Vocabulary · B1+

The connected world

Learn useful language for technology, with examples and practice.

10 min1 exercise

Digital life

Learn 9 words for technology: access, update, device, backup, settings, secure, attach, source, misleading.

Work

Work and projects

Learn 9 words for work: collaborate, priority, efficient, flexible, responsibility, resolve, proposal, outcome, workload.

Everyday decisions

Choices and change

Learn 9 words for everyday decisions: advantage, drawback, alternative, adapt, maintain, consider, consequence, likely, gradually.

Thematic vocabulary

The weather and natural disasters

Learn 5 words for thematic vocabulary: drought, flood, earthquake, landslide, thunderstorm.

Health problems and injuries

Learn 5 words for thematic vocabulary: sprain, bruise, fracture, rash, swollen.

Air travel

Learn 5 words for thematic vocabulary: boarding pass, departure gate, hand luggage, layover, check-in desk.

Crime and punishment

Learn 5 words for thematic vocabulary: sentence, fine, prison, trial, community service.

Types of crime and offenders

Learn 5 words for thematic vocabulary: burglary, robbery, fraud, shoplifter, pickpocket.

Clothes

Learn 5 words for thematic vocabulary: loose, tight, striped, plain, worn out.

Technology

Learn 5 words for thematic vocabulary: install, update, upgrade, crash, back up.

Personality

Learn 5 words for thematic vocabulary: stubborn, outgoing, considerate, ambitious, reliable.

Business

Learn 5 words for thematic vocabulary: profit, turnover, competitor, launch, customer base.

Houses and home words

Learn 5 words for thematic vocabulary: attic, basement, landing, porch, driveway.

Fears and phobias

Learn 5 words for thematic vocabulary: terrified, phobia, panic, overcome, claustrophobic.

The animal world

Learn 5 words for thematic vocabulary: predator, prey, habitat, nocturnal, endangered.

Describing books

Learn 5 words for thematic vocabulary: plot, narrator, chapter, paperback, gripping.

Word pairs

Learn 5 words for thematic vocabulary: pros and cons, sooner or later, safe and sound, now and then, peace and quiet.

Travel

Learn 5 words for thematic vocabulary: destination, itinerary, stopover, backpacking, off-season.

Everyday problems

Learn 5 words for thematic vocabulary: blocked drain, flat tyre, power cut, shortage, out of order.

Social media actions

Learn 5 words for thematic vocabulary: follow, unfollow, tag, share, comment.

B1+ Phrasal verbs I

Learn 5 words for thematic vocabulary: put off, carry on, turn out, set up, run out of.