Intermediate
Communicate with confidence
Handle most travel and social situations, express opinions, talk about hopes and plans, and begin to understand native speakers at a moderate pace. Grammar expands to include the subjunctive and conditional.
What you'll achieve at B1
Speaking
Express opinions, explain plans, narrate stories, and handle most travel situations without preparation.
Listening
Understand the main points of radio, TV, and podcasts on familiar topics spoken at a natural pace.
Reading
Read newspaper articles, personal letters expressing feelings, and straightforward factual texts.
Writing
Write connected essays on familiar topics, personal letters describing experiences, and structured opinions.
Chapters
Work through these in order, or jump to a topic you need.
The Future Tense
Regular and irregular future conjugations, expressing plans, predictions, and probability.
The Conditional Tense
Saying what you would do, giving polite requests, and hypothetical situations.
Introduction to the Subjunctive
What the subjunctive is, when it is triggered, and present subjunctive conjugations.
Subjunctive with Emotions & Desires
Using the subjunctive after querer que, esperar que, alegrarse de que, and similar triggers.
Subjunctive with Doubt & Denial
Dudar que, no creer que, es posible que — expressing uncertainty.
Giving Opinions & Debating
Expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing/disagreeing, and linking arguments.
Relative Clauses & Connectors
Que, quien, donde, lo que — building longer, more complex sentences.
The World of Work
Job vocabulary, writing a CV, discussing experience, and workplace conversations.
Indirect Speech (Reported Speech)
Reporting what someone said or asked, with tense-shifting rules.
Environment, News & Current Affairs
Vocabulary for discussing news, environmental issues, and expressing concern.
Practice
Review vocabulary from this level with flash cards. Words you're struggling with appear first.