Practice

Intermediate

Reading Comprehension Texts

 

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Amish History Amish Education Amish Youth
Amish Lifestyle Superman Batman
Spider-man Wonder Woman A Letter
Tobacco Adverts Night Clubs A Letter 1
Mother Cakes and Ale A dangerous game to play
Lied to-be High-fliers Peace in Ireland
Mothering Mocked Ulster's Opportunity Death Penalty
Canada Black English Australia and New Zealand
South Africa Health in America Yosemite National Park
American Customs Personal Safety The Titanic
I heard a Little Voice Whatever you Need The Christmas Man
Jessie's Glove Space The Use of English
The Pencil Box Stranger than Fiction Beautiful Day
Simplify your life The Wise Woman's Stone Who won?
The Importance of English Just in Time The Spread of English
Alternative Medicine Global English Acoustic Responsibility
Skiing A Son Writes... Scotland: a Land of Contrasts
Jobs for the Boys Stevenson Children for whom School has no Point
A Feast of Fireworks Red Planet Renaissance McParadox
Amnesty International Bulimia Taming the Tourists
Gwyneth's Affair Physical Activity Extra Drinking Time
Space Shuttle Disaster The Butler Reveals the Secrets Eugenie's Back Problems
Metal Legs Selfish Mother Royal Baby
Boys and Girls Diana and nanny Out of the Jungle
Blair's Heart Red Face Cruel Charles
Beck's Horror
Wild Soldiers
Death of the Single
The Top 10 Tips
Birth Order
Jail for Jacko
Owen's New Mansion McDonald's Boss Sex Monster
The Clerk Fit Teenage Girls The librarian
Arnold The Soldier Lynndie
Liberian First Lady British Food Young Mayor
Top Model in Trouble Is Jogging Alone Healthy? Teenage Sex
A Bid for the Football World Cup UN Boss and Women's Rights Cop Kills Again
Dangerous best man Funny Professor Bird Flu
Careful Driver In the Navy Free Time in the Navy
Holiday Makers George's Trial Unarmed Soldiers
Wit or Intelligence? The Hunter Dan's Latest Adventures in South Africa
     
     
     

 

Check and Test Your Reading

The following worksheets can be used after reading the short stories in the Short Stories section to check that they were really understood. Very useful for students and teachers.

A Glowing Future 1 2 3 Ricochet 1 2 3 4 5 The Case for the Defence 1 2 3
The Fountain Plays The Murder The Signalman 1 2 3 4
The Taipan The Verger The Way up to Heaven
Through the Tunnel The Trial for Murder 1 2 3 You Should Have Seen the Mess
Bartleby, the Scrivener 1 2 3 How Coyote stole Fire The Buffalo and the Field Mouse
The Rocking Horse Winner 1 2 3 The Companion 1 2 3
The Jackal's Lawsuit
British Tales 1 2 The Marble Finger The Marble Finger-The body Snatcher
De Daumier-Smith’s Blue Period 1 2 Lost on Dress Parade Princess September 1 2 3
The Caballero's Way Teddy The Garden Party