Hello Mahendra,

A great way to make friends (in U.S. culture) is to just start a conversation with someone. However, there are three rules to developing friendships. see if you can guess what they are as I share a personal example from my own life.

Some years ago, after I had moved far from my home to attend the university, I wanted to make friends. I also was learning to speak Spanish, so I was more interested in making friends that also spoke Spanish. So, one day I walked up to a group a two young guys in a grocery store and I said "hi guys". I had a big smile on my face and I looked friendly. When they said " hi" back to me, I could hear they had an accent. So, I asked them if they spoke Spanish, and after that, we began to develop a friendship.

This example shows three very important rules for making friends: First, you have to look for people that you may share a common interest with. Second, you have to be friendly and start a conversation with them. And third, making friends takes time! The word develop suggests a process. That is why we say, friendships develop.

I hope that helps, Mahendra! let me know what you think :)