English level guide · CEFR B1
Reading Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World as an Intermediate (B1) learner
Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World sits at the upper edge of B1 (Intermediate): an ambitious but achievable stretch, with tap-to-define support to carry you over the harder vocabulary.
Updated June 2026
How Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World reads at B1
Read it in shorter sittings and lean on the read-along audio: hearing each sentence as you see it keeps you moving when the vocabulary gets dense, and you can tap any unfamiliar word for a definition graded to B1. Watch especially for comparisons and scale language — 'six times taller than', 'no bigger than my thumb'.
At a glance
Key words at B1
Some of the B1-level words Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift introduces. See the full word list →
- ability/əˈbɪləˌti/B1
- the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
- aboard/əˈbɔrd/B1
- on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
- accept/əkˈsɛpt/B1
- consider or hold as true
- accomplish/əˈkɑmplɪʃ/B1
- put in effect
- accordingly/əˈkɔrdɪŋli/B1
- (sentence connectors) because of the reason given
- address/ˈæˌdrɛs/B1
- (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
- adjust/əˈʤəst/B1
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- advance/ədˈvæns/B1
- a movement forward
- advantage/ædˈvæntɪʤ/B1
- the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
- adventure/ədˈvɛnʧər/B1
- a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
What B1 readers can do
- Understand the main points of clear, standard texts on familiar matters.
- Read straightforward factual texts and simpler fiction with confidence.
- Follow a classic story when the language is graded to your level.