• Sight words help us read better. Use this resource to learn some new sight words and help collect as many nuts as possible!

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  • This site has lots of easy to read stories that focus on a particular vowel sound along with quizzes on the same vowel. There are 15 separate stories and quizzes in total for you to try. Happy reading!

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  • This is a collection of 7 games for children learning to read in English. Not all the games are practical, but they are all fun! "All About Me" and "Tongue Twisters" are especially helpful for practicing reading and pronunciation.

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  • Check out this fun directions game. Practice following instructions while completing a number of different challenges. Read the instructions carefully. Plot the shortest possible map routes between locations such as a park, school, café, swimming pool and skate park. Achieve the goals by clicking on sections of road and using the quickest possible route on the interactive map of the town.

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  • Dad

    What can Dad do? This is a very simple interactive book to help learners begin reading.

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  • Read about brothers Dan and Lee and learn how you COMPARE things that are alike, and CONTRAST things that are different. There are questions at the end of the book. If you have forgotten anything, click on the book symbol and go back to read again!

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  • SymbolWorld is a website created specifically by using symbols to aid users read. It has material for all ages and includes news, personal contributions, stories and learning materials. It is easy to navigate and has the option to personalise the layout and colours to suit any reader’s needs.

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  • An interactive audio book to help with basic listening and reading about looking after the environment. There is a short game to practice your recycling skills.

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  • This resource provides tidy, well-organized and concise Reading Exercises for Upper Elementary English language learners. Choose a story to practice your reading comprehension then click on a topic to see the lessons and exercises. For each story there are 3 exercises: Reading Comprehension Exercise, Re-creating the Story, and a Gap-Fill exercise.

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  • Dress the snowman by reading the text and following the instructions. Once you have got your snowman ready sing along to the well-known song.

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  • This site has more reading comprehension passages for beginners to practice their reading skills. Each passage comes with an audio file to listen to while you read, as well as a list of key vocabulary, with definitions, and 3-4 comprehension exercises.

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  • This site has lots of reading comprehension passages that are good for beginners to practice their reading skills. Each passage comes with an audio file to listen to while you read, as well as a list of key vocabulary, with definitions, and 3-4 comprehension exercises.

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  • A quick game to test your reading and listening skills. Listen and read the sentence, then answer each question.

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  • Read this story to find out how pumpkins grow and practice your vocabulary skills by using the interactive words to listen to the pronunciation as you go.

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  • What food do you like to eat when you go out? Look at the menu and do the exercises to practice and improve your reading skills.

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  • Listen and read each sentence. Then answer the question.

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  • Practice your reading skills with this great resource! Lots of activities and exercises to do and lots of reading skills to learn and use!

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  • This is a fantastic interactive site! Read the colourful ebook about Jack, the boy who seems to get everything wrong - well almost! You can just read the text, or listen to the audio as well. You can highlight words and there are quizzes as you go along, so look out for the green face!

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  • Win the rounds by reading three panels of a Garfield comic strip and putting them in the correct order. Once you have done this, then answer questions about the story to really test your reading comprehension skills.

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  • Practice your reading skills as well as learn about Chinese New Year in London. There are dragon dances, acrobats, fireworks, and a parade. Read about what you can do to join in the excitement and test your reading skills with the exercises. There is a vocabulary preparation test as well.

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  • This is a great audio book that tells you about all the different rides you will find in an amusement park. Click on the picture to hear the word repeated. Listen and read the information for each ride and decide which rides you want to would like to try.

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  • A fun, interactive story to practice your reading and phonics skills. Click on the bone to begin!

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  • Read this classic children's fairy tale with this interactive resource. Read to yourself or read along with the audio, following the highlighted words as they are spoken.

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  • Practice and improve your reading skills for your school studies and your English exams. Look at the poster for a lost dog and do the exercises to practice and improve your reading skills

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  • A fun audio book to help you practice telling the time, as well as learning about the diferent time zones around the world. The boys are getting up to watch a World Cup Football match. Read the book to see what time it is in other countries.

