B1 English – Chapter 2 | Lesson 1
🎯 Lesson Objectives
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
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Expand your vocabulary across five everyday topics.
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Use modal verbs to talk about ability, possibility, necessity, and certainty.
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Practice reading, speaking, and writing with new words and grammar.
📝 How to Use This Lesson
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Step 1: Review vocabulary first.
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Step 2: Review Grammar and do exercises.
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Step 3: Complete Practice exercises and discuss with classmates.
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Step 4: Keep a record of your progress on your study plan.
📚 Vocabulary Units (21–25)
🎵 Unit 21: Music
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Instruments, genres, and musical activities.
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Tip: Listen to songs and try naming instruments in English.
🍲 Unit 22: Food
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Meals, ingredients, and cooking words.
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Tip: Make a food diary in English using these words.
🌍 Unit 23: Physical Geography
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Landscapes, landforms, and natural features.
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Tip: Draw maps and label features in English.
♻️ Unit 24: Environmental Problems
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Pollution, climate change, conservation.
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Tip: Discuss ways to protect the environment in English.
🏙️ Unit 25: Towns
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Places, buildings, and urban life.
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Tip: Describe your town using new vocabulary.
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📖 Grammar: Modals (Part 1, Units 26–31)
💪 Unit 26: Can, Could, and (Be) Able To
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Express ability.
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Tip: Practice sentences like: “I can play the guitar.”
🕰️ Unit 27: Could (Do) and Could Have (Done)
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Past possibilities.
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Tip: Make sentences about past events: “I could have studied more.”
✅ Unit 28: Must and Can’t
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Certainty or impossibility.
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Tip: Guess situations and use modals: “She must be tired.”
❓ Unit 29: May and Might 1
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Possibility in present or future.
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Tip: Ask questions like: “It may rain today.”
🌥️ Unit 30: May and Might 2
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Continue probability practice.
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Tip: Make predictions about events using “might.”
📝 Unit 31: Have To and Must
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Express necessity and obligation.
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Tip: Write rules for your class using these modals.
💡 Learning Tips
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Repeat out loud: Improves pronunciation and memory.
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Group words by theme: Easier to remember.
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Use examples: Apply new vocabulary and modals in sentences.
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Practice with a partner: Speak, ask questions, and check each other’s answers.
📄 Quick Access (click on each link)
Vocabulary Lesson PDF | Grammar Lesson PDF
🚀 Next Steps
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Complete exercises in your exercise book or download the PDF document below.
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Share your sentences or questions in the forum.
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Review both vocabulary, grammar, and practice before Lesson 2.
📘 B1 English – Chapter 2 Practice 1
💡 Tips:
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Use a dedicated answersheet to record your answers
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Use a printed Exercise book or download the PDF below
🎯 Practice Focus
Sharpen your reading comprehension skills by exploring real-life materials. Learn to quickly find key information in programmes, flyers, and travel guides while connecting your reading to cultural and current event topics.
📝 Topics Covered
- 🗓️ Conference Programme
Read the programme for a management conference to practise and improve your reading skills. Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.
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🏋️ Gym Flyer
Read a flyer promoting a new gym to practise and improve your reading skills. Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.
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✈️ Travel Guide
Read a travel guide about Bangkok to practise and improve your reading skills. Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.
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📖 Magazine Articles
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🌙 Ramadan – Cultural insights and related vocabulary.
Do the preparation task first. Then read the article and do the exercises. -
🌍 Earth Hour – Environmental topics and reading comprehension practice.
Do the preparation task first. Then read the article and do the exercises.
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🔗 Download Practice Materials
📥 Click here to download B1 Chapter 2 Practice 1 PDF