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Spanish books by CEFR level
The numbers for each level: words per lesson, the tenses that turn up, and what you can read here for free.
90 free lessons, A1 to B2.
Start at the beginning
The four levels, side by side
| Level | Free lessons | Words a lesson | Words in all | What arrives at this level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | 20 | 124 | 2,489 | The present tense, and the first past tenses at the end |
| A2 | 22 | 231 | 5,089 | The preterite and the imperfect, the future, the conditional |
| B1 | 24 | 329 | 7,887 | The subjunctive, from the first lesson of the level |
| B2 | 24 | 544 | 13,050 | The imperfect subjunctive, unreal conditions, register |
Word counts are of the Spanish story alone. Vocabulary, grammar, exercises and the 16 review units come on top.
How to tell which level you are
Not with a test. Open the level you think you are, read the sample at the top, and:
- If it costs you nothing, you are above that level. Go up one.
- If it costs you something, that is your level. Stay there.
- If you stop more than once a sentence, go down one. Reading below your level is how the level rises.
- Spanish books at A1 level20 lessonsThe present tense, and the first past tenses at the end
- Spanish books at A2 level22 lessonsThe preterite and the imperfect, the future, the conditional
- Spanish books at B1 level24 lessonsThe subjunctive, from the first lesson of the level
- Spanish books at B2 level24 lessonsThe imperfect subjunctive, unreal conditions, register
What is free, and what is not
The ninety lessons, the 16 review units, the grammar pages, the verb tables and the glossary are free, with no sign-up. So is the first chapter of each novel: Don Quixote, Eighty Days, The War of the Worlds and Treasure Island.
What costs money is the same material on paper or in one file: the eight volumes of the course in paperback and on Kindle, and the EPUB and PDF editions.