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  • This is a quick, multiple choice quiz to help you practise skimming and scanning texts. Skimming and scanning are very useful skills to have when you are wanting to find specific information quickly. Don't try and translate every single word, just use the information you need to answer the questions correctly!

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  • This game is all about following instructions. Pick a character you would like to help, then read the 2 tasks they need doing. You will be given directions and you have to work out which location it is (A, B or C). Can you get them to where they need to go?

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  • Listen to this story of Mr Small and his big day out. Practise your reading and listening skills or just your reading skills as you go through this story from the Mr Men!

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  • This is an animated story that helps you practice your reading skills. Read through the story and see how dirty Mop gets. You can then read along with the audio to check your understanding.

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  • Who is your favourite film star? Look at the magazine article about the actress Jennifer Lawerence and do the exercises to practise and improve your reading skills.

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  • This audio book helps your practice your reading and listening skills, as well as testing your vocabulary knowledge. The topic is vegetables and you will listen to many different vegetables. See how many you already know!

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  • This is a fun game to practice your reading and inference skills. Read the sentence and decide what the correct answer is. Then take aim and click on the correct dancing Mr Duck Von Fly!

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  • Who do you send emails to? How many emails do you send every week? This resource is designed to help improve your reading skills by asking you to look at the email and do the exercises below.

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  • Look at the newspaper and do the exercises to practise and improve your reading skills.

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  • Listen to the story and follow Martina through her first day at school. Practice telling the time at the end, with the quick review game.

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  • Check out this non fiction book publishing game. Choose between a children’s book, news story and toy catalog page before designing an appropriate layout. You have to think about what style of title, text and picture suits the chosen theme while remembering whether you are trying to inform, advertise or report.

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  • Do you like shopping? What have you bought recently? Look at the advertisement and do the exercises to practice and improve your reading skills.

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  • Choose a story to practice reading comprehension. Click on a topic to see the lessons and exercises, then Click on the lesson to begin. For each story there are 3 exercises: Reading Comprehension Exercise, Re-creating the Story, and Summarizing the Story: Gap-Fill exercise.

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  • An illustrated audio book, with fun pictures to follow as you read.

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  • This quiz tests your reading and comprehension skills. Read the job description and answer the multiple choice questions.

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  • This site gives you practice with your reading skills, as well as pronouns, hobbies and geography! Read about the 4 children and answer the questions correctly about how old they are, where they live and what they like doing.

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  • Read the passages and answer questions to test your reading comprehension. You get a full score and can see which answers you got right (or wrong) at the end of 10 questions.

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  • This exercise tests your scan reading skills. You have 2 minutes to read the text and answer the questions as quickly as possible. Remember, scan reading is about picking out the relevant bits of information as quickly as possible. Good luck!

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  • This site is very easy to use, with +100 reading exercises. Each reading passage also has an audio file, a list of key vocabulary, and 3-4 exercises. For Cloze Exercises you re-read the passage and fill in the missing words. The Sentence Exercise asks you to rearrange words to make a correct sentence, and for Dictation you listen to the passage again and type out what you hear.

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  • Reading and listening about Africa - its geography and people - for beginners with "there is" and "there are." Includes an audio file, transcript and questions to test your comprehension. A simple video allows you to see the words being pronounced, too.

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  • A great interactive resource! Read the story book about the missing ice cream. Then go through the exercises to learn about the structure of a story including the characters, the setting and the plot line for the events of the story. You can use your understanding of these elements with anything you read or watch.

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  • When reading it is important to be able to tell the difference between facts and ideas/opinions. Read this biography and learn about the baseball player Jackie Robinson. But can you tell the difference between facts and opinions within the writing? Go through the exercises and work out the real meaning for each statement.

