Common European Framework for

Learning English
 Levels in Learning English
European Standard
Council of
Levels Description
Europe levels

The capacity to deal with material which is academic or cognitively demanding, and to
Proficient C2 use language to good effect at a level of performance which may in certain respects be
more advanced than that of an average native speaker.
Mastery Example: CAN scan texts for relevant information, and grasp main topic of text, reading
user almost as quickly as a native speaker.
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The ability to communicate with the emphasis on how well it is done, in terms of
C1 appropriacy, sensitivity and the capacity to deal with unfamiliar topics.
Example: CAN deal with hostile questioning confidently. CAN get and hold onto his/her
Effective turn to speak.
Operational All practice tests at this level
Proficiency

The capacity to achieve most goals and express oneself on a range of topics.
Independent B2 Example: CAN show visitors around and give a detailed description of a place.
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Vantage
user
The ability to express oneself in a limited way in familiar situations and to deal in a
B1 general way with nonroutine information.
Example: CAN ask to open an account at a bank, provided that the procedure is
Threshold straightforward.
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An ability to deal with simple, straightforward information and begin to express oneself
Basic User A2 in familiar contexts.
Example: CAN take part in a routine conversation on simple predictable topics.
Waystage All exams and practice tests at this level

A basic ability to communicate and exchange information in a simple way.

A1 Example: CAN ask simple questions about a menu and understand simple answers.
Practice tests at A1 level
Breakthrough
A1
1. Adjectives: common and demonstrative
2. Adverbs of frequency
3. Comparatives and superlatives
4. Going to
5. How much/how many and very
6. common uncountable nouns
7. I’d like
8. Imperatives (+/-)
9. Intensifiers= strengthening other expressions - very basic e.g: very, at all, too, really, extremely, absolutely,
etc
10. Modals: can/can’t/could/couldn’t
11. Past simple of “to be”
12. Past Simple
13. Possessive adjectives; e.g: my, your, his, her, thier, our, its.
14. Possessive s
15. Prepositions, common
16. Prepositions of place
17. Prepositions of time, including in/on/at
18. Present continuous
19. Present simple
20. Pronouns: simple, personal
21. Questions
22. There is/are
23. To be, including question+negatives
24. Verb + ing: like/hate/love

A2
1. Adjectives – comparative, – use of than and definite article
2. Adjectives – superlative – use of definite article
3. Adverbial phrases of time, place and frequency – including word order
4. Adverbs of frequency
5. Articles – with countable and uncountable nouns
6. Countables and Uncountables:much/many
7. Future Time (will and going to)
8. Gerunds
9. Going to
10. Imperatives
11. Modals – can/could
12. Modals – have to
13. Modals – should
14. Past continuous
15. Past simple
16. Phrasal verbs – common
17. Possessives – use of ‘s, s’
18. Prepositional phrases (place, time and movement)
19. Prepositions of time: on/in/at
20. Present continuous
21. Present continuous for future
22. Present perfect
23. Questions
24. Verb + ing/infinitive: like/want-would like
25. Wh-questions in past
26. Zero and 1st conditional
B1
1. Adverbs
Broader range of intensifiers such
as too, enough
Comparatives and superlatives
Complex question tags
Conditionals, 2nd and 3rd
Connecting words expressing
cause and effect, contrast etc.
 Future continuous
Modals - must/can’t deduction
Modals – might, may, will, probably
Modals – should have/might have/etc
Modals: must/have to
Past continuous
Past perfect
Past simple
Past tense responses
Phrasal verbs, extended
Present perfect continuous
Present perfect/past simple
Reported speech(range of tenses)
Simple passive
Wh- questions in the past
Will and going to, for prediction

B2
1. Adjectives and adverbs
Future continuous
Future perfect
Future perfect continuous
Mixed conditionals
Modals – can’t have, needn’t have
Modals of deduction and speculation
Narrative tenses
Passives
Past perfect
Past perfect continuous
Phrasal verbs, extended
Relative clauses
Reported speech
Will and going to, for prediction
Wish
Would expressing habits, in the past

C1
1. Futures (revision)
2. Inversion with negative adverbials:
a. Seldom have i seen such beautiful work -> Inversion form
I have seldom seen such beautiful work -> normal way
b. No sooner had we aarrived home than the police rang the doorbell>Inversion
c. Not until I saw John with my own eyes did i really believe he was safe > inversion comes in the second part
of the sentence
d. If i had been there, this problem wouldn’t have happened> normal way ( had I been there, this problem
wouldn’t have happened)> inversion with conditional
e. All the money we had lost was on the table > normal way , (on the table was all the money we had lost) >
inversion with adverb of place
f. The girl was so beautiful that nobody could talk of anything else > norlmal way, ( so beautiful was the girl
that nobody could talk of anything else) > inversion with so+adjective ...... that
3.
Mixed conditionals in past, present
and future
Modals in the past
Narrative tenses for experience,
incl. passive
Passive forms, all
Phrasal verbs, especially splitting
Wish/if only regrets