B1 Vocabulary Worksheets
147 printable vocabulary worksheets · B1 (Intermediate)
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B1 vocabulary worksheets
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About B1 vocabulary worksheets
B1 learners know enough words to get by; now they need range and precision. The worksheets cover topics such as work and study, the environment, technology, relationships, feelings and opinions, and the media, along with phrasal verbs, collocations, dependent prepositions and basic word formation with suffixes such as -ness, -ment and -ful.
Exercise types include multiple-choice cloze, gap fill, matching phrasal verbs to meanings, word family tables, collocation grids and short writing prompts that ask learners to use the target words. Several tasks follow the format of Cambridge B1 Preliminary Reading.
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Teaching tips: B1 vocabulary worksheets
- Group phrasal verbs by topic, such as travel or relationships, rather than by particle; learners remember them better in context.
- Ask learners to complete a word family table before a gap fill, so they notice the noun, verb and adjective forms.
- Use opinion vocabulary sheets before a debate or discussion to give learners the language they need.
- Encourage learners to note collocations as full phrases in their notebooks.
Questions teachers ask
Which phrasal verbs should B1 learners know?
Focus on high-frequency ones used in everyday situations, such as find out, give up, look after and turn down. Group them by topic to make them memorable.
What vocabulary tasks are in B1 Preliminary?
The Reading paper includes a multiple-choice cloze that tests word meaning and collocation. Some worksheets use the same format.
Is word formation tested at B1?
Not as a separate task in B1 Preliminary, but learning common prefixes and suffixes now makes the B2 First word formation task much easier.