The B1 course, anchored to the Cambridge B1 Preliminary exam. Ten units of Britain Explained — Tom, thirty-four years on the number 38, and Nila from the radio, tell you how Britain actually works, in 100 minutes of podcast audio. Everything you read, hear and play is built from the same unit — and a separate 20-week exam track takes you to the certificate.
The numbers are the route: e-book first, then ears before eyes — listen to the episode before the transcript tasks — and the game seals the unit. Finished with a unit? It stays open on the route below.
Unit 2 “The Crown and the Country”: the full interactive e-book — the reading, the Grammar Clinic on for/since, and the 18 monarchy words.
Open the e-book → 2Grace at the railings — sixty years on a doorstep, one Friday morning — then the Culture File: what a king is actually for. Ears first! (Audio in production; the script is on the page.)
Listen → 3The full Episode 2 script, word for word — the monarchy words in amber, every for/since and perfect form in teal — with numbered tasks, part by part.
Do the tasks → 4Walk Grace's story yourself — the wet Tuesday, the persuasion, the flag, the hymn — and tick the Changing of the Guard off a sixty-year list.
Play →Little and often beats long and rare. Two tiny habits, right here: your words come back on the day your memory needs them, and your streak keeps you honest (one missed day is forgiven each week).
Minhas palavras de hoje — repetição espaçada: a palavra volta no dia certo.
Minha sequência — toque quando praticar (ouvir, ler, jogar — vale tudo!).
One unit, one piece of how Britain works. Ride the route with Tom and Nila — units open as they are authored.
Finish the review on the unit page first — then claim your star and print your certificate. Termine a revisão na página da unidade, depois imprima seu certificado!
A separate extension for after the ten units: one part of the real B1 Preliminary exam per week, a mini-mock every fourth week, and a full-mock block in weeks 17–20.
🎓 B1 Preliminary Exam Track: the 20-week map, four equal papers part by part, real timings, and the score bands — including the stretch target: Grade A certifies at B2. Open the track →45 min · 6 parts · 32 questions · 25% · from notices to the gapped text.
45 min · 2 tasks of ~100 words · 25% · an email, then an article or story.
30 min · 4 parts · 25 questions · 25% · everything plays twice.
10–12 min per pair · 4 parts · 25% · interview, long turn, collaboration, conversation.
The whole of Britain Explained in objects — money, maps, medals and the media of four nations.
Colleges, quads and questions: where big ideas learned to speak English.
The university behind your exam — and the river that taught it to think.