B1 English Chapter 3 Lesson 1

B1 English (Intermediate Level)

About Lesson

🌟 B1 ENGLISH — CHAPTER 3: Lesson 1

🎯 Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
✅ Use vocabulary to describe beliefs, opinions, likes, dislikes, and senses.
✅ Understand and apply reported speech and question forms correctly.
✅ Express agreement and disagreement naturally in conversation.

🚀 How to Use This Lesson

🪄 Step 1: Start with the Vocabulary Section – learn key words with examples.
🧩 Step 2: Move on to Grammar – master reported speech and question tags.
🎙️ Step 3: Watch the speaking video and record your response.
📘 Step 4: Complete the Practice Section and upload your work to Afridemia.

💡 Tip: Take notes as you study — your memory works best when you write and repeat!

🗣️ VOCABULARY: Feelings & Actions (Units 42–46)

🌈 Unit	📝 Topic
42	Belief and Opinion
43	Pleasant & Unpleasant Feelings
44	Like, Dislike & Desire
45	Speaking
46	The Six Senses

📥 Download Vocabulary Booklet

👉 Click here to open Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Vocabulary (PDF)

🎨 Vocabulary Learning Tips
💭 Make mind maps or emoji flashcards (e.g., 😃 happy – 😔 sad).
🗣️ Use new words when describing your day: “I feel inspired today!”
🤝 Practice with a friend: “Do you agree that being honest is always best?”

📘 GRAMMAR: Reported Speech & Questions (Units 47–52)

🔢 Unit	📚 Focus
47	Reported Speech 1 (He said that…)
48	Reported Speech 2
49	Questions 1
50	Questions 2 (Do you know where…?)
51	Auxiliary Verbs (have/do/can…, I think so / I hope so)
52	Question Tags (do you? / isn’t it?)

📥 Download this Grammar Lesson

👉 📘 Click here to open Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Grammar (PDF)

🎯 Grammar Tips for Success
🗣️ Turn short dialogues into reported speech daily.
🔍 Try forming question tags with your classmates — “It’s easy, isn’t it?”
🧠 Watch short English interviews and rewrite them using reported forms.

🧠 B1 Chapter 3 Practice 1

💡 Tips:

Use a dedicated answersheet to record your answers
Use a printed Exercise book or download the PDF below

🎯 Practice Focus

Apply everything you’ve learned about beliefs, opinions, reported speech, and communication through reading and speaking.

📖 Topics Covered

🗣️ Speaking: Agreeing and Disagreeing

In this video, Emir and Paul discuss a design for a client. Listen to the language they use for agreeing and disagreeing and practise saying the useful phrases.

Do the preparation exercise first. Then watch the video and do the exercises to check your understanding and practise the language.

🗞️ Reading: Black Friday and Buy Nothing Day

Every year in November, people look for bargains on Black Friday. But did you know that the same day is also Buy Nothing Day?

Do the preparation task first. Then read the article and do the exercises.

💛 Reading: World Kindness Day

World Kindness Day is celebrated on 13 November. How can we become happier by doing kind things for others? And how can we help the world by doing kind things for ourselves?

Do the preparation task first. Then read the article and do the exercises.

📥 Download Practice Materials

👉 📄 Click here to open Chapter 3 Practice 1 (PDF)

🎧 🎬 Click here to watch the video: Agreeing & Disagreeing Video

💡 Practice Tips

⭐ Read both texts and highlight opinion words (believe, think, agree, disagree).
⭐ Discuss one topic with a classmate using expressions of agreement.
⭐ Rewrite opinions in reported speech:

“She said that she preferred kindness to competition.”

🏁 Final Step

✅ Check teacher feedback and reflect on your progress.
✅ Revise tricky grammar parts using the PDFs above.