Core 1600 Graded Reading

What this band means
Texts in this band use the most common 1,600 words in English.

Why this works
You can handle a wider range of topics and more natural sentence patterns. Reading here builds reading speed and strengthens overall comprehension.

Reading tip
If reading feels smooth and enjoyable, you’re making good progress.

Choose any text below. You don’t need to read them in order.

Marie Curie

How one woman changed science

Joseph Nicephore Niepce

How one determined man invented photography

Vesna Vulovic

How a woman fell from the clouds and survived

Pompeii

How a natural disaster created history

Louis Pasteur

How one man changed the way we think about disease

The Wright Brothers

How two brothers learned to fly