📘 B2 English – Chapter 1, Lesson 1
Lesson Level: B2 (Upper-Intermediate)
Estimated Completion Time: 90–120 minutes
🎯 Lesson Objectives
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
🗣️ Use advanced B2-level vocabulary in professional and everyday conversations
✍️ Apply complex grammar structures like conditionals, reported speech, and perfect tenses
🎧 Understand detailed information from interviews, presentations, and podcasts
💬 Express opinions, give suggestions, and make arguments clearly in discussions
📝 How to Use This Lesson
📚 Review Vocabulary and Grammar sections first
🎧 Complete Practice 1 using listening activities
🗣️ Do speaking exercises based on the audio recordings
🔗 Download and refer to the PDFs and audio files as you progress
🗂 Vocabulary: B2 Essential Words & Phrases
Topics Covered:
📝 Learning and using professional vocabulary
📔 Organizing a vocabulary notebook efficiently
💬 Using phrases for meetings, presentations, and interviews
💡 Guessing and explaining meanings from context
📄 Click here to open this Vocabulary PDF
💡 Tips:
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Keep a dedicated notebook for new phrases and collocations
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Practice using new words in sentences and discussions
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Review regularly to strengthen long-term memory
✍️ Grammar: B2 Sentence Structures & Tenses
Topics Covered:
🔄 Present perfect & past perfect (I have done / I had done)
🗣️ Reported speech (He said that…)
🔁 Conditionals (zero, first, second, third, mixed)
💡 Passive voice in formal contexts
🕰️ Future forms: will, going to, and future continuous
📄 Click here to open this Grammar PDF
💡 Tips:
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Compare grammar forms with examples carefully
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Write your own sentences and mini-dialogues
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Speak aloud to practice fluency and correctness
🎧 B2 Chapter 1 Practice 1: Listening & Reading Activities
Practice Focus: Improve comprehension, note-taking, and critical thinking
Topics Covered:
💼 Business interviews and presentations
🎙️ Podcasts on professional and personal development
📖 Reading for main ideas and details
📄 Click here to download this Practice PDF
🎧 Listening Activities
1. 💼 A Business Interview
Listen to a real business interview to practice understanding opinions, suggestions, and professional vocabulary.
Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.
🎧 Click here to listen to this interview
Focus: Identify key ideas, tone, and interview strategies
2. 🎨 A Design Presentation
Do the preparation task first. Then listen to the audio and do the exercises.
🎧 Click here to listen to this presentation
Focus: Recognize main points, structure, and persuasive language
3.📱 A Digital Detox Podcast
🎧 Click here to listen to this podcast
Focus: Identify supporting details, opinions, and examples
📖 Reading Activity
Do the preparation task first. Then read the article and do the exercises.
Focus: Learn vocabulary in context, understand tone, and identify implied meaning
💡 Study Tips
📚 Review Vocabulary & Grammar first
🎧 Use earphones for clearer sound
🧠 Focus on meaning, not every word
🔁 Listen multiple times for better understanding
✅ Check answers after exercises
🧩 Learning Outcomes
🎯 Understand detailed information and implied meaning in professional conversations
🗣️ Identify tone, attitude, and intention of speakers
✍️ Apply advanced grammar and vocabulary in speech and writing
📘 Use professional and everyday vocabulary practically
💬 Express opinions clearly and confidently
⏱ Suggested Time for Practice
Total: 100–120 minutes
⏳ 20–25 min per listening activity
⏳ 20 min for reading exercises