CARNET - Arhiva 2021 Loomen

Dear students, 

Since only a few of you posted answers in the forum about social media influencer text and further discussion, I would like you to type your answers here. This will be graded, with pass or fail.

The text from last week is on this link, please read if you haven't had a chance.

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading/intermediate-b1/social-media-influencers

Tasks 

Task 1 Choose the best answer.

 1. A social media influencer is not someone who … 

a. guides the decisions of their followers. 

b. is an expert in a particular area. 

c. pays their followers to buy products. 

d. has many followers who pay attention to their opinions. 

2. Companies want to use influencers to help … 

a. sell their products to their followers. 

b. develop new products. 

c. write their blogposts. 

d. design their websites.

3. If you want to be an influencer, your bio on your social media account shouldn’t …

 a. say who you are.

 b. talk about your niche area. 

c. be interesting. 

d. be the same as other people’s bios. 

4. You should make sure that you post … 

a. once a month. 

b. every day for the first month and then once a month after that. 

c. about similar subjects. 

d. about all sorts of different things. 

5. You can make sure that people find your post by … 

a. using hashtags. 

b. using funny or memorable titles. 

c. using different social media to link to your post. 

d. doing all of the above. 

6. What should the title of this blogpost be? 

a. Five ways to influence people 

b. Five ways to use influencers in marketing 

c. Five tips on becoming a social media influencer 

d. Five tips on making money as an influencer 

Discussion:

Do you know of any social media influencers? What are their niche areas? If you became a social media influencer, what medium would you use and what would you post about?