English level guide · CEFR A1
Reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as a Beginner (A1) learner
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz sits at the upper edge of A1 (Beginner): an ambitious but achievable stretch, with tap-to-define support to carry you over the harder vocabulary.
Updated June 2026
How The Wonderful Wizard of Oz reads at A1
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 A1. Watch especially for past simple storytelling — 'she walked', 'they said', 'it happened'.
At a glance
What A1 readers can do
- Understand familiar everyday words and very basic phrases.
- Follow very short, simple texts one phrase at a time.
- Recognise names, words and simple sentences in a short story.