English Together · Cambridge B1 Preliminary

Britain, explained —
ten stories, ten weeks.

Tom and Nila take one piece of how Britain actually works, every week. You hear it before you read it.

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Chapter 1 of 10 · one chapter a week

The course

One chapter a week. The boxes fill in as you go — tap any one to open it.

Colours:where you arefinished ★still ahead

Beyond the chapter

The chapter first. These carry it further.

The exam, and notes for teachers

🎓 The exam at the end — Cambridge B1 Preliminary
Reading

45 min · 6 parts · 32 questions · 25% — from notices to the gapped text.

Writing

45 min · 2 tasks of ~100 words · 25% — an email, then an article or story.

Listening

30 min · 4 parts · 25 questions · 25% — everything plays twice.

Speaking

10–12 min per pair · 4 parts · 25% — interview, long turn, collaboration, conversation.

The scale: 140–152 is a Grade C pass, 153–159 Grade B, and 160+ is Grade A — a certificate that says B2. Scores of 120–139 still earn an A2 certificate, so nobody leaves with nothing.

🗓 The exam track — 20 weeks to the certificate

A separate extension for after the ten chapters: one part of the real exam per week, a mini-mock every fourth week, and a full-mock block in weeks 17–20.

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🍎 What a chapter contains

One story, met four times over — then 15 modules across the six skills and the unit's Culture File, and a game that closes the chapter. The story audio and the Culture File audio both play inside the page. Nothing is a separate worksheet; the chapter is the lesson.

Progress is saved in the student's own browser. Nothing is uploaded, and no account is needed.

🏛 Beyond the classroom — heritage visits
The British Museum

The whole of Britain Explained in objects — money, maps, medals and the media of four nations.

Oxford

Colleges, quads and questions: where big ideas learned to speak English.

Cambridge

The university behind the exam — and the river that taught it to think.

Programmes through Seven Global, with visit guides written for the students' level of English.

🗺 The other levels

English Together runs from A1 to proficiency — each level with its own world and its own Cambridge exam: