Download this free C1–C2 English worksheet PDF for advanced English learners and teachers. This lesson is based on a Guardian guide about how etiquette has changed in the age of phones, group chats, AI, workplace boundaries and public content creation.
Students practise advanced reading comprehension, high-level vocabulary, phrase matching and speaking skills through a real-world lifestyle and society topic about modern courtesy, digital communication, consent, attention, sincerity and personal boundaries. The worksheet is suitable for advanced conversation lessons, online English classes, private tutoring, IELTS-style speaking practice and critical thinking work.
The article explains that traditional etiquette once focused on cutlery, introductions and deference, but modern courtesy is increasingly about technology, attention and consent. Students read about habits such as playing videos aloud in public, keeping earphones in while speaking to a cashier, and sending curt one-word replies at work.
This worksheet encourages advanced learners to discuss whether modern manners are becoming more thoughtful or simply more complicated. Students consider whether employers should draw the line at messages outside working hours, whether filming in public requires consent, and whether AI can ever write a sincere personal message on someone’s behalf.
The article also explores workplace and digital boundaries. Students read about late-night work messages, repeatedly chasing colleagues, adding people to messaging groups without permission, posting unflattering photographs, sharing images of children and filming strangers. The lesson asks learners to think about courtesy as respect for other people’s time, attention and dignity.
The PDF includes a C1–C2 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 etiquette, digital intrusion, workplace pressure, consent, sincerity, cultural variation, social status and how technology changes everyday politeness.
Level: C1–C2
Date: 31 July 2026
Focus: advanced reading, vocabulary, modern manners, digital etiquette, boundaries and speaking
This free worksheet includes:
- a C1–C2 reading article about modern etiquette in 2026
- True / False comprehension questions
- Phrase Match practice with advanced expressions
- Synonym Match with high-level vocabulary
- a sentence-writing task using new language
- discussion questions for Student A and Student B
- full answer key
The worksheet includes useful advanced phrases such as moved on from, read the room, put someone on the spot, follow through, keep them in the loop, give them a heads-up, brush someone off, cut someone off, draw the line and take over. It also practises vocabulary such as traditional, increasingly, inconsiderate, intrusion, thoughtful, personal, permission, sincerity, boundaries and valuable.
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