Download this free B1–B2 English worksheet PDF for English learners and teachers. This lesson is based on a Guardian guide about modern manners, phone habits, online behaviour and respect for other people’s time and boundaries.
Students practise reading comprehension, useful vocabulary, phrase matching and speaking skills through a real-world lifestyle topic about politeness, phones, work messages, group chats, personal photos, AI apologies and everyday respect. The worksheet is suitable for private English lessons, online classes, classroom teaching, homework and discussion practice.
The article explains the topic in clear, accessible English. Students read that good manners in 2026 are not only about table manners. Modern politeness can include putting your phone away, not playing videos aloud in shared places, not keeping earphones in while speaking to staff, and not cutting someone off during a conversation.
This worksheet helps B1–B2 learners discuss modern etiquette in everyday English. Students talk about phone habits that annoy them, whether work messages should stop after working hours, whether people should ask before posting photos of friends, and whether AI can write a truly personal apology.
The PDF includes a B1–B2 reading text, True / False questions, Phrase Match, Synonym Match, a task where students use new language, discussion questions and a full answer key. It helps learners build useful vocabulary for talking about common manners, rude behaviour, shared spaces, writing back, attention, personal boundaries and respect online.
Level: B1–B2
Date: 31 July 2026
Focus: reading, vocabulary, modern manners, phone habits, online behaviour, politeness and speaking
This free worksheet includes:
- a B1–B2 reading text about modern manners in 2026
- True / False comprehension questions
- Phrase Match practice with useful expressions
- Synonym Match vocabulary practice
- a sentence-writing task using new language
- discussion questions for Student A and Student B
- full answer key
The worksheet includes useful phrases such as play videos aloud, keep earphones in, cut someone off, put your phone away, write back, add someone to, follow through, cancel at the last minute, turn up and show respect. It also practises vocabulary such as common, rude, shared, immediately, personal, cold, simple, behaviour, extra and attention.
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