English B1 course: Intermediate

What you can do after B1

At B1 you deal with most situations while travelling, talk about experiences and plans, and give short reasons for your opinions.

The level descriptions follow the CEFR global scale of the Council of Europe.

7 units in the English B1 course

1. Unit 1 Trying Something New

   8 lessons

   • My First Repair Café
   • A Place to Start
   • What Did You Actually Do?
   • A Morning in the Garden
   • Not Quite Ready
   • A Different Opinion
   • Three Months Later
   • Two First Times

   Grammar in this unit

   • Ben had already started
   • I've helped twice / I helped on Saturday

2. Unit 2 What Did You Mean?

   8 lessons

   • Before You Take a Photo
   • A Story from Childhood
   • Two Parts of the Invitation
   • A Place in the Show
   • You Can Say No
   • A Clear Plan for Sunday
   • What We Learned About Each Other
   • Two Ways to Join In

   Grammar in this unit

   • people who live near me, photos that help
   • I used to live there; they would visit on Sundays
   • we must respect it; you don't have to pray
   • Your email says four, doesn't it?

3. Unit 3 Let’s Fix This

   8 lessons

   • The Wrong Box
   • Still Waiting for an Answer
   • The Room Above the Garage
   • A Safe Place for the Display
   • A Rule and a Fair Reply
   • What the Records Show
   • Three Problems, Three Results
   • Two Requests That Work

   Grammar in this unit

   • it is checked, it was delivered
   • I've been waiting since three
   • We should have checked the room

4. Unit 4 Choosing What Works

   8 lessons

   • Repair It or Replace It?
   • Clothes for One Evening
   • A Pan You Can Lift
   • The Price of a Shared Meal
   • What the Advertisement Leaves Out
   • Where the Money Goes
   • Three Choices, Three Reasons
   • Two Choices That Fit

   Grammar in this unit

   • If I chose the used one, I'd have nothing left
   • much heavier, far cheaper
   • extremely heavy, fairly smooth, slightly heavier
   • the more we add, the more we spend

5. Unit 5 A Plan We Can Share

   8 lessons

   • One Morning, Two Tables
   • Who Needs Which Kind of Help?
   • A Small Experiment
   • More Than a Job Title
   • A Smaller Plan Can Work
   • The Version Everyone Will Use
   • The Morning We Planned
   • Two Teams, New Plans

   Grammar in this unit

   • I'll be working on it at seven
   • They'll probably need help; people may have questions
   • The ice must be in that box; it can't be inside
   • rule me out, carry out, set up

6. Unit 6 Before We Share the Story

   8 lessons

   • One Room, One Wrong Headline
   • Guilty or Not?
   • A Film and a Local Question
   • A Vote for the Reading Group
   • Check the Date Before Sharing
   • What Goes in the Notice?
   • What We Can Say for Sure
   • Two Messages to Pass On

   Grammar in this unit

   • Ben said that the center would close one room
   • since our building is different; so that everyone can follow

7. Unit 7 The Choices Behind the Story

   8 lessons

   • The Walk We Changed
   • A Story Can Change
   • What the Old Portrait Cannot Tell Us
   • Why Lena Changed Her Part
   • An Ending That Fits
   • What the Audience Needs to Know
   • The Questions After the Stories
   • Two Stories, Two Decisions

   Grammar in this unit

   • We were walking when Lena noticed a sign
   • If she had ignored the sign, she would have walked to the gate
   • She might have been afraid; she could have walked home

How a lesson works

• Read the scene line by line. A tap on a word shows its meaning in your own language.
• Grammar notes explain the new patterns of the unit.
• Record any line and see a score for each word. How speech scoring works.
• Use the new words in an AI conversation at your level.