English Exercises: Video Session - Friends - The one where they all turn thirty

Video Session:

Meet the characters...

Chandler Rachel Ross Monica Joey Phoebe

Turning Thirty...

At Rachel’s apartment…

TASK 1: Decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F)

Monica prepared breakfast.

Joey’s thirties were okay.

Rachel feels she is overreacting.

At the street…

TASK 2: Match the beginnings (1-4) with the endings (A-D)

Ross bought…

Ross claims he has…

Phoebe wants to go…

The sports car is completely boxed in…

A. always been interested in cars.

B. a red sports car.

C. for a ride.

D. and then can’t get out.

At Monica and Chandler’s apartment…

TASK 3: Choose the correct word for each gap

Monica is .

Chandler has organized a .

Monica‘s parents had never .

At Ursula’s apartment…

TASK 4: Choose the correct word to complete the statements

Phoebe gives her twin sister a as a birthday present.

Ursula says they are .

Ursula sold Phoebe’s birth certificate to a runaway.

At Rachel’s apartment…

TASK 5: Complete the script with the words below.

married – hug – couple – joke – list – guys – grandma – funny – card – any

Tag: This is from me!
Rachel: Ahhhh!
Tag: It wasn't on the list, but hopefully you'll think it's really fun!
Rachel: A scooter!

Ross: Stick to the . Always stick to the list.

Rachel: No! No, no, I love it. Thank you.

Chandler: Okay, open ours next. Open ours next!

Rachel: Okay.

Joey: Now that you’re a we don’t get two presents from you ?

Chandler: For my last birthday you gave me a ! Okay, read the card! Read the card!

Rachel: Okay. Happy birthday ! It’s better to be over the hill than buried under it. All our love Monica and Chandler. That’s , yeah!

Chandler: No-no-no-no! That was the !

Rachel: No, I know! I get it! It’s funny!

Chandler: No, because you’re not a grandmother!

Rachel: No I know, because to be a grandmother you have to be and have children and I don’t have of those things. That’s why it’s so funny.

Monica: All you had to do was buy the !

TASK 6: Complete Rachel’s plan with numbers

Rachel wants to have kids.

She should have the first one by the time she’s .

She doesn’t have to get pregnant until she is ,
which gives Prada years to start making maternity clothes!

She wants to be married for year before she gets pregnant.

She doesn’t have to get married until she is , which is whole years from now!

However, she needs a year and a half to plan the wedding,
and she would like to know the guy for a year, year and a half before they get engaged.
Which means she needs to meet the guy by the time she’s .

Now, enjoy the rest of the episode...

TASK 7: Who said what: Ross, Phoebe, Joey or Monica? (throughout the episode)

“Why God? Why?!! We had a deal!! Let the others grow old! Not me!!”

“I really like to say that I’m … You know what I’d really like to say? I’m drunk!! That’s right mom and dad your little Harmonica is hammered!! And guess what! I’ve been drunk before! And I’ve smoked a cigarette! It’s all okay. It’s okay because I turned thirty today. And, and I can do anything I want… because I am a grown up.”

"How would you feel if you found out you were 31? It totally ruined my schedule! I haven’t done any of the things I wanted to do by the time I was 31! I haven’t met any Portuguese people! I haven’t had the perfect kiss! And I haven’t been to sniper’s school!”

“Do you realize in ten years we’re going to be forty?”