🇬🇧 B1 ENGLISH – CHAPTER 5 LESSON 4
🎯 Lesson Objectives
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
✅ Identify the difference between formal and informal words.
✅ Use similes and proverbs naturally in speech and writing.
✅ Understand the language of signs, notices, and headlines.
✅ Distinguish between British and American English.
✅ Use adjectives and adverbs correctly, including superlatives and adverbs of time like still, yet, already, anymore, and even.
🧭 How to Use This Lesson
💡 Before you begin:
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Download the Vocabulary and Grammar PDFs. Have a printed copy of the practice exercises.
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Watch and listen to all videos and audios provided.
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Practice actively — take notes, repeat new words aloud, and complete the exercises on your printed answersheet.
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💬 Tip: Don’t rush! Study one section at a time and review before moving on.
📘 VOCABULARY: Varieties and Styles (Units 95–101)
📖 Topics Covered:
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Unit 95: Formal and informal words (1)
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Unit 96: Formal and informal words (2)
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Unit 97: Similes (as busy as a bee, as light as a feather)
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Unit 98: Proverbs (Actions speak louder than words)
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Unit 99: The language of signs and notices
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Unit 100: Headline English (shortened news language)
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Unit 101: US English vs UK English
🔗 Click here to open Vocabulary Lesson PDF
💬 Tip for Learners:
👉 Notice how context affects word choice. For instance, “purchase” (formal) vs. “buy” (informal).
👉 Collect 3–5 proverbs you hear in daily life and share them with your class group!
🧮 GRAMMAR: Adjectives and Adverbs (Units 108–112)
📖 Topics Covered:
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Unit 108: Superlatives (the most beautiful, the longest, the happiest)
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Unit 109: Word order 1 – Verb + Object + Place + Time
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Unit 110: Word order 2 – Adverbs with the verb (He always eats breakfast early.)
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Unit 111: still, any more, yet, already
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Unit 112: even
🔗 Click here to open Grammar Lesson PDF
💬 Tip for Learners:
👉 Pay attention to word order — small mistakes can change meaning!
👉 Practice by writing short sentences and swapping adverb positions to see how it affects emphasis.
🎧 B1 CHAPTER 5 PRACTICE 4
💡 Interactive Practice – Writing Home & Camden Series
🎯 Practice Focus
To consolidate your understanding of formal and informal English, descriptive language, and adjective/adverb use through listening and watching authentic English materials.
🗂️ Topics Covered
📚 Writing Home Audio Series
🎧 Episode 10 – Everyday life expressions
🎧 Episode 11 – Describing people and places
🎧 Episode 12 – Comparing experiences
🎬 Words on the Street: Camden
👗 Camden Fashion – Styles and trends vocabulary
🎥 Camden Scene 1 – Street life and idioms
🎥 Camden Scene 1 Language Focus – Key grammar structures
🎥 Camden Scene 2 – Dialogue and pronunciation
🎥 Camden Scene 2 Language Focus – Word order and adverbs
📥 Download Practice Materials
📝 Practice Worksheet (PDF)
👉 Click to Download B1 Chapter 5 Practice 4 PDF
🎧 Writing Home Audio Recordings
Writing Home, Episode 10
Writing Home, Episode 11
Writing Home, Episode 12
🎥 Camden Videos
Our presenters Ashlie and Stephen are on a mission to find the perfect birthday present for their mum in London’s Camden Market.
Camden is known as the birthplace of punk music. Our reporter Carmen looks at the origins of punk, its influence on British fashion and how it’s evolving in the 21st century.
Camden Fashion
Camden Scene 1
Camden Scene 1 Language Focus
Camden Scene 2
Camden Scene 2 Language Focus
💬 Study Tips for Practice
🕐 Listen twice: First for general understanding, second for new words or expressions.
🖊️ Write short notes: Capture interesting phrases or grammar patterns you hear.
🎭 Role-play: Recreate scenes from Camden videos with your peers to practice fluency and pronunciation.