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  • This is a fantastic site where you can review a variety of skills and then practice the skills using the interactive activities. Skills covered are story elements, setting, chronological order, character traits, and theme.

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  • This is a great resource that gives you practice in reading for context. Read the email from Grandma and work out who you think might have information to help her. Read through the notes and see what clues you get. Based on the clues, can you work out what happened to Grandma's hat?

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  • In the UK, schools close for two weeks at Easter time. Read on to find out more about how Easter is celebrated in Britain. There are exercises at the end to test your reading comprehension and grammar skills too!

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  • Read the story and then click on the activities for quizzes over various pages of the story. There are additional games also included for the story, such as vocabulary, sentence structure, grammar, and more.

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  • Have you been to Australia? Follow along as the story is read aloud, or read it silently to yourself. When you see the mouse icon within the story, click on it to see what happens.

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  • This is a very interesting, detailed site where you are asked to become the historian to work out the true facts of the very first Thanksgiving in 1621. There is a glossary to check any vocabulary you don't know and audio to help you listen to the clues you are given to work out the real events of the day.

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  • A really good game with fun graphics! Use hints from the word machine to help you find the correct words to label the products hidden inside the boxes. Look up the dictionary and think about which adjective, verb or noun best fits the clue.Search through the alphabet, complete the challenges and have fun!

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  • Another great interactive quiz to test your understanding of the main idea of a paragraph. Read the paragraph and select the correct answer. You can also 'click' to find out why the answer is right (or wrong!)

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  • Not only do you find out all about Pancake Day and practice your reading skills by doing the exercises but you also get to learn how to make a pancake for yourself!

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  • How important is meat in your diet? Could you happily live without ever eating any meat? Read all about vegetarianism in the UK, then answer the comprehension questions and see how much you understood.

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  • This is a fun story with activities to test your reading comprehension. Read the story and click on "Activities for this Book" for questions regarding the story and games on grammar, sentence structure, and more about the story.

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  • How much do you love your mobile phone? Could you live without it? Find out what British teenagers, parents and teachers say about the subject by reading the article. Then, test your reading skills further by answering the comprehension questions.

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  • Are there any interesting places to visit in your country? Look at this flyer for the city of Liverpool in the U.K. and do the exercises to practice and improve your reading skills.

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  • This is a multiple choice test on Internet use around the world. Scan the text and then read the questions carefully and answer them correctly. Each statement will be true, false or not answered within the text.

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  • Does your school have any problems with discipline? What happens when students step out of line? Read the article, then answer the comprehension questions at the end to test your reading and vocabulary skills.

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  • Pets are an important part of many British families. Read about dogs and cats in the UK and answer the reading comprehension questions to check your understanding.

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  • Is the text message a joke, or a real emergency? These exercises test your reading and comprehension skills.

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  • You can make a prediction when you use clues from a story, together with what you know from your own experiences, to figure out what might happen next. Read each paragraph and make a prediction. Are you right?

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  • Do you get confused when you read something in English? How can you learn reading comprehension? An online lesson about reading comprehension, when to use a dictionary and how to get the context or meaning of what you are reading.

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  • Practice your reading comprehension skills with this interesting site about immigration to America. Read the 3 sections and then answer the multiple choice questions at the end. You can go back and review a section if you can't remember everything the first time!

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  • St. Patrick is the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland. He was born in the fourth century and is famous for bringing Christianity into Ireland. Read about St. Patrick and listen to the transcript. Then practice your reading skills by answering the questions. This is another good site from the British Council.

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  • The Hunger games is a popular book and an exciting new film. Read about the author and why she wrote the books. Then, work through the reading exercises to check your understanding. This is a fun way to test your reading skills.

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  • Practice your reading skills with this British Council reading site, all about the very popular book, The Life of Pi, being made into a 3D film. There is a preparation exercise, as well as comprehension questions after the reading to test your understanding of the text

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  • An online quiz to test your comprehension skills in identifying the main idea of a paragraph. Read each paragraph and select the correct answer.

