Cool MateCEFR · Intermediate
B1 English.
Intermediate.
B1 is the level where English flips from a thing you study to a thing you use. Watch shows. Talk shop. Live abroad. All of it starts here.
Free to start. No textbook. No streak shame.
What is B1?
B1, the intermediate level.
Watch shows. Talk shop. Live abroad.
Who is it for?
Anyone who can handle daily life in English but still hits a wall the moment a topic gets specific, a joke gets fast, or the accent gets thick.
What you can do at B1
- Understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters at work, school, or leisure.
- Handle most situations a traveller meets, including unexpected complications.
- Produce simple connected text on familiar topics or personal interest.
- Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, and briefly justify opinions.
Sample words
What B1 English actually looks like.
Real B1 challenges from the Cool Mate feed. Tap any card to see the clip, audio, examples, and translations.
Set
B1verb
to prepare or arrange something so that it is ready for use or in position
Will
B1verb
to want or like
Plus
B1preposition
used when the two numbers or amounts mentioned are being added together
Truth
B1noun
the true facts about something, rather than the things that have been invented or guessed
Coin
B1noun
a small flat piece of metal used as money
File
B1noun
a box or folded piece of card for keeping loose papers together and in order
Kiss
B1verb
to touch somebody with your lips as a sign of love or sexual desire or when saying hello or goodbye
Breathe
B1verb
to take air into your lungs and send it out again through your nose or mouth
Mom
B1noun
a mother
Stuff
B1noun
used to refer to a substance, material, group of objects, etc. when you do not know the name, when the name is not important or when it is obvious what you are talking about
Mix
B1verb
if two or more substances or things mix or you mix them, they combine, usually in a way that means they cannot easily be separated
Economy
B1noun
the relationship between production, trade and the supply of money in a particular country or region
Why B1 matters
Real things you can do once B1 clicks.
Live in an English-speaking country and get by without a translator at your side.
Pass a job interview in English for an entry-to-mid role outside academia and medicine.
Stream a sitcom without subtitles and catch most of the plot, not all of the jokes.
Have an opinion in English, defend it for two minutes, and stop apologising for grammar.
How it works
Built for the way memory actually works.
Learn the phrase the way it's actually said.
Every challenge is a 3 to 15 second cut from a real show, news clip, or talk. You hear the rhythm, the stress, and the face behind the words.
An algorithm that times every clip.
An invisible Leitner box runs in the background. Each word comes back at the moment you're about to forget it. Fifty years of memory research, one tap.
Native audio, full speed and slow.
Every word has full-speed and slow-mo native audio. Tap once to copy the pronunciation the way a native actually says it.
Twelve native languages.
Definitions, examples, and grammar notes translate into your native language. Switch any time.
Up next
Where do you go from here?
B2 is where confidence catches up to comprehension. You stop searching for words mid-sentence. Worth the climb.
Questions
B1 English, answered.
Preparing for an English exam?
B1 sits where exam candidates live.
If you're working toward IELTS, TOEFL, PTE, Cambridge, or the Duolingo English Test, see how Cool Mate fits into your daily prep alongside mock tests and tutors.
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