I am a ESL teacher. Please help me give brief, conversational and relevant feedback for a B1 CEFR student. Here is the worksheet (teachers version with answers) we did:

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Milestones and other life events
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1. Explain what the word ‘milestone’ means by looking at the examples below.
Then, complete the gaps with two more milestones.
2. Discuss the questions.
• What was the last milestone you achieved? How did it
influence your life? How did it make you feel?
• What is the next milestone you’d like to achieve? What
do you need to do to achieve it?
• Do you think it’s important to set milestones and goals in
life? Why/Why not?
• How can other people help us achieve milestones?
• Can a challenging or negative life event be a milestone? Why/Why not?
3. Read the texts and say what the milestone was in each situation.
a) I thought it was going to be another boring day at work. I had to report on the
task I finished. It was confusing when my boss stopped me immediately after
I started sharing the results. It turned out, I made a mistake and had to start
the task over. But the worst thing was that my manager yelled at me in front of
everyone. It was so embarrassing that I quit the same day. It was a shocking
decision because I had a huge amount of student debt. However, now, as I’ve
become a small business owner, I really want to say thank you to my ex-boss.
Although the experience I went through wasn’t inspiring, I learned a lot about
myself. starting a business
b) Charlie only went to university because his parents wanted him to. He was too
bored and unmotivated to do any studying. Most of the time, he felt
confused. He had nobody to ask for clarification and felt too embarrassed to
admit he didn’t understand anything. Once, one of the professors came up to
him and said that he’d never seen such a lazy student. He was shocked at
first by the professor’s honesty. But after some time he agreed with the
professor and he felt inspired to explore his interests. That was how he found
first words first job moving into
your own home
… …
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out he was great at repairing cars. And so, he became one of the best car
mechanics in town. discovering your passion/talent
4. Look at the adjectives in bold in ex. 3 and answer the questions.
• In which text do adjectives describe a thing or a situation? a
• In which text do adjectives describe how someone feels? b
5. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.
a) Travelling solo was one of the most exciting/excited things I ever did.
b) My manager’s comments made me feel annoying/annoyed.
c) The presentation was embarrassing/embarrassed because I didn’t prepare
for it.
d) When I walked into that hotel room, I was immediately disgusting/disgusted.
e) I had the most tiring/tired week of my life.
f) We never expected a conference to be so inspiring/inspired.
g) She saw that her parents were disappointing/disappointed with her
decision.
h) He was truly fascinating/fascinated after visiting the museum.
6. Look at the sentences in ex. 5 again and say what the person felt inspired to
do next. Use the structure so + adjective + that… .
EXAMPLE: Travelling solo was one of the most exciting things I ever did.
I was so excited that I decided to create an app to motivate
people to travel solo.
7. Look at the stories about life-changing events. Continue them with your
ideas on how they influenced people. Use at least three -ed/-ing adjectives
in each.
Possible answers:
a) Amara lost her job because of the financial crisis… It was shocking because
she didn’t expect that. Her parents felt really worried and it made her even
more depressed. Amara had a lot of free time so she started a blog about
being unemployed. She shared her thoughts and feelings and it was
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encouraging for people to learn that they were not alone. The blog
became so popular that it started bringing her money.
b) A life-changing event for Kai was the day his artwork got accepted for an
exhibition… He had always thought his work was not good enough. So he was
surprised when the committee praised his talent and invited him to take part in
the art exhibition. It was terrifying at first because he had never shown his
paintings to so many people. But he was also excited to meet some of his
favourite artists there, who also complimented his work. The event was so
inspiring that Kai decided to make art his main job and, soon after, his artwork
was in many galleries across the town.
c) Emilio’s life really changed after he got divorced. The marriage had lasted 12
years… so it was challenging at first to be alone. But after some time, he
discovered that living alone and making decisions for himself could be
satisfying. Emilio was surprised to learn that he liked doing housework. He
found many entertaining activities that a person could do on their own. He
never felt terrified of being single again.
8. Agree or disagree with the statements and explain your opinions.
[This worksheet includes an additional task that you can use as homework or
revision. It’s only available in the teacher’s version of the worksheet. The task with
the answer key is below, while the students’ version is on the last page. Print it, cut it
and hand it out to your students.]
Society pushes men and women to have different milestones: women are
encouraged to have a family, while men should have a good career.
There are things in life that every adult should be embarrassed about
not achieving.
It’s more important to be excited about small things in life,
not significant achievements.
Despite different cultural backgrounds, there are milestones
that are universally shared by all people.
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Look at the topics and create one discussion question for each. Use one of the
words in brackets.
[After students complete the task, ask them to work in pairs. Students should ask
each other the questions they created. They should answer their partner’s questions
using a different form of the adjectives.
EXAMPLE: What is the recent event that made you feel pleased?
I received a postcard from a friend who lives abroad. It was pleasing.]
EXAMPLE: important people in your life (inspired/inspiring)
Who is the most inspiring person in your life? OR What has your
closest friend done that inspired you the most?
Possible answers:
a) news (shocked/shocking) What was the last shocking piece of news you heard?
Why does the media want to make people feel shocked?
b) uncomfortable situations (embarrassed/embarrassing) What makes you feel
embarrassed? Is there something that is OK for you but your parents think it’s
embarrassing?
c) technology & everyday life (bored/boring) Do you think technology has made your
life more interesting or boring? How can technology help you when you feel
bored?
d) tasks & requirements (confused/confusing) What do you usually do when you
receive a confusing task? Do you always ask for clarification when you’re
confused or do you try to figure it out yourself?
e) trends (worried/worrying) Are you worried about the growing trend of AI? What
trend do you think is worrying and why?
f) eating out (satisfying/satisfied) When was the last time you were satisfied with the
service while eating out? What things usually make your dining experience
satisfying?
g) gifts (surprising/surprised) Do you prefer buying gifts that are surprising and
unexpected or practical? What is more enjoyable: being surprised by a gift or
seeing the look of surprise on someone’s face?
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h) arguments & conflicts (frustrated/frustrating) How can you resolve a conflict when
you are frustrated with a person? Do you think it’s more frustrating to have an
argument in your second language?
i) housework & routine (tired/tiring) What’s more tiring: cleaning the house for five
hours or sitting in front of a computer for the whole day? Which housework task
makes you feel the most tired?
j) travelling (excited/exciting) Are you excited about any upcoming trips? What’s
more exciting: 14 days on a beach or a week backpacking across Europe?
Milestones and other life events
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Look at the topics and create one discussion question for each. Use one of the
words in brackets.
EXAMPLE: important people in your life (inspired/inspiring)
Who is the most inspiring person in your life? OR
What has your closest friend done that inspired you the most?
a) news (shocked/shocking)
b) uncomfortable situations (embarrassed/embarrassing)
c) technology & everyday life (bored/boring)
d) tasks & requirements (confused/confusing)
e) trends (worried/worrying)
f) eating out (satisfying/satisfied)
g) gifts (surprising/surprised)
h) arguments & conflicts (frustrated/frustrating)
i) housework & routine (tired/tiring)
j) travelling (excited/exciting)
Look at the topics and create one discussion question for each. Use one of the
words in brackets.
EXAMPLE: important people in your life (inspired/inspiring)
Who is the most inspiring person in your life? OR
What has your closest friend done that inspired you the most?
a) news (shocked/shocking)
b) uncomfortable situations (embarrassed/embarrassing)
c) technology & everyday life (bored/boring)
d) tasks & requirements (confused/confusing)
e) trends (worried/worrying)
f) eating out (satisfying/satisfied)
g) gifts (surprising/surprised)
h) arguments & conflicts (frustrated/frustrating)
i) housework & routine (tired/tiring)
j) travelling (excited/exciting)

