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Skill-based Activity

A. Complete the body paragraph of the essay below. Consider the given words about main friendship
problems and create your own solutions to these problems.

Friendship can generally be defined as a mutual relationship between two or more people who are sincerely
attached to each other. There are no certain criteria to be friends. Language, religion, position, gender, and age
differences do not matter when it comes to friendship. What is important here is to be just like-minded, to
appreciate your friends’ existence, to support each other when necessary, and to be sincere and honest. You may
not always get on well with your friends. You can have ups and downs from time to time, and this is the very
nature of friendship. However, it is important to know how to deal with those problems.

In today’s friendships, there are three main problems between friends to be solved. Firstly, .............................
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All in all, manipulation, jealousy, and inconsistency are the problems that friends are suffering from the
most. However, they can be eradicated with a simple touch: express how you feel to your friend if you think
you are being used by him or her, make your friend feel special by doing the things he or she likes if he or she is
jealous of your friends at work, at school etc., and finally find a way to get in contact with your friend even if he
or she can’t call or meet you.

*manipulation: If your friend uses or controls you for his or her own benefit and forces you to act in the way he or she wants disregarding
your opinions or needs, it is called manipulation.
*jealousy: If your friend feels angry or bitter as he or she thinks another person tries to take you away from him or her, it is called jealousy.
*inconsistency: If your friend calls or meets you regularly for some period and then disappears for a long time without any explanations
and does so from time to time in your friendship, it's called inconsistency.

ORTAÖĞRETİM 12 ENGLISH-12
GENEL MÜDÜRLÜĞÜ