What is B2?

Today I feel that I should jump right into it. You must be slightly worried about the upcoming exams, which is understandable. Now let’s be clear on one thing. Roughly speaking both Avanzado 1 and Avanzado 2 deal with basically the same stuff. So the obvious question is “what exactly is B2 material?” Here is a table that might help you come to terms with the kind of production I expect from you:

Area	Not good enough	B2
Specific vocabulary	The story happens in Prague	The film is set in Prague
Verb patterns	I’m sorry that I said that	I regret saying that
Collocations	A lot of traffic	Heavy traffic
Verb + Prepositions	He is like somebody that I know	He reminds me of someone I know
If only / I wish	I would like to know how to tell you	If only I knew how to tell you
Lexical strategies	Erm…..	I don’t know how to put it
Command of tenses	I waited for an hour and then he came	By the time he turned up I had been waiting for over an hour