B1 EXAM

Here are some websites where you will be able to find interesting resources to help you pass your B1 exam:

READING

• https://www.examenglish.com/B1/B1_reading.htm
• https://www.examenglish.com/PET/PET_reading_and_writing.html
• http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading/intermediate-b1-reading

WRITING

• https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing/intermediate-B1-writing
• https://www.flo-joe.co.uk/preliminaryenglish/pet-writing-practice-tests.htm

LISTENING

• http://www.cristinacabal.com/?page_id=7721
• http://www.cambridge.org/elt/objectivepet/tests.htm
• https://www.examenglish.com/B1/B1_listening.htm
• http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/intermediate-b1-listening

EXAM SAMPLES

• http://laurajimenezeoi.blogspot.com/2013/01/muestras-de-pruebas-de-certificacion.html

Opinion Essay / For and Against Essay

Do you need help to write essays for school or for English exams? Check out these great activities:

Charles Jeffrey Danoff

• An opinion essay: http://goo.gl/1S5re5
• A for and against essay: http://goo.gl/07nwIV 

Gender Facts

Next week we celebrate International Women's Day. The first International Women's Day was celebrated in 1911, so this year marks the centenary of this day of global celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements.

Here are some gender facts that will get you thinking:

• Of 1.2 billion people living in poverty worldwide, 70% are women
• 80% of the world's 27 million refugees are women
• Women own around only 1% of the world's land
• Only in Japan and Peru are women more active in starting a business than men
• Women do two-thirds of the world's work but receive only 10% of the world's income

Source: http://www.internationalwomensday.com/facts.asp

Now watch this video in which James Bond is challenged by M to think about gender inequality.

Tell us what you think by leaving a comment.

World Water Day

World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.

You can have a look at some beautiful images from around the world here and here, or send your friends a World Water Day e-card (in English, of course).

You can also watch this interesting video on the importance of clean water for children.