B1 LEVEL

Youth Centre

B1 Worksheet

Vocabulary

  1. Youth centre
    A place where young people can go to relax, play, and get support.

  2. Mentor
    An adult who gives advice and support to young people.

  3. Estate
    A group of homes built next to each other where many families live.

  4. Resources
    Money, equipment, or other things that help people.

  5. Founder
    A person who starts a business, project, or organization.

  6. Safe space
    A place where people feel secure and protected.

  7. Coach
    A person who trains or teaches sports.

  8. Respect
    A feeling of admiration for someone or something, shown by treating them well.

Grammar Points

  1. Present Simple Tense
    Used for facts and general truths (e.g., "The centre helps young people stay away from trouble.").

  2. Past Simple Tense
    Used for completed actions in the past (e.g., "Sayce worked for over 10 years to make this centre a reality.").

  3. Relative Clauses
    Used to add extra information (e.g., "Sayce Holmes-Lewis is the person who started Mentivity Youth Centre.").

  4. Comparatives
    Used to compare two things (e.g., "The centre is safer than the streets.").

  5. Modals (can, should, must)
    Used to express ability, necessity, or advice (e.g., "The centre can help young people make better choices.").

  6. First Conditional
    Used for real or likely future events (e.g., "If Sayce gets more funding, he will open more centres.").

Activities

Activity 1
Sentence Reordering

Instructions
Put the words in the correct order to make meaningful sentences.

  1. helps / choices / young / good / make / the / people / centre

  2. for / companies / resources / the / provided / big / centre

  3. Ayomide / young / mentors / other / people / now

Activity 2
True or False

Instructions
Write True or False for each statement. If false, correct it.

  1. The youth centre is located in North London.

  2. Sayce Holmes-Lewis was a football coach before starting Mentivity.

  3. Ayomide was always a mentor at the centre.

Activity 3
Writing Practice

Instructions
Write 3-5 sentences about why youth centres are important.

Questions

  1. Why do you think Sayce wanted to create Mentivity?

  2. Do you think youth centres can prevent problems in communities? Why?

  3. Where did Sayce grow up?