Task 3: Read the article and decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F).

As we know, these special relationship do more than we just get us by. Friends are our concert buddies. They’re the people that come over to trap a mouse that’s in the apartment. They’re the ones who use through relationship blunders and changes at work. Research has also found that friends helps us live longer.

          Aristotle once described a true friend as a “single soul dwelling in two bodies”- but what differentiates a true, lasting friendship from the other, temporary social bonds? According to Robert Rowney, D.O., a certified psychiatrist and the director of the Cleveland Clinic mood disorder unit, there are certain habits that genuine friends possess, which make them more like family. And it’s these characteristics- and sometimes even tough love – that create that indescribable bond.

1. Friends see us through relationship blunders and changes at work

2. Research has found that friend don’t help us live longer

3. A true friend is described as “single soul dwelling in two bodies”

4. According to Robert Rowney, there are certain habits genuine friends possess.

5. Sometimes even tough love can’t create that indescribable bond