Worksheet 16: Social media terms
Name No. Class
Date / / Teacher
Match the following social media words with the corresponding definitions. Revise:
Student’s Book, p. 131
Workbook, pp. 64, 70
a. feed Study Guide, p. 10
1. user’s account name on social media
b. troll
2. the stream of content that other users have made
c. handle
3. when a group of people come together to complete
d. bitmoji a task or think of an idea collaboratively
e. crowdsourcing 4. marketing or advertising content that employs a sensationalised
f. twitterati headline to attract clicks
g. meme 5. a person who deliberately starts arguments in the comments
sections of sites / social media
h. clickbait
6. funny pieces of text, videos, or images that go viral
i. crowdfunding
7. users on Twitter who have an incredibly large number of followers
and who post regularly
8. when a large group of people finance a particular project, especially
by using a website where people can make contributions
9. customised avatar that can be added to Gmail, Messenger, Slack,
and social media networks
Choose the correct option.
a. will provoke you by making horrid comments on your social media feed.
1. A virus 2. A troll
b. used to attract people and get them to click on a link to a website.
1. Clickbait is 2. Memes are
c. Popular social media personalities are called .
1. followers 2. influencers
d. A is a person who uses Twitter to share short messages with the world.
1. twitterati 2. Twitter
Put the words in the right order to form a sentence.
a. to / is / media / say / harm / doing / social / serious / People / society /.
b. hide / often / Scammers / name / user / fake / a / behind /.
c. a few / used / to / face / to / years / only / with / each / face / talk / ago / other / People /.
d. most / about / care / really / people / think / people / other / what / Nowadays /.
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e. they’re / can / Mblog / and / Anybody / story / a / have / great / if / an / to / tell / start / you /.
