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The Way We Live Now: C1 Commentary Activity
A C1 speaking activity: learners give a balanced, impersonal commentary on a social trend using report structures, nominalisation and hedging, with trend cards, feeding the analytical-report write-up.
Updated Oct 6, 2026
- Level
- C1
- Duration
- 30 min
- Skills
- Grammar, Vocabulary, Speaking
- Topic
- Everyday Life
- Age
- adults
- Format
- classroom
Learning objectives
- Give a balanced, impersonal commentary on a trend
- Use report structures, nominalisation and hedging
- Weigh both sides and conclude in a measured way
What you need
- Trend cards
- Five-part plan with frames (optional)
- Pens
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