Tips for B1

Tips for B1

Grammar and vocabulary Speaking and writing

Grammar review

• Present simple

• Present continuous

• Past simple

• Past continuous

• Future (will, be going to, present continuous)

• Quantifiers (something, anything, nothing, much, a few...)

• Present perfect +yet, just, already

• Present perfect+ for/since

Grammar review

• Present perfect vs. Past simple

• Comparatives vs. Superlatives

• Articles (a/an/the/-)

• Have to, must, don't have to, mustn't, can't

• Should/ought to

• Can/could/be able to

Grammar review

• Narrative tenses (past simple, past continuous, past perfect)

• Past and present habits (usually vs. used to)

• Passive

• First/second/third conditional

• Relative clauses

• Reported speech

Vocabulary

Unit 1

• Food and cooking
• Family 
• Adjectives of personality

Unit 2

• Money
• Strong adjectives

Unit 3

• Transport 
• Adjectives/Verbs+ prepositions

Vocabulary

Unit 4

• Phone language
• -ing/-ed adjectives (interested/interesting)

Unit 5

• Sport 
• Relationships 

Unit 6

• The cinema
• The body

Vocabulary

Unit 7

• Education

• Houses

Unit 8

• Work

• Shopping

Unit 9

• Electronic devices

Unit 10

• Crime

Connectors

• And/Or /but

• So / because

• Then /after (después de)/ afterwards (después)

• When /until

• However, besides, also, although, as soon as...

• Listing: first, secondly, thirdly, on the one hand...on the other

• Examples: for instance, for example

• Conclusion: In conclusion, to sum up

Pronunciation

• 3rd person singular

• Plurals (-z, -s, -iz)

• -ed regular verbs

• Silent letters

• ough/augh

• Stressed syllables

• Intonation

Writing

• Describing a person (p.187)

• An informal email (p. 188)

• An article (p.189)

• Telling a story/anecdote (p.190)

• A formal email (cover letter/complaint)-p.191/194

• A film/book review (p.193)

• Advantages and disadvantages (p. 195)