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  • Read the story and drop the claw on the correct answer to the question. Use arrow keys to move crane side to side; use the spacebar to drop the claw.

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  • This is a site to give you practise in reading skills. Read about the special day for jokes and tricks in the UK and answer the questions at the end to test your reading comprehension.

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  • In the UK, Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes is celebrated on November 5th and the night skies are filled with colour. It's a special day in honour of a historic event. Improve your reading skills as you are learning about British culture.

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  • Do you like tattoos? Would you ever consider having a tattoo? Why or why not? Read this text about tattoos in the UK today and test your reading comprehension skills.

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  • It is important to know the order or sequence that events take place in a story. It helps you understand what you read. Work through the pages and learn how to figure out the sequence or order of a story.

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  • The aim of these exercises is to find the correct spelling of the word in the blanks. Read the story and put in the correct spelling from the drop down box. Check your answers at the end and see how many you got right.

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  • This resource will give you practice with your reading skills. Would you like to be a secret agent and work undercover? Do you think the job in reality would be similar to how it's shown in films? Read all about MI6 and then answer the reading comprehension questions.

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  • Did you use to read fairy tales when you were younger? Here's a modern fairy tale with a difference! How is this story similar to other fairy tales you know? How is it different?

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  • This exercise helps you with your writing and reading skills. Read each description and choose the correct setting. Remember the setting of a story is the when (time) and where (place) it happens.

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  • Read the short story below. Then read each sentence and decide if it is part of the setting, plot or theme. Click on the word you think is correct. There is also an explanation of the answer as well to aid your understanding.

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  • Are you interested in politics, or do you change the TV channel when politicians appear on the screen? Read about young people and politics in the UK today, then answer the questions below. This site will help improve your reading skills.

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  • Scan the reading text all about the Cannes Film Festival and answer the comprehension questions to test your reading and vocabulary skills.

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  • What is your home town like? Look at the text and do the exercises to practice and improve your reading skills while finding out about a town in the United Kingdom.

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  • Read the text on the left and answer the questions.There are 3 choices. Click on the best answer for each question.

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  • A good resource for Intermediate students to practice reading comprehension as well as revising a specific grammar point within the reading. For each story there are 2 exercises to do online (a Reading Comprehension Exercise and a Grammar Exercise, specific to that story). There is an additional Summary Exercise that you can do on your own.

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  • Read the story about the Ancient Greeks, then answer the multiple choice questions to check your understanding. This activity will help improve your reading skills, as well as your knowledge of the Ancient Greeks.

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  • This resource helps you practice your reading skills, in particular, sequencing in a story. Read the passage and the question that follows the passage. Then read the hint to help you think about how to answer the question.

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  • This site lists 365 Intermediate-level short stories for students to practice reading comprehension skills. Each passage comes with an audio file to listen to while you read, as well as a list of key vocabulary, with definitions, and 4-5 comprehension exercises.

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  • This game helps you to prepare for a natural disaster - flood, food shortage or earthquake. Gather up the clues and work out which natural disaster you are being warned about. Other levels teach you how best to prepare and what action to take if a natural disaster happens.

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  • Test your reading skills while learning about the 10 most important gods in Ancient Egypt. Read the text, then answer the questions. Can you match the right god with the correct description?

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  • Develop your reading skills. Read the following text about the Easter Bunny and do the comprehension questions

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  • Read the passage and answer the question. There is a synonym exercise before each passage to help to understand the vocabulary.

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  • Free listenings for beginner, low-intermediate and intermediate English learners including downloadable mp3 files, printable scripts and listening comprehension. Includes many topics, like celebrities, nature, history and food. There are many topics about Spain and Spanish celebrities.

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  • A fun reading exercise, all about St. Patrick's Day. Read the article and then answer the reading comprehension questions at the end. There is a list of key vocabulary for you to learn and check as well.

