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English Step by Step — 120 Steps to C2
One clear path from your very first English sentence to near-native C2: 120 steps, and every step gives you a short text to read, the grammar you need, key structures, an idiom, new words and a quick check. Finish all 120 steps and you will stand at the door of C2.
Start at Step 1 Not sure? Test your level firstSmall steps, every day — that is how big journeys are made. One step a day, and in four months you will not believe how far you have come. Finished steps are saved on this device.
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A1 World — Green Valley
Steps 1 to 20
1✓Hello!2✓Who Are You?3✓This and That4✓My Family5✓Numbers and Time6✓Every Day7✓He Works, She Plays8✓Questions and Answers9✓Where Is It?10✓Food and Drink11✓I Can Do It12✓Right Now!13✓Yesterday14✓A Busy Weekend15✓Clothes and Colours16✓My House17✓The Weather18✓Plans for the Weekend19✓At the Restaurant20✓Checkpoint A1 👑
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A2 World — River Town
Steps 21 to 40
21✓My Story So Far22✓Bigger and Better23✓The Best Day Ever24✓Plans and Promises25✓How Much, How Many?26✓Getting Around27✓At the Doctor's28✓Jobs and Work29✓Shopping Day30✓Experiences31✓Just, Already, Yet32✓Rules of the Game33✓Good Advice34✓Linking Ideas35✓On the Phone36✓Travel Plans
37People and Personality
38In the City
39A Letter Home
40Checkpoint A2 👑
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B1 World — Big City
Steps 41 to 65
41Experiences and Results
42How Long?
43If It Rains…
44Dreams and Wishes
45It Was Built
46He Said That…
47The Man Who…
48I Used To…
49Get It Done
50At Work
51Once Upon a Time
52The Interrupted Action
53Before That Happened…
54Maybe, Perhaps
55It Must Be True
56Too Much, Enough
57Bored or Boring?
58Just As Good
59In My Opinion
60Money Matters
61Health and Habits
62In the News
63Story Time 1
64Real American Speech
65Checkpoint B1 👑
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B2 World — High Mountains
Steps 66 to 90
66Still Going
67The Earlier Past
68By 2030…
69If Only…
70Mixed Worlds
71I Wish…
72He Asked Me If…
73Have It Done
74Get Things Done
75However…
76I Do Agree!
77Work It Out
78Make or Do?
79The Professional
80Arguing a Point
81Deep Feelings
82Technology Today
83Our Planet
84Crime and the Law
85Story Time 2
86Colour Idioms
87Money Talks
88Formal or Friendly?
89Exam English
90Checkpoint B2 👑
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C1 World — Castle of Mastery
Steps 91 to 110
91Never Have I…
92What I Need Is…
93The Committee Insists…
94Were It Not For…
95Having Finished…
96The Nominal Style
97Perhaps, Possibly…
98Character Idioms
99English Metaphors
100Strong Partners
101The Essay
102The Art of Persuasion
103Say, Tell, Speak, Talk
104Irony and Humour
105Story Time 3
106The Interview
107Big Ideas
108Culture and Society
109As Old As Sayings
110Checkpoint C1 👑
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C2 World — The Stars
Steps 111 to 120
111Literary Openings
112The Perfect Word
113Power and Politics
114Official Language
115Saying Less
116Building Long Texts
117British Understatement, American Directness
118Story Time 4
119The Final Review
120Graduation 👑
New steps are added in batches — the map above is the complete 120-step journey from A1 to the door of C2.