B1 Vocabulary Themes (Cambridge English)
1. Personal Information & Identity
- Names, nationality, age, marital status
- Appearance, personality, character traits
- Family relationships, life stages
2. House & Home
- Types of accommodation (flat, detached house, bungalow)
- Rooms and furniture
- Household chores, appliances
3. Daily Routine & Time
- Daily activities, work/school routines
- Telling the time, days, dates, seasons
- Frequency adverbs (always, often, sometimes)
4. Food & Drink
- Meals, ingredients, cooking methods
- Eating out, restaurants, menus
- Healthy/unhealthy food, diets
5. Shopping & Money
- Shops and services (supermarket, pharmacy)
- Prices, payment methods, budgeting
- Clothes, sizes, materials
6. Health & Body
- Parts of the body, common illnesses
- At the doctor’s, symptoms, treatment
- Fitness, exercise, lifestyle
7. Education & Work
- School subjects, exams, qualifications
- Jobs, workplaces, duties
- Applying for a job, CVs, interviews
8. Travel & Transport
- Means of transport, tickets, delays
- Holidays, accommodation, tourist attractions
- Directions, public transport
9. Holidays & Tourism
- Types of holidays (package, adventure, cruise)
- Weather and climate
- Sightseeing, souvenirs
10. Environment & Nature
- Weather, natural disasters
- Animals, plants, countryside
- Pollution, recycling, climate change
11. Technology & Communication
- Gadgets (smartphone, laptop, tablet)
- Internet, social media, email
- Phrasal verbs with turn on/off, look up, etc.
12. Media & Entertainment
- TV programmes, films, music
- Books, newspapers, reviews
- Hobbies, free-time activities
13. Sport & Leisure
- Individual and team sports
- Equipment, venues (stadium, gym)
- Winning/losing, competitions
14. People & Relationships
- Describing people (appearance, personality)
- Relationships (friends, colleagues, neighbours)
- Social situations, invitations
15. Society & Culture
- Festivals, traditions, customs
- Crime and punishment
- Rules and laws, citizenship
16. Feelings, Opinions & Experiences
- Adjectives for emotions (bored, excited, worried)
- Agreeing/disagreeing, giving opinions
- Past experiences, memories
17. Collocations & Word Formation
- Common verb + noun collocations (make a mistake, do homework)
- Prefixes/suffixes (-un, -ful, -ness, -tion)
- Compound nouns (toothbrush, traffic jam)
18. Phrasal Verbs (Common at B1)
put on, take off, fill in, find out
get up, look after, turn down, run out of, give up