Download this free B2–C1 English worksheet PDF for adult learners and English teachers. This lesson is based on Guardian features about adult friendship, repeated contact, awkwardness, friendship apps, old acquaintances and deliberate social effort.
Students practise reading comprehension, useful vocabulary, phrase matching and speaking skills through a real-world lifestyle and society topic about adult friendship, loneliness, social routines, remote work, hobbies, rejection, initiative and shared values. The worksheet is suitable for private English lessons, online classes, advanced conversation practice and homework before a discussion lesson.
The article explains that making friends in adulthood can feel surprisingly difficult, even for people with active social lives. Students read that old friendships may drift apart as careers, relationships and moves reshape daily routines, while adult life often offers fewer repeated encounters than school or university.
This worksheet encourages learners to discuss why adult friendships need more deliberate effort. Students consider whether modern conveniences increase social isolation, whether friendship apps can create genuine connection, and whether advice such as put yourself out there ignores differences in personality and confidence.
The article also explores how new friendships actually develop. Students read that clicking with someone is only the first step, and that a promising conversation can still go nowhere unless someone follows up. The lesson asks learners to think about repeated contact, keeping in touch, reaching out to old acquaintances and building friendships through work, neighbourhoods, hobbies and shared values.
The PDF includes a B2–C1 reading article, True / False questions, Phrase Match, Synonym Match, a task where students use new language, discussion questions and a full answer key. It helps learners discuss social confidence, rejection, convenience, adult routines, casual contact, mutual effort, friendship maintenance and the difference between automatic and deliberate relationships.
Level: B2–C1
Date: 24 August 2026
Focus: reading, vocabulary, friendship, adult life, social confidence, loneliness and speaking
This free worksheet includes:
- a B2–C1 reading text about making friends as an adult
- 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 drift apart, make the effort, strike up a conversation, put yourself out there, click with someone, follow up, keep in touch, reach out, branch out and fall by the wayside. It also practises vocabulary such as reshape, encounters, casual, willingness, promising, hesitate, deliberate, mutual, convenience and acquaintance.
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