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  • Reading and listening comprehension about the terrible fires in Australia in 2009. For intermediate English students studying the passive. Includes an audio file and transcript.

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  • This page includes written explanations, videos and games about reading. These are advanced reading topics, like deducing information not explicitly stated in the writing, using the dictionary and poetry. If you're an advanced reader looking for a challenge, check out this site!

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  • Are you a football fan? Read this story about a man who is crazy about football.There is a short vocabulary preparation exercise to start, and exercises at the end to test your reading comprehension.

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  • Practice and improve your reading skills for your school studies and your English exams. The activities are prepared for Council of Europe level B2 (Upper Intermediate). Click on Level B2 for a list of topics. Read both sides of the argument to help you decide and answer the comprehension questions to check your understanding of the text.

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  • Could a meteorite collision really mean the end of life on Earth? Read this to find out what happens when small meteorites collide with Earth, and just how much damage a big one could do. Check your understanding with the multiple choice exercise, then practice your vocabulary with a gap-fill exercise.

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  • Read about Mo and Terry and how they have fallen out. But should Mo tell a teacher about her friend's cheating? What would you do if you knew a friend was cheating in an exam? Would you tell a teacher? This is a good exercise to practice your reading skills, as well as making you think!

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  • Match each cause (ice cream scoop) to the correct effect (cone). You can choose to use the timer or not.

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  • He was the greatest writer in the English language and is known around the world. But how much do you really know about William Shakespeare and his life? Use this site to learn about Shakespeare while you are practising your reading skills.

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  • Do students in your country go directly to university or college after school or do they have a break first? If you were planning to take a gap year, how would you choose to spend your time? Practice your reading skills and learn about all the different ways to spend your time with this British Council reading resource.

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  • This resource tests your comprehension skills. Read the story in the storm cloud, then strike the tree (containing the main idea) with lightning.

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  • A Reading Index with a selection of Open and Cloze Reading Comprehension Exercises for you to work through with lots of different topics to choose from.

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  • Christmas in the UK is the biggest holiday of the year. Family gatherings, turkey, presents and parties are just some of the things that come to mind when we think about Christmas time. Read about this big holiday and do the reading comprehension exercises at the end to test your understanding.

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  • In October many shop windows in Britain turn orange and black, with pumpkins, witches, broomsticks and cats. What do young people do to celebrate Halloween? Read this article to find out, then complete the exercises to further your reading skills.

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  • Are you good with money? Read the text to find out about British teenagers and their cash!

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  • Do people celebrate Diwali where you live? Read about this very important Indian festival and how it is celebrated in Britain. Then practice your reading comprehension by answering the questions.

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  • This resource includes a variety of activities designed to help you determine an author's purpose. Follow the directions on each screen and complete the activities.

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  • Which sentence does not belong with the paragraph? Read the paragraph and then decide which one does not fit in with the others. How many can you get right?

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    Updated date: Fri, 01/13/2017 - 13:34
  • A good resource for Upper Intermediate students to practice Reading Comprehension. There are a number of pre-reading exercises to review vocabulary understanding, as well as the main Reading Comprehension Exercise and further Practice Exercises.

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    Updated date: Fri, 09/19/2014 - 03:59
  • Words are often shortened to make them easier to read or write. These are called abbreviations. Use this game to practice recognizing some of the common abbreviations you are likely to come across in reading and writing.

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    Updated date: Wed, 11/04/2015 - 07:52
  • This is a reading comprehension exercise based on video games. You know all those people that told you that video games are bad for you? They were wrong. Read this to find out more!

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    Updated date: Thu, 11/26/2015 - 17:22
  • Online reading comprehension passages and questions. Pick a topic you are interested in, read the text and answer the comprehension questions.

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    Updated date: Wed, 01/11/2017 - 13:27
  • Read the short passage and answer the comprehension questions. The questions are all multiple choice. You can try again if you get one wrong.

