Unit 8 · Digital Lives
8B. Going viral
B2 · 60–75 min · Apex English
Unit 8 · Quote
"On the internet, fifteen minutes of fame lasts about fifteen seconds — but the screenshots last forever."
Lesson goals
By the end you will…
- Use REPORTING VERBS (admit, deny, offer, refuse, promise, threaten, warn, accuse, apologise, suggest, insist, recommend, blame, congratulate) with the correct pattern.
- Choose between the main reporting-verb patterns: verb + to-infinitive / verb + object + to-infinitive / verb + gerund / verb + preposition + gerund / verb + THAT-clause.
- Talk about social media, viral content, influencers and online behaviour with B2 vocabulary.
- Hear and produce natural word stress on longer social-media nouns and verbs (INFluencer, algoRIthm, subSCRIBE).
- Report a piece of viral news to a partner using at least six different reporting verbs.
- Write a short comment thread reacting to a viral post using reported speech.
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Practise at home
Open the Workbook for extra exercises with answer keys — reporting verbs, patterns, social-media vocab and word stress.