🎓 B1 English – Chapter 1 | Lesson 2

Welcome to Lesson 2 of B1 English! In this lesson, you will expand your vocabulary and practice present perfect grammar. Follow the steps below to get started.

📝 Lesson Objectives

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

• 🌍 Talk about countries, nationalities, and languages

• ☀️ Describe the weather

• 👤 Describe people’s appearance and personality

• 🗣 Understand idioms describing people

• ❤️ Discuss relationships

• ✏️ Use present perfect and present perfect continuous correctly

🚀 How to Use This Lesson

1. 📥 Download both vocabulary and grammar PDFs.

2. 📖 Read each unit carefully.

3. ✍️ Practice with the exercises in the PDFs.

4. 📝 Write your own sentences using present perfect and present perfect continuous.

5. 👫 Explain topics to a classmate or study partner to test your understanding.

📖 Vocabulary: Units 5–10

Focus areas:

• 🌎 Unit 5: Countries, nationalities, and languages

• 🌤️ Unit 6: The weather

• 🧑‍🦰 Unit 7: Describing people: appearance

• 🧠 Unit 8: Describing people: personality

• 💬 Unit 9: Idioms describing people

• 💑 Unit 10: Relationships

💡 Action: Download and study the full vocabulary content:
📥 Click here to download this Vocabulary lesson PDF

📚 Grammar: Present Perfect & Past (Units 7–12)

Focus areas:

• ⏳ Unit 7–8: Present perfect (I have done…)

• 🔄 Unit 9–10: Present perfect continuous (I have been doing…) & Present perfect simple vs. continuous

• ❓ Unit 11: Asking “How long have you…?”

• 📅 Unit 12: Using for and since; forming questions with when…? and how long…?

💡 Action: Download and study the full grammar content:

📥 Click here to download this Grammar lesson PDF

🎧 Chapter 1 Practice 2: Listening & Reading Activities

💡 Tips:

• Use a dedicated answersheet to record your answers

• Use a printed Exercise book or download the PDF below

🎯 Learning Focus

In this practice module, you will improve your listening skills by exploring different real-life situations and topics. You will also develop your reading skills with a short magazine article.

Listening Topics:

• 🌦 A Weather Forecast

• 🎧 An Interview About Listening Skills

• 🏫 An Introduction to a Lecture

Reading Topic:

• 🧘 Yoga

📝 Instructions 

1. Download all materials for this practice by clicking the button below.

2. Listen carefully to each audio recording. Try to answer any questions or complete the exercises in your practice PDF.

3. Read the magazine article and practice understanding new vocabulary.

4. Repeat the listening as needed to improve comprehension.

🔔 Tip: Take notes while listening. Focus on main ideas, key vocabulary, and expressions.

📂 Download Materials

Practice PDF:
📄 Click here to download B1 Chapter 1 – Practice 2

Click on the following links to access audio recordings:

🌦 A Weather Forecast

🎵 🌦 A Weather Forecast (audio)

🎧 An Interview About Listening Skills

🎵 An Interview About Listening Skills (audio)

🏫 An Introduction to a Lecture

🎵 An Introduction to a Lecture

📖 Reading Activity: Read the magazine about Yoga

✅ Goal: By the end of this practice, you will be able to understand short, structured listening materials and extract key information confidently.

⏱ Suggested Time for Practice 

Total: 60–90 minutes

• ⏳ 20 min per listening exercise

• ⏳ 20 min for reading the magazine about chocolate