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    Updated date: Fri, 01/13/2017 - 13:51
  • Read each sentence and determine whether it states a fact or opinion. It gets faster and faster the more answers you get right!

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    Updated date: Mon, 02/13/2017 - 16:52
  • This page has a collection of written explanations and activities about topics in writing. Some topics are very basic, for beginners, like sentences and paragraphs. Other topics are for more advanced readers, like a detailed discussion on characters and literary vocabulary for discussing character development. Check out the topics to see if they will be of use to you!

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    Updated date: Wed, 02/15/2012 - 06:00
  • This site offers a comprehensive interactive reading exercise for advanced English language learners. Students can read the entire passage (paragraphs 1-13) through completely to familiarize themselves with the "gist" of the text, or they can read in detail each section, one at a time, with the accompanying explanations and elaborations on the right side of each web page. There are 14 great quizzes, testing vocabulary as well as writing styles.

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    Updated date: Thu, 09/25/2014 - 08:17
  • Newsweek is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S. Advanced students can access in-depth analysis, news and opinion about international issues, technology, business, culture and politics to practice and improve their reading and comprehension skills. Students can increase their international knowledge as well as expand their vocabulary and skills using authentic, daily reports and stories. Use in conjunction with the online Dictionaries to check any new word/s!

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    Updated date: Mon, 09/29/2014 - 00:48
  • Reuters is an international news agency headquartered in London, UK. This authentic English news site brings you the latest news from around the world. Advanced students can access stories to practice reading and comprehension skills, while increasing their vocabulary. Use in conjunction with the online Dictionaries to check any new word/s!

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    Updated date: Mon, 09/29/2014 - 00:49
  • A great authentic resource for advanced students to practice reading and comprehension skills. The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper that covers a wide range of local, national and international stories. Increase your world knowledge at the same time as advancing your English reading skills and vocabulary! Use in conjunction with the online Dictionaries to check any new word/s!

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    Updated date: Mon, 09/29/2014 - 00:50
  • If you're an advanced learner you'll want to know the tips and tricks in this new series of video lessons. This page is constantly updated with a new lesson about improving your reading ability. Pull up a chair and learn!

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    Updated date: Mon, 09/16/2013 - 03:13
  • A fantastic collection of online illustrated stories for all ages! Young children, older children and young adults can all find something to read and some of the books have audio as well.

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    Updated date: Tue, 10/13/2015 - 03:05
  • Reading Comprehension passages by MrNussbaum.com are interactive, informational reading texts and question sets designed to mirror state-mandated assessments. Choose from any of 173, all free for your unlimited use!

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    Updated date: Mon, 03/14/2016 - 16:41
  • Articles and stories for kids to practice reading and vocabulary skills, as well as keeping up to date with current news around the world.

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    Updated date: Thu, 02/04/2016 - 16:44
  • This site features 50 short reading passages aimed at more Advanced Ability levels (B2 - C2/ Upper Intermediate - Proficient). The short reading passages are an ideal way for advanced ESL students to prepare for the IELTS or TOEFL reading tests or just to brush up on their reading skills in general. There are 4 questions per passage and test students' reading comprehension, vocabulary level and grammar knowledge.

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    Updated date: Mon, 10/06/2014 - 02:57
  • Visit this site to learn with the News and test your vocabulary at your own level. Find stories on current topics written for English learners Level One, Two and Three, and practice you reading and listening skills using authentic English resources.

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    Updated date: Mon, 09/29/2014 - 02:03
  • Browse the reading comprehension exercises listed under Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced. You can select from the exercises by topic, or you can browse by exam type.

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    Updated date: Thu, 06/26/2014 - 11:19
  • This site has a selection of reading exercises to choose from including Easy stories, and It Happened to Me stories. Key words with each reading are in bold and you can click on them to see a full definition of the word. Most exercises also have quizzes at the end of the text to check your comprehension skills.

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    Updated date: Fri, 10/03/2014 - 00:43

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