Words for level B1 Intermediate

Intermediate vocabulary

Lexical skills at the intermediate level will include:

• Fluent speech without previous preparation on the above and personal topics.
• Accurate definition of your feelings and selection of the right adjectives.
• Understanding 80% of the phrases of the interlocutor-carrier at a measured pace of speech.
• Quick selection of the right word or correct explanation of it in other words.
• Operating with additional "highlights" - proverbs, phraseological units, slang, jokes.

What words do you need to know at level B1?

Students understand and are ready to communicate freely on such topics:

• Cutting-edge technologies and their role in everyday life.
• Family relationships and personal qualities.
• Appearance, character, and mental characteristics.
• Business, money, values.
• Career building, success, achievements.
• Education and self-education.
• The behavior of people, modern ethics, manners.
• Honesty and morality: their place in our lives.
• Travel, transportation, post-covid moving around the planet.
• Places to live - modern towns and villages.
• environmental protection.
• Changes in nature in the 21st century.
• Man-made and natural disasters.
• Mankind and its development trends.
• Loneliness and social communication.
• Problems of social interaction during a pandemic era.
• Television, blogging, and social media.
• Movies, cinema, TV shows.
• Modern and classical art.
• contemporary literature.
• Purchases and online shopping.
• Tastes, restaurants, cuisines of the world.
• Lifestyle and self-perception.
• Sports and workouts.
• Friendship, support, and help.
• Overcoming problems and challenges.
• Romantic relations, dating.
• Bad luck, good luck, and life's troubles.
• Crimes, penalties, and the judicial system.

Speaking of topics, we mean not only oral storytelling within 40 interrelated phrases, but also the ability to write with 5 errors maximum. In addition, people with an average level can talk on the above topics without prior preparation, answer questions, and argue their position. B1 also allows you to read and immediately translate texts on this topic and briefly describe the main idea of ​​the material.

Motivation for students

In most vacancies, B1. In addition, having a confident command of English at an intermediate level, you can pass the international IELTS exam with 5 points, and this gives excellent chances for a foreign career. By supplementing your grammatical knowledge with professional terms, you will feel comfortable with foreign colleagues, understand them and confidently express your point of view.

Intermediate will serve as a good help for those who want to try themselves as a tutor for toddlers, schoolchildren or beginning adults.

And you can also study TEFL/TESOL in English and get a certificate for the right to teach the language in foreign schools and colleges with salariesseveral times higher than in domestic institutions.

Thus, the intermediate level is the very point of no return at which you can really declare that you know English.

100 English verbs for intermediate level

To the 170 verbs that we reviewed in this article, new, more complex ones are being added. You also already know that you can form verbs yourself:

• With the help of independent suffixes back, away, down, in, off, on, out, up, over (to go away, to break down, to take over, to find out, to stand up, to put off, to come over).
• With the help of inseparable suffixes (-ize, -en) - to realize, to broaden.
• Using the prefix re- (rewrite, reload), dis- (disappear, disagree), mis- (misunderstand, misbehave).
• Thanks to the conversion (formation from nouns) - water (water) - to water (drink, water).

We recommend that you carefully work through each of these methods and thus replenish your vocabulary. In addition, knowing how to create a word, you definitely won’t be at a loss if you forget something.

B1 assumes that you can put the verb at the right time without errors, understand the speech addressed to you without hidden subtext, and respond in detail using speech enhancers: metaphors, comparisons, epithets, idioms.

The full use of auxiliary and modal verbs ( Auxiliary and Modal Verbs ), the correct substitution of articles, prepositions and particles make speech clear and pleasant to the ear. Thus, when learning new parts of speech, try to make several sentences with them. The ideal option would be to use the past, present and future tense - such exercises pump several important areas of learning at once.

To train Writing at an average level, you can write a resume, job application, biography, fill out questionnaires, write essays on free topics, fill in information “About yourself” in the profiles of various online sites.

To improve Reading, you can enter a query in English in Google and read all the articles you like. In addition, it is worth downloading or buying a few fiction books of your favorite genre and instilling in yourself a useful habit of reading instead of looking at your phone in any free minute. Even a couple of pages a day is already a result.

Listening can be pumped while watching video clips without subtitles. You can start with clips or videos for beginners, and then increase the complexity and move on to news, reviews and interviews.

Speaking shows noticeable improvement when talking regularly with native speakers or those who know English perfectly. Intermediate students not to adopt incorrect pronunciation or mistakes, therefore, in the absence of a native speaker, it is better to listen and repeat after the English-speaking presenters or announcers.

List of intermediate nouns

The maximum number of words for daily memorization is from 5 to 15. This is the very case when not quantity, but quality is important. Your goal is not to complete the vocabulary, but to be able to use the word in the appropriate situation for it.

Selection "Youth, modern manners of behavior"

When thinking about youth trends, it is important to be able to reflect the socio-psychological qualities of this age group, so we put together the most capacious words for talking about the brightest demographic group.

This collection is perfect for compiling a story about today's youth. Using the basic vocabulary for A1 and the list of words for A2 , you will be able to compose a monologue about the trends in the development of society, global changes in society, and also about your attitude to the behavior of young people in the 21st century.

English slang that you will need for this topic:

• A cap - in Russian means "fucks", lies, disagreement.
• A retweet - oddly enough, this means agreement and is used instead of "yes", "I agree".
• A fit - outfit, outfit. If they say “cool fit” to you, then this is definitely a compliment.
• A clout - the power to influence people, used in relation to bloggers and celebrities.
• And I oop - a funny expression that means: "and then I screwed up."
• To chill out - relax, rest.
• To cram - cramming, learning until you're blue in the face.
• To faff - to be lazy, to procrastinate.
• A fortnight - 2 weeks.
• A geek is a nerd, a bore, a nerd.
• To hang out - hang out, hang out, hang out.
• A mate - friend, neighbor, friend.
• A row - quarrel, quarrel.
• To splash out - waste money, squander.
• To have a crush - fall in love.
• A looker - beauty, handsome.
• An epic fail - a failure, a huge failure.

Of course, you should use slang if it is appropriate - for example, when communicating with peers or colleagues at a corporate party. If you are taking an exam or having an interview, it is better to use classic words or be sure to explain the slang expression.

List "Social interaction in the post-COVID period"

An important topic related to the new reality, which cannot be ignored. Whatever you talk about: about yourself, your career, preferences or manner of communication, one way or another you will have to touch on world changes due to coronavirus infection. Thus, it is worth going through the main words and thinking about the context of use.

We also recommend following English-speaking doctors on Instagram (for example, @healthiest_baby or @plan_uk ) and get the latest words from comments, posts and stories.

Nouns about "Life successes and failures"

Undoubtedly, a few words from this collection will help you competently compose a monologue about yourself, your life's trials and the difficulties you have overcome. Often, interviewers and recruiters are very attentive to such fundamental factors as the attitude to the problem, the ability to overcome it, positive thinking and good spirits. Today, there are more and more requirements consisting of soft skills, so it is important to be able to beat any failure and draw life-affirming conclusions.

When talking about troubles and difficulties, you can refer to the famous English sayings:

• Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
• Better late than never.
• The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
• Failing to plan is planning to fail.
• Good fences make good neighbors.