hello lovely students and welcome back to English with Lucy recently I sent out a survey to my students and over 40 percent of you said that you are working towards a B2 level of English and it made me think why why does everyone want to have the B2 level today I have got a test and a lesson for you I have created 10 questions at high B2 level this test will show you if you have currently have a B2 level or if you're close to achieving one or if you have some way to go I have 10 questions it's a mixture of both grammar and vocabulary we're going to do each question one by one and then we're going to discuss the answers but firstly why does everybody want this B2 level of English and what is it what is the B2 B2 is regarded as an upper intermediate level of English as defined by the cefr in my opinion an experience as a teacher the B2 level is really where you start to become fluent in English you move from being a learner of English to a more confident speaker of English when you have the B2 level you will be able to spontaneously interact which is what lots of people want to do they want to join in conversations you'll be able to follow more complex conversations you'll be able to speak without too much strain without thinking too hard life just becomes that little bit easier when you have the B2 level of a language before we start the test and the explanations of the answers I would like to tell you something really exciting I'd like to make an announcement we are launching our B2 English program if you would like to learn more click on the link in the description box let's get started with the test just a disclaimer that this test is meant as a guide and not as an official certification remember to share your scores and results in the comments section okay first exercise take a look at this sentence here I chatted to my best friend from childhood about our first day at school last week now we have another sentence and I want you to complete it Chantal and I took a trip up memory Avenue around memory Street or down memory lane which option is correct I'll give you five seconds that's right there is no other place to reminisce but Memory Lane it's a lovely expression a lovely B2 level expression okay exercise number two take a look at this sentence we need to rearrange the words to make a sentence here are your three options I'll give you five seconds to choose which one is correct thank you my cousin finally received the card I sent but it shouldn't have taken so long this one was hard and if I hadn't given you the options it would have been super hard so we say it shouldn't have Plus past participle when our expectations aren't met we cover modals of expectation in week seven of the beautiful British English B2 program again if you want to learn more about that click on the link in the description box okay number three a vocabulary question if I want to describe someone as immature and inexperienced where would they be wet where would they be wet Claude is wet on his feet under his nails behind his ears I'll give you five seconds behind his ears C is correct yeah it's strange but true we associate being wet behind the ears with being very young now I actually read that this expression comes from how the amniotic fluid on newborn farm animals lastly dries behind their ears it could also be from mother animals or maternal animals licking their babies behind the ears to clean them I think it's a really cute expression let's look at the next one number four take a look at this sentence I'll put on my best clothes later ready to go to an expensive restaurant there's another sentence tonight I'm getting dressed up to the which number could I use we have nines tens or elevens I'll give you five seconds it should be nines tonight I'm getting dressed up to the nines now you would think that we would always use the number 10 to denote Perfection right or not as far as dressing up goes we dress up to the nines and that's as good as it gets however being called a 10 is a real compliment you're a 10 or you're a 10 out of 10 that means you're perfect okay number five let's take a look at this sentence I need to give my friend some advice I really don't think he should wear that strong aftershave on his date what should I say to them which is the best option you hadn't better wear that aftershave you had better not wear that aftershave or you had not better wear that aftershave I'll give you five seconds to decide foreign it should be the second option you had better not I know this one was hard the word hadn't isn't correct in this case when we're giving advice we use had better plus infinitive instead of should and had better not plus infinitive instead of shouldn't we cover other semi-modal verbs like this in week five of the B2 course again if you want to learn more click on that link in the description box we are halfway through already how are you doing five out of five they've been quite hard let's move on to number six and see how we do with that okay take a look at this sentence my company has a really ambitious project we've agreed to a very short time frame what is the best way to say this we have three options we will have been finishing the project by the end of the year we will have finished the project at the end of the year or we will have finished the project by the end of the year I'll give you five seconds to decide which one is best foreign T by the end of the year yes we'll use the future perfect plus buy plus future time to talk about the time period within which something will be completed by the way the future perfect continuous plus four is used to talk about duration so we could say in March we will have been studying on the B2 program for three months we go deeply into the future tenses in the B2 program in week nine links down below okay number seven this one's about question tags as native speakers we use these all the time what is the question tag for questions starting with let's as in let's start should it be do we shall we or should we I'll give you five seconds it should be shall we it's interesting isn't it most question tags are self-explanatory can goes with can't R goes with Aunt and so on however suggestions starting with less require the question tag shall we add this to give the listener some agency they can say no at this point if this intrigues you then there are more question tags in week 8 of the B2 course the link to learn more is in the description box okay just three more questions now number eight can you identify the mistake in this sentence no one had any idea the pandemic would be so far-reaching okay should no one be no one with a space should any be some or should far-reaching not have a hyphen and be far reaching I'll give you five seconds to decide this one's a tricky one okay it should be no one spelling mistakes like this are very very common even for native English speakers I would predict that quite a large percentage of the UK doesn't know that no one should be separate with a space someone anyone everyone nobody somebody and everybody are written as one word but no one should be two words I know hyphens are confusing too however in the case of far-reaching the hyphen is correct as it's part of an adjective let's move on to number nine some people obsessively check the internet for bad news stories what are they doing we have Dooms reading Dooms scrolling and bad news scrolling I'll give you five seconds okay it should be Doom scrolling Doom scrolling I can't believe that this is a thing but it is sadly the English language is rapidly expanding to help us express ourselves in this modern technological digital world and doom scrolling is a new word that we're using more and more in the B2 program we really focus on real British English not school book English the English that native speakers genuinely use we also focus on analyzing the language used in real conversations more information down there there's too much to explain I'm just going to leave you with that link okay number 10 your last question read this sentence I got to booking an appointment with my hairdresser I'm seeing her on Friday which preposition fits here about at or around I'll give you five seconds it should be around this is a really nice phrasal verb I think to get around to doing something means to find the time to do it which we all know can be a big problem now I wonder have I mentioned my B2 program yet and the fact that there's a link in the description box yeah one last mention is that we have absolutely filled this course with loads of useful phrasal verbs and idioms as well the ones that we genuinely use in everyday conversations aside from that we also have a huge focus on pronunciation throughout the course we're going to eliminate your bad habits and rebuild great English pronunciation habits we also have a huge focus on conversations we take real conversations and we analyze them and break them down you cover B2 level grammar B2 level vocabulary including idioms and phrasal verbs conversation breakdown and Analysis and British English pronunciation everything you need to know is down there in that description box right how did you do in this test I don't expect you to have got 100 or 10 out of 10 if you did a huge congratulations here are my rankings for today's test if you got zero to three firstly well done this was really tough so to even get any is amazing you should probably look to work towards a lower level before going for a B2 course I also run a beautiful British English B1 program and I've left the information down there if you scored between four and six you are on track that's a fantastic achievement you're really doing quite well with your vocabulary and grammar there if you scored between seven and nine congratulations according to this very short Limited Test you are really working towards a B2 level and if you scored 10 out of 10 get out of my classroom you don't need me no I'm joking if you scored 10 out of 10 that's incredible make sure you put it in the comments section below so that we can celebrate you and your achievement right that's it from me today I hope you enjoyed this test and I hope you learned something don't forget to connect with me on all of my social media you can also check out my courses and you can take a look at my website English with lucy.com where I have lots of amazing lessons and an interactive pronunciation tool I will see you soon in another lesson [Music] [Music]