My name is Gunjan Chawda!

Picture of a friend
Things we have in common:
• we both like to travel
 We’re going to listen to two conversations.

Do they know each Which topics did they

other? talk about?

Conversation 1

Conversation 2
 We’re going to listen to two conversations.

Do they know each Which topics did they

other? talk about?

Conversation 1 NO They both like football.

Conversation 2 YES Neither of them like

their job.
 Here is a list of subjects.
• Write ‘1’ next to the subject people in
conversation 1 talk about.
• Write ‘2’ next to the subject people in
conversation 1 talk about.
 List of things

Family and home Interests and Tastes

•Sports, etc?
•People you live with?
•Reading books/newpapers?
•Married or single?
•TV/Radio?
•Brothers and sisters?
•Computers/Internet?
•Extended family?
•Shopping?
•Area you live in?
•Cinema/Theatre/Concerts?
•Type of home?
•Music?

•Food?
Daily Life
•Traveling?
•Get up / Go to bed?
•Things you special love/hate?
•Mealtimes?

•Go out a lot? Work/Studies

•Evenings/Weekends? •Previous jobs/studies?

•Housework? •Aims and ambitions?

•Transport? •Work or study?

•Childcare?
 Listen again
• If they have the subject in common put a tick –
for e.g. They both like football.

• If they are different put a tick –

 What have you got in common?

Family and home Interests and Tastes

•Sports, etc?
•People you live with?
•Reading books/newpapers?
•Married or single?
•TV/Radio?
•Brothers and sisters?
•Computers/Internet?
•Extended family?
•Shopping?
•Area you live in?
•Cinema/Theatre/Concerts?
•Type of home?
•Music?

•Food?
Daily Life
•Traveling?
•Get up / Go to bed?
•Things you special love/hate?
•Mealtimes?

•Go out a lot? Work/Studies

•Evenings/Weekends? •Previous jobs/studies?

•Housework? •Aims and ambitions?

•Transport? •Work or study?

•Childcare?
 Here is the tapescript
• Underline the phrases that they use to talk
about similarities

• Circle phrases they use to talk about

differences
 Useful language

a. Finding things in common

Me too/neither.
That’s the same for me.
So/Neither do/have I
b. Finding differences
Oh, I’m the opposite!
Really? I (get up really early)
Oh, that’s interesting!
c. Telling other people
We both (like jazz)
Neither of us (have breakfast)
I (go to bed really late), but he/she……
 Few examples:
Common –
A: I am very hungry.
B: Me too, lets go and eat something.

A: I don’t like to get up early.

B: Neither me.

Differences:
A: I love spicy food.
B: Really? I can’t eat spice at all.

A: I like horror movies.

B: Oh, I am the opposite.

Telling other people:

A. We both are from Ho Chi Minh City.
B. Neither of us know how to drive a car.
 Talk to different people,find out
• What things you have in common and
what is different.

• Try to remember who you have the most in

common with and who is most different.