Social Media Vocabulary

Social media vocabulary is the fastest-changing zone of contemporary English — and one of the most important for B1+ learners who consume English content online. Post, share, like, comment, reply, retweet, repost, follow, unfollow, block, unblock, mute, tag, hashtag, mention, DM (direct message), feed, story, reel, livestream, viral, trending, influencer, algorithm, engagement, follower count, content creator. The worksheet trains B1 learners to discuss social-media use critically and read platform-specific English.

This worksheet builds B1 fluency with social media vocabulary in discussion and content contexts.

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What’s inside:

• Vocabulary box with 35+ social-media terms grouped by category (actions, content, people, metrics)
• Platform-comparison task: which terms apply to which platforms
• Gap-fill in social-media-discussion contexts
• Multiple-choice items distinguishing similar terms (post / share / repost)
• Personalised production: describe your own social-media use and how it has changed
• Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes with debate extension

Common challenges: Verb-noun pairs are dense — post / a post, like / a like, share / a share, comment / a comment, follow / a follower. New terms appear constantly: cancel culture, doomscrolling, ratio, mid arrived in English-language social media after 2020 and may need explicit teaching. False friends from L1 social-media terms: many languages have loaned English terms with shifted meaning — posting in German often means online forum posts specifically.

For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B1, in intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Social-media vocabulary is core to Cambridge B1 Preliminary (PET) and B2 First (FCE) Speaking and Writing. Part of the Technology & Media collection — the natural next step is Science and Technology Vocabulary, which moves from everyday tech into broader science discussion.