12/2021 - 03:25

I send twenty or thirty messages a week.

Submitted by CarlaV on Tue, 01/12/2021 - 16:53

Ehmm...more than 5000 sure...maybe 10000
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Submitted by RosenSindSchwarz29 on Tue, 01/12/2021 - 14:05

Hi everyone! How many messages do I send every week, that's a good question. My answer is: I don't know. I never count messages. I send each week. This number changes every week. Usually about a hundred, but sometimes ten or less. My holidays are almost always very interesting and I don’t have time to check messages on the phone and email until late in the evening. But I still always find the time and send some message or photo to my friends. Goodbye, Rose=)
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Submitted by Kostantinus on Sat, 01/09/2021 - 02:02

I really don't count, but I think about 10 messages. I type to my friends, relatives and my classmates.

Submitted by sunflowerr on Fri, 10/09/2020 - 17:50

I really don't know, I send messages every single day, so can be a lot!
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Submitted by IANPAUL on Fri, 07/03/2020 - 18:17

Too many, I don't know the exact amount

Submitted by Elife on Fri, 01/24/2020 - 22:07

Really, I don't know. It depends, sometimes I send more than one hundred messages but sometimes less than seventy.

Submitted by Makam on Fri, 01/24/2020 - 20:37

I send a lot of messages every week.

Submitted by lancer on Sun, 11/03/2019 - 14:28

As a person, relation with friends is not light, but very important. Giving and receiving messages each other is a part of human's life. So, We have to send message more than one time every week.
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Submitted by empty on Sun, 06/23/2019 - 13:32

I send about 1 million massages a week ! But I'd rather call the person .

Submitted by Thu on Sat, 06/08/2019 - 02:09

I send 30 messages every week. Because we have a lot of things to say. I often chat with them in our group. We are very talkative. Sometimes, we send more than 30 messages in one day. Chat with them is very fun because they have the same hobby as me.

Submitted by Thu on Wed, 06/05/2019 - 10:30

I often send 30 messages every week for my group chat because we have lots of things to say. Sometimes, we send some emojis and stickers. It's cute and funny.

Submitted by carolbermudez on Thu, 02/14/2019 - 03:02

I send a maximum of 40 messages a week talking to my friends and family

Submitted by candreabermudez on Sun, 02/10/2019 - 22:12

I send around text messages a week while chatting with my family friends and friends Cecilia

Submitted by msmail on Sat, 07/07/2018 - 17:15

I always send 20 messages a week.
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Submitted by NickBr on Tue, 05/01/2018 - 21:33

I send a lot of messages a week. I often chat with my friends, because some of them live far from me.

Submitted by felixminecraft on Fri, 04/27/2018 - 17:27

the exercise is very good thanchs

Submitted by Grozinho on Tue, 02/27/2018 - 11:22

I don't know. It depends, sometimes I send more than fifty messages but sometimes less than thirty. There are days I don't want to talk to anyone.

Submitted by mimi98 on Fri, 02/23/2018 - 14:26

good

Submitted by Dion973 on Mon, 02/19/2018 - 18:41

sometimes this is fun but sometimes very boring
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Submitted by Ahjeen on Wed, 01/10/2018 - 16:40

NONE!!! STRESSING!!!
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