ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheets - Reddit

ESL reading on Reddit covering its 2005 launch by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, the addition of subreddits in 2008 and questions about the site's reliability, followed by comprehension questions and essay prompts.
Grades
Grades 7–12
Pages
3
File type
PDF
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Updated Oct 26, 2026

Subject
Formal Writing, Reading Comprehension, Creative Writing, ESL, Writing, Vocabulary, Reading, Language Development, ELA
Topic
ESL, English Second Language
Resource types
Writing Prompts, Worksheets
Preparation
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This ESL EFL Teaching Resource on "Reddit" (3 PDF Worksheets Slides; Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity) can be ideal to improve Language skills in English. Ideal students for this ESL EFL TESOL Reading + Writing Activity are Foreign Students at middle and High School (Grades 7–12; teens). Newcomers or any ESL Learner is also more than suitable for this ESL - EFL - TESOL - TEFL (English as a Second or Foreign Language) Activity on "Reddit" (origins, background, history and evolution + features + issues + popularity, legacy and success). This Teaching Educational Resource Product can also be ideal for ESL EFL TESOL Centres worldwide or any English second language tutor.

Intermediate Advanced English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL - EFL - TESOL - TEFL) learners are suitable for this ESL EFL TESOL Teaching Resource on "Reddit" (Worksheet; 3 PDF Printable slides)

In this English Second or Foreign Language (ESL - EFL - TESOL - TEFL) Reading Comprehension + Essay Writing Activity Worksheet on "Reddit" (origins, background, history and evolution + features + issues + popularity, legacy and success), the following ESL - EFL - TESOL - TEFL (English Second or Foreign Language) activities are included:

  • 1 text on "Reddit" (origins, background, history and evolution + features + issues + popularity, legacy and success)

  • 26 Comprehension Questions related to the previous text on "Reddit" (with related space where students can answer to this text's comprehension questions)

  • 2 essay prompts for a writing activity on "Reddit" (writing an essay on your own personal opinion on Reddit and whether you have ever used it before and how + writing an essay on another platform which allows users to interact with each other; describing it and comparing it to Reddit)

This ESL - EFL - TESOL - TEFL (English Second or Foreign Language) Teaching Resource Reading + Writing Activity (essay prompts) on "Reddit" (origins, background, history and evolution + features + issues + popularity, legacy and success) is great for Intermediate Advanced English as a second or foreign language learners (ESL- EFL - TESOL - TEFL). This English Second Language Worksheet on "Reddit" (origins, background, history and evolution + features + issues + popularity, legacy and success) aims to train and Reading Comprehension + Writing Skills.

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Learning objectives

  • Recall facts about Reddit's founders and history from the passage

  • Explain the word anonymous in their own words

  • Compare Reddit with another online platform in an essay

Skills covered

  • Vocabulary — writing synonyms for popular, discussion and reliable

  • Text-based argument — defending true/false answers about Reddit's origin and reliability

  • Comparison writing — contrasting two online platforms

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