FREE: PET Smart Lesson 1, First Impressions | Cambridge B1 Preliminary Reading Part 1

Lesson 1 of PET Smart, complete and free: a 60-minute B1 reading lesson that introduces Cambridge B1 Preliminary for Schools Reading Part 1 (signs, notices and short messages) inside an ordinary lesson about a new girl's first week at school.

Inside: key vocabulary with an optional Chinese gloss, a reading text with its own illustration, the exam task with an explanation of every wrong option, grammar taught before it is practised (present simple against present continuous, and the state verbs that stay simple), word practice with three phrasal verbs, a speaking round in Speaking Part 1 style, self-checking answers and a teacher sidebar with timing. Single HTML file: opens in any browser, works offline, nothing to install.

PET Smart, the full 41-lesson preparation course for Cambridge B1 Preliminary for Schools, is coming soon to this shop. Lesson 1 is free now, so you can see exactly how the course teaches before it arrives.

How to use: download the file and double-click it. The lesson opens in your browser, ready to teach.

This is exam-style practice aligned with Cambridge English B1 Preliminary for Schools. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Cambridge University Press & Assessment, and it contains no past-paper content.

Licence: for use by one teacher with their own students. Please do not resell, redistribute or share the files. Each teacher needs their own copy.

I've been teaching since 2017 and I build all my lessons from my own curriculum and classroom experience. I use AI to assist with the technical production (the HTML, CSS and JavaScript that make the interactivity work), but the content, question design, scaffolding and pedagogy are mine. I review everything before it goes out, and if you spot anything that needs fixing, let me know and I'll sort it.