Improve Your Reading

Reading helps you discover the world, develop your imagination, improve your vocabulary and communication, reduce stress & improve concentration … +   IT IS FUN!

Reading comprehension is the ability to understand a written text and the crucial link to effective reading.

 

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https://test-english.com/

 This is a great page where you will find free activities and tests to improve your English. 

Here are some of the activities they offer.

Elementary

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 A1 Reading Tests » My next summer holiday plan

A1 Reading Tests » What is wearable technology?

A1 Reading Tests » Pancake Day (British Traditions)

A1 Reading Tests » Memories of my first day at school

A1 Reading Tests » What do you do with your free time?

and many more  A1  reading tests

Pre-intermediate

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A2 Reading Tests » Hobbies: Why do people collect?

A2 Reading Tests » Why aren’t babies born on certain days?

A2 Reading Tests » Accommodation

A2 Reading Tests » Black Friday

A2 Reading Tests » It is in the news

and many more  A2  reading tests

Intermediate UPPER INTERMEDIATE

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B1 Reading Tests » Five restaurant reviews

B1 Reading Tests » The arm of Liberty

B1 Reading Tests » Learning English Forum

B1+  Reading Tests » Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO)

B1+  Reading Tests » Food miles: Is buying local food always better?

and many more  B1/ B1+  reading tests

Pre-advanced 

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B2 Reading Tests » Personality and health 

B2 Reading Tests » Teeange Socila Media Millionaires

B2 Reading Tests » Is banning single-use plastic the right option? 

B2 Reading Tests » How to stay fit, happy & healthy 

and many more  B2  reading tests

 

https://www.englishclub.com/reading/

Test Your English Reading Level

This free test evaluates how well you understand what you read in English. It is strictly called a Written Comprehension Test because it shows how well you comprehend what somebody writes. You have 15 minutes to do this test. You must stop after 15 minutes and press the «YOUR SCORE IS…» button. There are 20 questions.

CHILDREN’S STORIES

With vocabulary and comprehension exercises for young learners of English. With audio. Written and read by Tara Benwell.

ELEMENTARY

Too Tiny for Tea

The Chickens Take a Holiday

 

LOWER-INTERMEDIATE

Good Neighbours

The Lucky Octopus

 

INTERMEDIATE

INKY-PINKY-POOH

Maxwell Loses a Tooth

The Bears’ Night Out

SHORT STORIES

UPPER-INTERMEDIATE

The Winepress  1500 words

This short story is set in Madagascar and France. It tells about wine and love – and hate. And about a winepress, the machine used to press the grapes from which wine is made.

The Winepress

The Winepress Vocabulary

The Winepress Vocabulary Quiz

The Winepress Comprehension Quiz

The Winepress Comments

 

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/

A2 graded reading

Are you a pre-intermediate (CEFR level A2) learner of English? Click here and choose your story.

B1 graded reading

Are you an intermediate (CEFR level A2) learner of English? Click here and choose your story.

B2 graded reading

Are you an upper intermediate (CEFR level A2) learner of English? Click here and choose your story.

 

Free English (ESL / EFL) Learning Resources

Bruce Lee – reading exercises

Fast Food – reading exercises

Mark Twain – reading exercises

Michael Jordan – reading exercises

 

Mainly INTERMEDIATE – ADVANCED

Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format presented in 12 different readibilty levels. Activities  and a PDF  are also available for each reading passage. 

ELEMENTARY – The Hare and The Hedgehog by Grimm Brothers –  Readability: Level: 2.0  – Word Count: 1,076

 

BITS  – English Language Learning : Listen & Read

INTERMEDIATE – ADVANCED

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, Click here to enjoy his adventures:  4 novels and 53 short storie

ADVANCED – The Five Orange Pips  by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  –  PART 1      PART 2 

ADVANCED – The Adventure of The Speckled Band  by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle  PART 1     PART 2     PART 3

2024/25 2º BTO –

graded reading INTERMEDIATE –  The Five Orange Pips  by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

graded reading INTERMEDIATE –  The Adventure of The Speckled Band  by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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