📘 B1 English – Chapter 1, Lesson 1

🎯 Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• 🗣️ Use new vocabulary confidently in daily conversations

• ✍️ Apply present and past tenses accurately

• 🎧 Understand main ideas and details from real-life conversations

• 💬 Express opinions clearly in short discussions

📝 How to Use This Lesson

1. 📚 Review Vocabulary and Grammar sections

2. 🎧 Complete Practice 1 with listening activities

3. 🗣️ Do extra speaking exercises

4. 🔗 Use PDFs and audio recordings as you progress

🗂 Vocabulary: Effective Vocabulary Learning (Units 1–4)

Topics:

• 📝 Learning vocabulary

• 📔 Organizing a vocabulary notebook

• 📖 Using your dictionary

• 💡 Guessing and explaining meanings

📄 Click here to open this Vocabulary lesson PDF

💡 Tips:

• Keep a dedicated notebook for new words

• Practice using words in sentences

• Review often for long-term memory

✍️ Grammar: Present and Past (Units 1–6)

Topics:

• ⏳ Present continuous (I am doing)

• 📅 Present simple (I do)

• 🔄 Present continuous & simple combined

• 🕰️ Past simple (I did)

• ⏲️ Past continuous (I was doing)

📄 Click here to open this Grammar lesson PDF

💡 Tips:

• Compare examples carefully

• Write your own sentences to practice

🎧 Chapter 1 Practice 1: Listening & Reading Activities

💡 Tips:

• Use a dedicated answersheet to record your answers

• Use a printed Exercise book or download the PDF below

📘 📥 Click here to download this Practice PDF

🔹 Listening Activities

1. 📞 A Phone Call from a Customer
   🎧 Listen Here
   Focus: Identify problem and solution

2. 👩‍🎓 A Student Discussion
   🎧 Listen Here
   Focus: Understand opinions and agreements

3. 💼 A Team Meeting about Diversity
   🎧 Listen Here
   Focus: Learn expressions for giving opinions and suggestions

🍫 Extra Activity: Read the magazine about Chocolate 

💡 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 main ideas and details in conversations

• 🗣️ Identify tone, purpose, and attitude

• ✍️ Apply note-taking and prediction strategies

• 📘 Use new vocabulary and expressions practically

• 💬 Express opinions clearly and confidently

⏱ Suggested Time for Practice 

Total: 60–90 minutes

• ⏳ 20 min per listening exercise

• ⏳ 20 min for reading the magazine about chocolate