Free B1 (Intermediate) ESL lesson plan — 45 minutes of speaking activities, conversation questions and Present Perfect (ever/never/just/already/yet) grammar practice for online English classes. Student can discuss friendship changes and drama using Present Perfect tenses in conversations about relationships.

B1⏱ 45 min

Friendship Drama: How Relationships Have Changed Since Primary School

🎯 Goal: Student can discuss friendship changes and drama using Present Perfect tenses in conversations about relationships

📐 Present Perfect (ever/never/just/already/yet)

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#friendship#relationships#growing up

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Friendship Drama: How Relationships Have Changed Since Primary School

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Hey! Let's talk about friends and how friendships change as we grow up. There are no wrong answers here — just tell me what you really think.

“Do you still talk to anyone from your primary school days, or have you all drifted apart?”

“In your opinion, what makes a friendship genuine rather than fake?”

“If a close friend told your secret to everyone, would you forgive that betrayal or walk away?”

“Would you rather have one loyal friend or ten fun but distant friends?”

“Have you ever tried to reconnect with an old friend after a long time?”

Fresh topic questions — none repeat until you have seen them all

🎲 Speaking Activity 1

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Ranking Activity

Put these in order and tell me why. There are no wrong answers, but you must defend your choices.

7 minutes

🗣️ “For me, the most important is... because...”

Rank these from most to least important in a genuine friend:

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Find the Difference

Look at the two pictures of friends in a park. Find the differences and describe them to me.

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🗣️ “In picture A ... but in picture B ...”

🕵️ Hunt first — 5 differences, no list. No pointing — describe. Each difference needs a full sentence with a comparative or "while / whereas".

🔎 Differences found

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🏁 FINAL CHALLENGE

Say which picture would come first in a story and why, then name one thing that is exactly the SAME in both.

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Friendship Drama: How Relationships Have Changed Since Primary School

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