i am about to do a worksheet with a B1 level student. here is the worksheet:

""Let’s talk about projects!
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1. Look at the word cloud and do the tasks below.
[You could first ask students to find all the
nouns connected with projects: budget,
deadline, objective, paperwork, schedule,
teamwork, timeline, update.]
a) Find three verbs that you often use with
the noun ‘update’. give, ask for, get
b) Find four words that you often use with
the noun ‘deadline’. meet, miss, tight,
unrealistic
c) Find a noun that means ‘goal’. objective
d) Find a synonym of the noun ‘schedule’.
timeline
e) Find a verb that means to fail to do something on time. fall behind
f) Find a phrase that means someone works more than their usual working
hours. work overtime
2. Discuss the questions.
• What projects do you usually work on?
• Are you working on any projects now?
• Have you ever worked on a project that went wrong? What happened?
• What was the most exciting project you’ve worked on? Give details.
• Do you prefer to lead a team or be part of it? Why?
• Are you more or less motivated when you have a tight deadline for a project?
3. Look at the list of project stages and discuss what activities each stage
includes when you work on a project in your company (or previous
companies you worked for).
[If students struggle to come up with activities for each stage, you could give them
some ideas – brainstorming, creating schedule, setting objectives, checking
you’re not falling behind, creating budget, creating teams, giving/asking for
Let’s talk about projects!
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updates, solving problems, meeting deadlines, giving feedback, evaluating
the project, etc.]
• starting
• planning
• completing tasks
• controlling
• closing
4. Watch a short video [https://youtu.be/q6wBXwGRCBc] and summarize it.
The icons below should help you.
Possible answer: The video presents a team of four people who start working on
a project for a round pizza box. They have only two days to complete it. They
brainstorm ideas, prepare the design for the box and communicate with different
departments. They work overtime to try to meet the tight deadline they have.
Finally, they manage to complete the project on time.
5. Discuss the questions.
• Have you ever had such a tight deadline to
complete a project?
• Have you ever had to work overtime to complete a
project? Is it common to do that in your company?
• What are some advantages and disadvantages of
teamwork?
• Do you think projects with tight deadlines can only be successful when there is
a group of people working on them?
• What is the role of a project manager? What skills should such a person have?
• “The middle of every successful project looks like a disaster.” Rosabeth Moss
Kanter. Do you agree with the quote? Why/Why not?
• What are some other common problems that can happen when working on a
project?
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6. Read the project management problems and brainstorm some possible
solutions.
A software company is developing a new mobile app. The team has been
working on it for two months now and it should be completed in six months.
However, now the client wants to add a new feature and the team has to meet
the same deadline.
A marketing team is working on a project to create a new ad campaign for a
client. However, the team might miss the project deadline because of poor
communication between team members. Also, it seems that there isn’t one
particular person responsible for coordinating the project.
A project manager decides to use a new project management tool that has
not been used by the team before. As a result, there are problems with using
the tool as well as some delays and errors in the project they’re working on.
Also, the feedback is that some team members don’t see the benefits of such
a tool.""