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Polish reading texts by level

35 texts from A1 to B1, 3 442 words in all, with 118 comprehension questions. Each text shows how much of it is explained in this site’s vocabulary — calculated, not claimed.

A1 (12)

A1  ·  69 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

Moja rodzina

Kasia introduces her family: parents, a brother and an evening at the table.

A1  ·  77 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

Śniadanie w niedzielę

A long Sunday breakfast — and a daughter who is still asleep.

A1  ·  75 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

Nowe mieszkanie

Marek shows off his first flat of his own — small, bright and without a washing machine.

A1  ·  72 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

W sklepie

Ewa does the weekend shopping and can’t find the milk.

A1  ·  86 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

Na przystanku

Snow, a bus that doesn’t come, and a boss who is still at home too.

A1  ·  76 words  ·  1 min

StoryTravel

Pierwszy dzień w Krakowie

Lena’s first day in Kraków: a small hotel, a museum and pierogi in the evening.

A1  ·  54 words  ·  1 min

DialogueEveryday life

Poznajmy się

Kasia and Tom meet — and go for a coffee.

A1  ·  48 words  ·  1 min

MessageFamily

Kolacja u Oli

A brother and sister arrange dinner with their parents by text.

A1  ·  49 words  ·  1 min

NoteCare work

Kartka na lodówce

Anna leaves her father a note: tablets, lunch and a phone number.

A1  ·  40 words  ·  1 min

DialogueTravel

W kawiarni

Paul orders coffee and cake in a café — politely, with pan and pani.

A1  ·  45 words  ·  1 min

NoticeLiving there

Ważna informacja

A notice in the stairwell: the lift is out for two days, and there’s cake on Saturday.

A1  ·  79 words  ·  1 min

StoryCommuting across the border

Tydzień Piotra

Piotr lives in Szczecin and drives to work in Germany every day.

A2 (12)

A2  ·  95 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

Wakacje nad morzem

A week on the Baltic: sun, rain, a trip to Gdańsk and a lost wallet.

A2  ·  101 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

U lekarza

Tomasz has a cold, rings the office and goes to the doctor.

A2  ·  88 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

Pierwszy dzień w pracy

Krzysztof starts a new job in Warsaw — with a key, a password and lunch.

A2  ·  94 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

Nowi sąsiedzi

Mrs Halina is annoyed with the young family upstairs — until one evening the lights go out.

A2  ·  88 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

Urodziny babci

The family plans a party for Grandma Zofia — and Grandma knows nothing about it.

A2  ·  57 words  ·  1 min

DialogueCare work

W aptece

Jan has a sore throat and a cold and asks for advice at the chemist’s.

A2  ·  56 words  ·  1 min

EmailTravel

Pytanie o pokój

Sabine emails to ask about a room in Zakopane — with a bathroom, and with a dog.

A2  ·  90 words  ·  1 min

StoryFamily

Weekend u dziadków

Zosia and Kuba spend a weekend in the country — with a forest, a fox and a heart-shaped stone.

A2  ·  57 words  ·  1 min

MessageCommuting across the border

Pociąg się spóźnia

Adam’s train from Berlin is late, and his wife is waiting with dinner.

A2  ·  66 words  ·  1 min

DialogueTravel

Na dworcu

Klaus buys a ticket to Gdańsk at the counter and asks about the platform.

A2  ·  58 words  ·  1 min

AdvertEveryday life

Sprzedam rower

Kasia is selling her old bike because she’s moving abroad.

A2  ·  88 words  ·  1 min

StoryCare work

Babcia w szpitalu

Anna’s grandmother has to go into hospital, and the family takes turns.

B1 (11)

B1  ·  139 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

Szukam mieszkania

Julia is flat-hunting in Wrocław and learns to read the ads differently.

B1  ·  120 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

Awaria na autostradzie

On the way home from Berlin the car starts making noises, and Marek has to wait overnight.

B1  ·  118 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

Wigilia u dziadków

How one family spends Christmas Eve with the grandparents in the country.

B1  ·  120 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

Praca po drugiej stronie granicy

Agata lives in Słubice, works in Frankfurt (Oder) and walks across the bridge every morning.

B1  ·  138 words  ·  1 min

StoryEveryday life

Ewa i pani Gerda

Ewa cares for an elderly lady in Germany — a day that starts early.

B1  ·  187 words  ·  2 min

DialogueLiving there

W urzędzie

Hans wants to register his address in Gdańsk — and a signature is missing.

B1  ·  187 words  ·  2 min

EmailTrades

Kran w kuchni

Anna writes to the building management: the tap is dripping, and there are neighbours downstairs.

B1  ·  189 words  ·  2 min

StoryTrades

Remont łazienki

Tomek and Agnieszka do up their bathroom themselves — almost.

B1  ·  180 words  ·  2 min

DialogueCare work

Rozmowa o mamie

Katarzyna rings her mother’s carer and hears something that worries her.

B1  ·  177 words  ·  1 min

EmailCommuting across the border

Pytanie o podatek

Marek works in Germany, lives in Poland and sends his questions to a tax office.

B1  ·  179 words  ·  1 min

NoticeLiving there

Pralnia w piwnicy

A notice from the building management: a new laundry room, new rules.

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.

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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.