TOEFL® essay sample: Many people like to spend lots of time with their friends...

[Missiontoefl]

Many people like to spend lots of time with their friends others like to see their friends only once in a while. Which kind of a person are you? Provide reasons and examples to support your answer?

I am a kind of person who wants to spend a lot of time with friends. There are many reasons for spending lots of time with friends. These are as follows:

In my view, friends are very important to live and feel happy. We can find happiness if we meet our friends frequently. I have good experience to support this. Since childhood I like to make friends very much and still today I have this quality. In my neighbourhood I have many friends. Whenever I feel bored I go to their home and meet them. We all chat with each other and feel lively. We discuss many topics related to cooking, education and history. We encourage each other.

In my opinion, for strong and stable relationships being near to each other is important. Therefore, I would like to say for friendship people should spend time and meet each others frequently. I like my friends very much so I feel happy if I spend lots of time with them. For example, I forgot some of my friends and they also forgot me because we do not meet for a while. If physical communication is less then it is very difficult to maintain a friendship. For instance, I had a good friend with me but now she is living in India and we have lost touch. When she was in the U.S. we were very good friends and we met almost twice in a week but now it is not possible. That is because of physical distance between us. In my college days I had many friends. This is because we met each other everyday in college and after college during study. Therefore, I would like to say again that presence of friend is very important. Sometimes with the help of a friend circle people can get knowledgeable things and improve their knowledge in many fields. That is possible if we meet our friends frequently.

Finally I would like to say if a person has good friends, they should meet frequently and spend lots of time together. People find good friends after a lot of hard work. I would also like to say I will never mind if I spend a lot of time with my friends.

[Alan]

I am THE kind of person who wants to spend a lot of time with friends. There are many reasons for spending lots of time with friends. These are as follows:

In my view, friends are very important to live and feel happy. We can find happiness if we meet our friends frequently. I have good experience to support this. Since childhood I HAVE LIKEDl to make friends very much and still today I have this quality. In my neighbourhood I have many friends. Whenever I feel bored I go to their home and meet them. We all chat with each other and feel lively. We discuss many topics related to cooking, education and history. We encourage each other.

In my opinion, for strong and stable relationships being near to each other is important. Therefore, I would like to say for friendship people should spend time and meet each OTHER frequently. I like my friends very much so I feel happy if I spend lots of time with them. For example, I forgot some of my friends and they also forgot me because we do not meet for a while. If physical communication is less then it is very difficult to maintain a friendship. For instance, I had a good friend with me but now she is living in India and we have lost touch. When she was in the U.S. we were very good friends and we met almost twice a week but now it is not possible. That is because of THE physical distance between us. In my college days I had many friends. This is because we met each other every day in college and after college during study. Therefore, I would like to say again that THE presence of friend is very important. Sometimes with the help of a friend circle people can get knowledgeable things and improve their knowledge in many fields. That is possible if we meet our friends frequently.

Finally I would like to say if a person has good friends, they should meet frequently and spend lots of time together. People find good friends after a lot of hard work. I would also like to say I never mind SPENDING a lot of time with my friends.

Alan
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