Libro: B1 English Vocabulary Builder: 22 Short Stories for Learning the Words and Phrases Students Need to Pass the B1 Exam

B1 English Vocabulary Builder will help learners reach an intermediate B1 English level while completing the exercises and reading the original stories by M. A. Bilbrough, made popular through the podcast Practising English.

If you want to take the Cambridge Preliminary English Test, PET (for adults or for schools), IELTS 4-5, or similar English B1 exams, this book will help you learn the vocabulary to pass these exams. There is special help in the book for Cambridge PET students.

If you just want to improve your general English, this book will also help you increase your language knowledge to an intermediate level.

The author has carefully chosen B1 vocabulary and expressions from the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) B1 that every student needs for exam success.

• More than 30,000 words in 22 carefully written stories.
• More than 1,200 B1-level words and expressions.
• Vocabulary exercises to do before and/or after reading depending on your level.
• A system to help students remember the new B1-level vocabulary they learn.
• Includes synonyms, antonyms and word definitions to help students understand and complete the reading parts of the exam.
• Introduces the most frequent B1 words and expressions found in the Cambridge Reading and Listening papers.
• Offers students a complete dictionary with definitions and examples of all the B1 English used in the book.
• All stories come with audio included free for learners to download and listen to for pronunciation and speaking practice.

B1 English Vocabulary Builder can be used for student self-study or to accompany a class textbook.

For students who are not sure what B1 English is, here is an extract from a story in the book. The B1 words are shown in dark type.

"There was something about the seaside town where Animos lived and had been brought up that she didn’t like. It was obviously beautiful, that’s why so many tourists came nearly all year round to stay there: a white waterfall of little houses that dropped down from the mountain to the sea's edge. Bolonia, a tiny Greek island - shiny and bright in the clear blue of the Mediterranean Sea. Its harbour was full of colourful fishing boats and pleasure boats of all sizes, and around it there were souvenir shops, cafés, restaurants and bars, which were very lively during the summer months."

M. A. Bilbrough has been an English teacher for nearly 30 years. He holds a PhD doctorate from Seville University in second language acquisition methodology. He now specialises in preparing students for the Cambridge English exams. He runs the popular Practising English Podcast available on all major podcast platforms.