B1 English — Intermediate

Grammar focus

• Advice: should, ought to, had better

  Give advice with should, ought to and had better.

• Conditionals review: first and second

  Choose between the first and second conditional.

• Defining relative clauses

  Give essential information about people, things and places with who, which, that and where.

• First conditional

  Talk about likely future situations and their results with the first conditional.

• Future forms: will, going to, present continuous, present simple

  Choose the right future form for plans, intentions, arrangements, decisions and timetables.

• Future time clauses

  Talk about the future after when, as soon as, until, before and after.

• I wish / if only + past

  Talk about present situations you want to be different with wish and if only.

• may / might for future possibility

  Talk about future possibility with may and might.

• Modals of deduction (present): must, might, could, can't

  Make guesses about present situations using must, might, could and can't.

• Modals review: obligation, advice and deduction

  Use modal verbs for obligation, advice and deduction.

• No obligation and prohibition: don't have to vs mustn't

  Show the difference between no necessity and prohibition.

• Non-defining relative clauses

  Add extra, non-essential information with non-defining relative clauses.

• Obligation: must and have to

  Talk about rules and necessity with must and have to.

• Past modals: should have / shouldn't have

  Talk about past mistakes and regrets with should have and shouldn't have.

• Past perfect

  Use the past perfect to show that one past action happened before another.

• Past simple and past continuous

  Use the past simple and past continuous together to tell a story.

• Past simple passive

  Talk about past events and history with the past simple passive.

• Present perfect continuous

  Use the present perfect continuous for actions that have been in progress up to now.

• Present perfect simple vs continuous

  Choose between the present perfect simple and continuous.

• Present perfect vs past simple

  Choose between the present perfect and the past simple.

• Present perfect: for, since, how long

  Talk about things that started in the past and continue now, using for and since.

• Present simple passive

  Describe processes and facts with the present simple passive.

• Reported questions and commands

  Report questions, requests and commands.

• Reported speech review

  Report statements, questions and commands.

• Reported statements

  Report what someone said using reported speech.

• Second conditional

  Talk about imaginary or unlikely situations and their results with the second conditional.

• Tense review: past, present perfect and narrative

  Choose between past simple, past continuous, past perfect and present perfect.

• Time connectors: when, while, as, during

  Link past events in time with when, while, as and during.

• used to

  Talk about past habits and states that are no longer true with used to.

• Verb + -ing or infinitive

  Choose between -ing and to + infinitive after a verb.

• Verb + object + infinitive

  Report and express wishes with verb + object + to + verb.

• wish + would

  Complain about annoying habits and ask for change with wish + would.

Vocabulary sets

Teaching resources for B1