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Here are the student's answers for the homework task:

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1. news (shocked/shocking) 
Do you like shocking news? 
Which news shocked you? 
2. uncomfortable situations (embarrassed/embarrassing) 
Could you say me which uncomfortable situation embarrassed you? For you, It’s embarrassing to fall in front someone? 
3. technology & everyday life (bored/boring) 
What are you doing for your everyday life don’t be boring? 
Do you use technologies when you’re bored? 
4. tasks & requirements (confused/confusing) 
Which tasks are you feeling confused? 
Do you think it’s very confusing the speed we can make tasks now with the IA. 5. trends (worried/worrying) 
Are you worried with the new trends? 
Some trends are very worrying, what do you think? 
6. eating out (satisfying/satisfied) 
Are you satisfied when you lunch at the restaurant? 
It’s very satisfying to eat a fast food sometimes, do you like it? 7. gifts (surprising/surprised) 
Which gits could you surprised? 
Did you received a surprising gift for St Valentin? 
8. arguments & conflicts (frustrated/frustrating) 
Which arguments tell you to avoid to be frustrated? 
It’s very frustrating when I can’t give my arguments, isnt’it? 
9. housework & routine (tired/tiring) 
Are you tired when it’s the week-end? 
Isn’t your routine tiring? 
10. travelling (excited/exciting) 
Are you excited when you think you go travelling? 
What do you find exciting in the travelling?
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