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One Minute English for High-Intermediate - Level B2

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What do you usually eat for breakfast?

Lesson Activities

How to Practice Listening Comprehension

  • Play the video.
  • Answer the questions as you listen.
  • Check your answers when you finish.

How to Practice Vocabulary

  • Review the vocabulary from the video below.
  • Complete the blanks below with words from the lesson.
  • Check your answers. Correct any answers that are wrong!

occupied

Meaning: Controlled or taken over by another country or group.

Examples:

  1. The city was occupied by foreign soldiers.
  2. Our land was occupied for many years.

colonialism

Meaning: The practice of one country controlling another country and its people.

Examples:

  1. Colonialism often changes the culture of a country.
  2. Many countries became independent after years of colonialism.

military

Meaning: Related to soldiers or the armed forces.

Examples:

  1. The country has a strong military.
  2. He joined the military when he was 18.

habits

Meaning: Regular ways of doing things.

Examples:

  1. She has good study habits.
  2. Drinking tea in the morning is one of my habits.

actually

Meaning: Used to show the real truth or fact.

Examples:

  1. I thought it was easy, but actually it was hard.
  2. She’s actually older than she looks.

Vocabulary Quiz

Complete the sentences below with the vocabulary words.
actually • just as • colonialism
occupied • military
  1. She was a soldier in the .
  2. Due to , the country uses English as an official language.
  3. Bobby is good at sports as school.
  4. Parts of America used to be by the French.
  5. Sandra prefers salad instead of chocolate.

How to Practice Grammar

  • Choose the correct word for each blank.
  • Check you score at the end. Three attempts are allowed.
  • Study Tip - Play the video and choose the words as you listen.

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