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B1 English Introduction
Welcome to B1 English, where you’ll build confidence in everyday conversations and improve your grammar, vocabulary, and all language skills through fun, real-life practice.
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B1 English Chapter 1
In this chapter, you’ll build confidence in everyday conversations at work, school, and social life. You’ll practice useful vocabulary, grammar, liskening, and reading skills through real-life situations such as phone calls, discussions, and casual chats, learning to express opinions, give information clearly, and understand spoken English naturally.
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B1 English Chapter 2
This chapter focuses on expanding vocabulary and grammar skills for everyday communication. Each lesson introduces key vocabulary and grammar points, followed by practical exercises to reinforce understanding and improve fluency in real-life contexts.
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B1 English Chapter 3
Chapter 3 focuses on improving communication and conversation skills. Each lesson combines grammar, vocabulary, and real-life speaking practice through British Council videos.
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B1 English Chapter 4
In this chapter, you will strengthen your ability to express ideas clearly and naturally in English. You’ll explore richer vocabulary, review essential grammar structures, and practice real-life communication through interactive exercises. Each lesson helps build confidence and fluency for everyday and academic situations.
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B1 English Chapter 5
In this chapter, you will learn English to talk about everyday things like animals, art, fun places, and fashion. You will practice new words, grammar, listening, and speaking through videos, audios, and exercises. By the end, you’ll feel more confident describing experiences and sharing your ideas in English!
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B1 English Chapter 6
This chapter focuses on improving your listening, speaking, and grammar through real-life themes and multimedia resources. Each lesson combines grammar lessons, podcast listening, and video-based learning from the British Council’s Word on the Street series.
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B1 English (Intermediate Level)
About Lesson

🎯 B1 ENGLISH – CHAPTER 3, LESSON 3


🎯 Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
✅ Understand and use vocabulary related to numbers, time, quantity, distance, and probability.
✅ Express preferences using prefer and would rather.
✅ Use -ing forms correctly after prepositions and verbs.
✅ Recognize and apply expressions like be/get used to, succeed in, insist on, and there’s no point in…
✅ Keep a conversation going and communicate naturally in face-to-face interactions.

 


💡 How to Use This Lesson

  1. Start with Vocabulary – Explore and understand the key units.

  2. Move to Grammar – Learn and practice the structures in context.

  3. Practice Speaking – Watch the videos and repeat the dialogues.

  4. Download & Review – Use the provided PDF materials for offline study.

  5. Complete Practice Activities – Strengthen your understanding with speaking tasks and interactive exercises.

 


🧠 VOCABULARY: Basic Concepts (Units 51–55)

📘 What You’ll Learn:
Learn useful words and phrases to talk about numbers, quantities, shapes, time, distances, and possibility — everyday language for real-life communication.

 


📏 Unit 51: Number, Quantity, Degree & Intensity

🔹 Talk about “a few,” “a lot of,” “too much,” and “enough.”
💡 Tip: Use quantity words correctly — “too many people,” not “too much people.”

🔶 Unit 52: Numbers & Shapes

🔹 Learn how to describe basic shapes (circle, square, triangle) and read large numbers.
💡 Tip: Practice describing real-life objects: “My table is rectangular.”

⏰ Unit 53: Time

🔹 Express time naturally using “in,” “on,” and “at.”
💡 Tip: Remember: “at 5 o’clock,” “on Monday,” “in the morning.”

📏 Unit 54: Distances & Dimensions

🔹 Talk about length, height, and size comparisons.
💡 Tip: Use “as…as” for comparison: “This road is as long as that one.”

🎲 Unit 55: Obligation, Need, Possibility & Probability

🔹 Express what’s necessary, possible, or likely using must, need to, may, might, could.
💡 Tip: “You must study” = strong obligation. “You might study” = possibility.

 

🔗 📥 Click here to download this Vocabulary Lesson PDF

 


⚙️ GRAMMAR: -ing and to… (Part 2, Units 59–63)

📘 What You’ll Learn:
Master common English patterns that use -ing or to + verb, and practice expressing preferences and habits.

 


💬 Unit 59: Prefer and Would Rather

🔹 Express your likes politely: “I’d rather stay home than go out.”
💡 Tip: “Prefer + -ing” and “Would rather + base verb.”

🧩 Unit 60: Preposition + -ing (in/for/about etc.)

🔹 “She’s interested in learning languages.”
💡 Tip: After prepositions, always use -ing!

🔄 Unit 61: Be/Get Used To … (I’m used to …)

🔹 “I’m used to waking up early.”
💡 Tip: “Used to + infinitive” ≠ “Be used to + -ing.” Watch out for this difference!

🚀 Unit 62: Verb + Preposition + -ing

🔹 “He succeeded in passing the test.”
💡 Tip: Memorize common patterns: succeed in, insist on, apologize for.

🎯 Unit 63: There’s no point in -ing / It’s worth -ing

🔹 “It’s worth visiting that museum.”
💡 Tip: Use these expressions to sound more natural and fluent.

 

🔗 📥 Click here to download this Grammar Lesson PDF

 


🗣️ B1 English Chapter 3 Practice 3

💡 Tips:

  • Use a dedicated answersheet to record your answers

  • Use a printed Exercise book or download the PDF below

🗓️ Practice Focus:

Develop fluency in keeping a conversation going and meeting people face-to-face using natural expressions and follow-up questions.

 


🗂️ Topics Covered:

💬 Keeping a conversation going
👥 Meeting face-to-face
🤝 Using polite questions and active listening

 

📘 Download Practice Materials

🎥 Watch these videos and Practice:

 

💡 Tip: While watching, note how speakers use expressions like “Really?”, “That’s interesting!”, or “What about you?” to keep conversations flowing.


🧩 Tip: Record yourself answering one of the video questions and listen to your pronunciation and fluency. Try to imitate native speakers’ tone and rhythm.*