B1 English exercises
Intermediate: all 15 B1 grammar and vocabulary topics in one list, with your progress. It's saved in this browser, with no account.
What B1 means
B1 (intermediate) is the level where you can hold a conversation on familiar topics and manage on your own when you travel. The Cambridge exam at this level is B1 Preliminary. Each topic below explains the rule with examples and common mistakes, then corrects every answer with an explanation.
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15 topics
A topic is done when you get at least 80% in each of its exercises.
- First ConditionalFirst conditional: real possibilities in the future38 questions
- Gerund and InfinitiveGerund or infinitive: which verb pattern comes after the first verb28 questions
- Modal VerbsModal verbs: ability, permission, obligation, advice, possibility and deduction29 questions
- Passive VoicePassive voice: when the action matters more than who does it38 questions
- Past PerfectPast perfect: the past before the past38 questions
- Present PerfectPresent perfect: talking about the past when it connects to now27 questions
- Present Perfect ContinuousPresent perfect continuous: how long, up to now28 questions
- Present Perfect vs Past SimplePresent perfect vs past simple: connected to now, or finished in the past28 questions
- Relative ClausesRelative clauses: who, which, that, where, whose and when36 questions
- Reported SpeechReported speech: statements, questions and commands27 questions
- Second ConditionalSecond conditional: imaginary or unlikely situations26 questions
- Used ToUsed to: past habits and states that are not true now27 questions
- Linking WordsLinking words: although, despite, however, because, so24 questions
- Make or DoMake or do: common collocations27 questions
- Say or TellSay or tell: with or without a person28 questions