Friendship Dialogue Comprehension Exercise

The question

2 Read the dialogue. Then, do the exercises. Bill: Hello, Nancy! How is it going? Nancy: I'm okay, thanks. Bill: How about going to the cinema tomorrow evening? Nancy: I'm sorry, but I can't because my cousin is coming. I promised him to help with his homework, and I don't want to break my promise. Bill: I see. What about Saturday? Nancy: Sure, it sounds good. I have nothing to do on Saturday. Bill: I'll text Robert and call him, too. Nancy: Yeah, why not. Tell him to meet us at seven o'clock in front of the cinema. Bill: Okay. Would you like to have a drink and some cake at the café? Nancy: No, thanks. I'm full. I should go home. Bye. Bill: See you. a Complete the sentences according to the dialogue above. 1. Nancy can't go to the cinema because _________________________________________________. 2. They can go to the cinema on _________________________________________________. 3. Bill will text Robert to _________________________________________________. 4. Three friends will meet in front of the ___________________________ at _________________. 5. Bill offers Nancy to _________________________________________________. b Read the dialogue again and write a similar dialogue with your friend as in Exercise 3 and present it to the class. Use the following expressions. - How about ... ? - What about ... ? - Would you like to ... ? - Would you like some (food / drink)? - Sure. / Of course. - It sounds good / great / awesome. - Yeah, that would be great. - Yes, I'd love some. - No, thanks. I'm full / stuffed.

Visual context: The image contains a block of text titled 'FRIENDSHIP' featuring a dialogue between Bill and Nancy. There is a photograph of a teenage boy and girl walking and talking outdoors. Below the dialogue, there are two sections: 'a' contains five fill-in-the-blank sentences based on the dialogue, and 'b' provides a list of useful conversational expressions to be used for a writing task.