Download this free C1–C2 English worksheet PDF for advanced English learners and teachers. This lesson is based on a prototype self-wearing garment developed by researchers from KAIST and Stanford University.
Students practise advanced reading comprehension, high-level vocabulary, phrase matching and speaking skills through a real-world technology topic about wearable robotics, biomimicry, assistive clothing, mechanical engineering, accessibility, cleanrooms and emergency equipment. 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 the prototype lets a person suit up without using their hands or receiving assistance. Students read that the idea came from lead author Kim Nam Gyun, who was caught in the rain while cycling and wished a raincoat could be put on automatically.
This worksheet encourages advanced learners to discuss whether wearable technology is genuinely useful. Students consider how self-wearing garments could open the door to greater independence, what safety standards should apply to machinery that moves against the body, and whether assistive clothing can improve dignity without replacing human care.
The article also explores the engineering behind the design. Students read about soft, flexible tubes embedded in the fabric, powered by air pressure, and about vine robots that draw on the way ivy grows. The lesson asks how mechanical engineering can complement software and whether simpler physical design can keep pace with increasingly elaborate digital systems.
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 accessibility, robotics, biomimicry, independence, cleanroom technology, emergency services, safety, durability and cost.
Level: C1–C2
Date: 20 July 2026
Focus: advanced reading, vocabulary, technology, wearable robotics, assistive design, mobility and speaking
This free worksheet includes:
- a C1–C2 reading article about a robot suit that can dress the wearer
- 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 suit up, came to him, caught in the rain, put on automatically, stay close to, turn the clothing inside out, stand still, draws on, open the door to and keep pace with. It also practises vocabulary such as unveiled, prototype, practical, flexible, embedded, conventional, potential, applications, independence and complement.
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