Unit 8 · Digital Lives
8A. Hacked!
B2 · 60–75 min · Apex English
Unit 8 · Quote
"There are two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those that don't yet know they have been hacked."
Lesson goals
By the end you will…
- Use THE PASSIVE across all tenses (present, past, present perfect, future, modal) to shift focus from the doer to the action.
- Use HAVE / GET SOMETHING DONE to talk about services performed by others (a laptop scanned, an account recovered).
- Use IT IS SAID THAT… / HE IS THOUGHT TO… to report information impersonally.
- Talk about the internet, cybercrime and account security with B2-level vocabulary.
- Pronounce the letter U in its three main sounds: /ʌ/ (bug), /juː/ (user), /uː/ (rule).
- React to a hacking story and give advice in natural spoken English.
- Write a short cyber-incident report using passive structures.
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Practise at home
Open the Workbook for extra exercises with answer keys — passives, HAVE something done, IT IS SAID THAT…, cybersecurity vocab and the letter U.