Who's the very first friend you can remember having, and what did you two get up to?

A natural way to answer

My first friend was a girl from kindergarten named Lin. We used to play together every break and we'd get up to all sorts of little adventures.

Key phrases to use

• mess about — to play around and have fun in a silly, unserious way“The boys were messing about in the park.”
• get up to — to do something, often something mischievous or fun“What did you get up to at the weekend?”
• run wild — to behave freely without rules or control, often used about playful children“We ran wild in the countryside every summer.”