If You Were One of the Friends
ESL Lesson PlansIf You Were One of the Friends

If You Were One of the Friends

This engaging lesson plan designed for adults and teens (B1/B2 level) targets speaking skills and second conditional grammar through discussions, character matching, opinion analysis, and creative role-play scenarios. Students practice describing hypothetical situations, unscramble sentences to reinforce grammar rules, and debate which Friends character they relate to most. Perfect for fans of the show, this lesson plan combines pop culture fun with practical language development, encouraging fluency and confidence in imaginative communication.

Skills

  • Can reasonably fluently sustain a straightforward description of one of a variety of subjects within their field of interest, presenting it as a linear sequence of points.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
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1

Answer the following questions.

1
Have you ever watched the TV show "Friends"?
2
Do you have a favorite character? Who?
3
Do you have a favorite episode? What happens?
2

Read the descriptions and match them with the characters' names.

3

Read these opinions. Who would you be like? Why?

4

Match these halves of the sentences from the texts.

5

Read the grammar rule about the second conditional.

6

Unscramble the words to make sentences using the second conditional.

7

Imagine you are one of the Friends characters. What would you do or say?

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