Level Chart

Council of Europe level

A1
ALTE level
Breakthrough
Cambridge ESOL exam
City & Guilds
Adult & young
adult courses
Exam
materials

Readers
Dictionaries
Business
materials

IELTS 0 2
Preliminary

Inside Out
Reward
Starter
Straightforward
KET Testbuilder
Ready for PET
PET Testbuilder
Rising Star Intermediate
Rising Star Pre-FCE
First Certificate Star
Laser Intermediate
Laser Pre-FCE
Laser FCE
Ready for First Certificate
First Certificate PassKey
First Certificate Testbuilder
Practice Tests for First Certificate
Skills for First Certificate series
Ready for CAE
CAE Testbuilder
New Proficiency PassKey
New Proficiency Testbuilder
IELTS Foundation
IELTS Testbuilder
Language Practice
Macmillan Readers
Macmillan Essential Dictionary
Macmillan English Dictionary
In Company
Business Builder
Business Grammar Builder
BEC Preliminary Testbuilder
BEC Vantage Testbuilder

A2

B1

1 Elementary
Waystage user
KET, IELTS 3
Access

Elementary
Elementary

B2

C1

C2

2 Lower intermediate 3 Upper intermediate 4 Lower advanced

Threshold user
Independent user
Competent user
PET, BEC Prelim., IELTS 4 FCE, BEC Vantage, IELTS 5 CAE, BEC Higher, IELTS 6
Achiever
Communicator
Expert

Pre-intermediate
Pre-intermediate
Pre-intermediate

Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate

Upper-intermediate
Upper-intermediate

Elementary

Intermediate

First Certificate

Elementary

Pre-intermediate

Intermediate

5 Upper advanced
Good user
CPE, IELTS 7 8
Mastery

Advanced

Advanced

Upper-intermediate