Check your level

Level 1

For near beginners...
    • Language: simplified (graded)
    • Speed: slow
    • Sentence structure: simple
    • Vocabulary: basic

CEFR: A1    |    IELTS: 2-3    |    TOEIC: 200-250


Example 1

So you are from Italy and you're traveling to Tokyo.


Example 2

Well, we can go cycling.
I don't have a bike.

Level 2

For high beginners...
    • Language: simplified (graded)
    • Speed: slow
    • Sentence structure: mixed
    • Vocabulary: intermediate

CEFR: A2    |    IELTS: 3-4    |    TOEIC: 250-350


Example 1

Bob, you're not eating very much tonight. Don't you like the food?


Example 2

What do you think of the office?
It's brilliant and much bigger than our place in London.


Level 3

For low-intermediate learners.
    • Language: real/natural
    • Speed: almost normal
    • Sentence structure: mixed
    • Vocabulary: intermediate

CEFR: B1    |    IELTS: 4-5    |    TOEIC: 350-500


Example 1

You always seem to want things to be just like they used to be. That's the defintion of conservative.


Example 2

Personally, I think people in London are a lot more easy-going. London is just not as hectic as New York.

Level 4

For high-intermediate learners...
    • Language: real/natural
    • Speed: normal
    • Sentence structure: mixed
    • Vocabulary: intermediate + idiomatic

CEFR: B1+    |    IELTS: 5-6   |   TOEIC: 500-650


Example 1

Oh, I didn't know you liked french fries. Help yourself. What's mine is yours.


Example 2

Yes. I can see why you didn't want to use the word plan.
Let me do the talking.
Alright.

Level 5

For advanced learners...
    • Language: real/natural
    • Speed: normal
    • Sentence structure: complex
    • Vocabulary: advanced + academic

CEFR: B2    |    IELTS: 6-8    |    TOEIC: 650-850


Example 1

School is too easy.
Just when you think you've won the game, this trick done changed the rules.
Eddy, don't call your mother a trick.


Example 2

I just wanted to say thanks for talking to Colin and Isaac.
Why is your face so close to mine?
My initial plan was to hug you, but I just chickened out just now.

Level 6

For near fluent speakers...
    • Language: real/natural
    • Speed: normal
    • Sentence structure: complex
    • Vocabulary: advanced + academic + idiomatic

CEFR: C1    |    IELTS: 8+    |    TOEIC: 850+


Example 1

Romantic love as the basis for marriage has only existed since the 19th century. Up until then, arranged marriages were the norm, and it served society quite well.


Example 2

It can go one of either two ways. It can either collapse into a black hole, or it can explode in this massive energetic event called a supernova.