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Hindi reading texts by level

35 texts from A1 to B1, 3 757 words in all, with 124 comprehension questions. Each text shows how much of it is explained in this site’s vocabulary — calculated, not claimed.

A1 (12)

A1  ·  86 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

Ravi’s Morning

An ordinary school morning, from getting up to the bus.

A1  ·  75 words  ·  1 min

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At the Vegetable Market

Buying vegetables and fruit, and a bag that is too heavy.

A1  ·  83 words  ·  1 min

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My Family

A girl introduces her family, one person at a time.

A1  ·  71 words  ·  1 min

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A Rainy Day

No umbrella, a heavy shower and a friend who has two.

A1  ·  80 words  ·  1 min

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A New Friend

A new student from abroad, a first conversation and a lunch together.

A1  ·  79 words  ·  1 min

StoryFilms

Sunday at the Cinema

A brother and sister go to the cinema: a crowd, a cold hall and a very long film.

A1  ·  74 words  ·  1 min

StoryFamily

Grandma’s Garden

A grandmother, a small garden and the best tomato dish in the family.

A1  ·  75 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

The Forgotten Umbrella

Dark clouds in the morning, a downpour at noon and a friend with a big blue umbrella.

A1  ·  74 words  ·  1 min

DialogueFilms

At the Ticket Window

Two friends want tickets for six o’clock, and six o’clock is full.

A1  ·  55 words  ·  1 min

DialogueFamily

Seven O’Clock

A mother wakes her son for school, and he would like five more minutes.

A1  ·  51 words  ·  1 min

MessageEveryday life

Come to the Market!

Two friends make a plan by chat: four o’clock, the station and an umbrella.

A1  ·  57 words  ·  1 min

EmailEveryday life

My New Flat

An e-mail to a friend: two rooms, a balcony, kind neighbours and an invitation.

A2 (12)

A2  ·  105 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

The Train Journey

A night train to visit grandparents, and a conversation with strangers.

A2  ·  93 words  ·  1 min

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Grandmother’s Birthday

A family gathering for a grandmother’s seventieth birthday.

A2  ·  86 words  ·  1 min

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The Lost Wallet

A wallet left in an auto-rickshaw, and a driver who brings it back.

A2  ·  104 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

The First Job

The first day at a new job, from nerves to the first small mistake.

A2  ·  106 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

At the Doctor’s

A fever, a day off work and some advice that is not followed at first.

A2  ·  108 words  ·  1 min

StoryFilms

The Old Cinema

A grandfather’s cinema from his childhood shows its last film.

A2  ·  104 words  ·  1 min

StoryFamily

A Watch for Raksha Bandhan

A sister comes home for the festival and gets the same present as last year.

A2  ·  103 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

The Wallet in the Auto-Rickshaw

A lost wallet, a worried evening and a knock at nine o’clock.

A2  ·  89 words  ·  1 min

DialogueFilms

Which Film Shall We See?

Two friends choose a film: a love story with good songs, or something funny?

A2  ·  88 words  ·  1 min

DialogueFamily

A Video Call with Grandma

A student far from home calls his grandmother: her health, his food and the Diwali holidays.

A2  ·  78 words  ·  1 min

MessageEveryday life

Maths Tomorrow

Three classmates plan an evening of revision in the library.

A2  ·  71 words  ·  1 min

EmailEveryday life

Three Days Off School

A pupil writes to her teacher: a wedding in the village, three days away and a plan for the homework.

B1 (11)

B1  ·  154 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

In a New City

Moving for work, the first lonely weeks and a neighbour who helps.

B1  ·  185 words  ·  2 min

StoryEveryday life

Working from Home

What one office worker gained by working from home, and what she missed.

B1  ·  169 words  ·  1 min

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The Old Market

An old market street, its closed shops and an attempt to revive it.

B1  ·  187 words  ·  2 min

StoryEveryday life

What a Library Is For

A town library in an age of screens, seen from its reading room.

B1  ·  184 words  ·  2 min

StoryFilms

Cinema in the Colony

A retired teacher shows films on a park wall every Saturday — and the neighbours start talking to each other.

B1  ·  178 words  ·  1 min

StoryFamily

When the Son Left

A mother tells how her son moved to another city for his first job — and what she learned from it.

B1  ·  164 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

The Wrong Station

An interview in another town, an early train, a short sleep — and a stranger with a brother who drives a taxi.

B1  ·  149 words  ·  1 min

DialogueFilms

I Want to Make Films

A daughter tells her father she wants to study film-making — and shows him she has thought it through.

B1  ·  142 words  ·  1 min

DialogueFamily

Looking After Father

A brother, a sister and a daughter-in-law plan the weeks after their father’s operation.

B1  ·  132 words  ·  1 min

MessageEveryday life

No Water Tomorrow

The housing society’s group chat: a tank is cleaned, a guest is expected and the neighbours organise themselves.

B1  ·  118 words  ·  1 min

EmailEveryday life

The Wrong Sari

A customer writes to an online shop: wrong colour, a stain, and an engagement on Sunday.

Learning words one at a time and practising grammar one point at a time is work on separate parts. A text is the first thing that needs both at once — and the only exercise where nobody tells you which rule is being tested.

What makes a graded text is a number: how much of it you already know at your level. If it is too low, reading turns into looking things up. Here that number is calculated for every text against this site’s vocabulary and shown with the text — together with the level that follows from it, next to the level on the label.

Every text is written for this site. Click a word to look it up without leaving the page.

What is measured here — and what is not

Coverage tells you about this site’s vocabulary, not about the text. If a text stands at 96 %, four words in a hundred are not explained anywhere here; they are then in the glossary next to the text.

The measured level can be below the stated one, and that is intentional. A set of minutes made up of perfectly ordinary words can be a very hard text — what makes it hard is the sentences they sit in. That is why the average sentence length is shown alongside.

Whether a text is good is measured by nobody here. That is for the reader to decide.