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Advanced English reading texts - by level
► Note: some B2 texts are harder than others. For shorter or easier B2 texts, see index of intermediate A2 - B1 - and B2 texts by CEFR level and grammar points.| Title | CEFR level | Theme | Language and grammar points | Worksheet, main exercises and activities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A short history of the English language from the Middle Ages to today | - | English language | ||
| Word stress in English with audio how to know how to stress words correctly. | - | English language | ||
| Accents and dialects. - with audio | B2 | English language | Phonetics | |
| Drugs: Days in the death of Francis X | B2 | Interview | True/False questions. Writing exercise: from interview to article |
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| The Bird Man of the Isles | B2 | Interview – Scotland – environment | Comprehension: true or false. Writing: write an article based on the interview. | |
| All you need is Love -With audio | B2 | Ireland – family life | Relative
/ nominal
relative pronouns (that,
which, who, whom, what, how) |
22 written or oral
comprehension
questions on this article. Interactive Replace the relative or nominal relative pronouns. |
| Short story: Blue Gum Tree - by Pat Boyle. with audio | B2 | Short Story - New Zealand | Two listening
comprehension
exercises are suggested. Writing exercise: Retell the story as a local newspaper article. Include certain terms. |
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| A few good reasons - by Sue Quinn. with audio | B2 | Short Story - USA | Interactive General
comprehension questions. Interactive A short story with general comprehension exercises . Interactive MCQ -Confusable words. Rewriting: tell the story from Caroline's point of view. |
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| For Elise - by Pamela Garza. with audio | B2 | Short Story - USA | Questions: make up the
questions to
match the answers given. Role Play: the moral dilemma |
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| Unsolved Mysteries - by Sarah Wolbach | B2 | Short Story - USA | Nouns Modal verbs |
Interactive
memory test. Remember which nouns were used in the text General comprehension: answer the questions |
| Guy Fawkes and bonfire night | B2 | UK – history | Negation |
Interactive Text
correction (correctable onscreen): Correct 20 mistakes of grammar and
vocabulary. Interactive: Negation: Replace all the words that are missing from this extract. |
| Britain's Chinese come out on top - | B2 | UK – society | Punctuation |
Interactive blank-fill
exercise: rephrasing Complete extracts suggesting alternative expressions. Interactive exercise: put back all the missing punctuation. |
| From smugglers to people trafficking: old activity, new phase | B2 | UK – society | Prepositions and
Adverbs |
Interactive
Text correction. Correct the mistakes
in this badly copied extract from the article. Interactive: Prepositions and adverbs: Replace the missing prepositions and adverbs |
| The Searchers, a tale of country folk | B2 | UK – society | Structures |
Complete sentences
from the article, using appropriate words in
the right structure. Also: independent IELTS style reading practice test |
| Just who are the English ? | B2 | UK – society | Verb
forms |
Interactive :
Replace the verbs using the correct form and tense. Writing activity: summarise this document. |
| Bodie - where the West was once wildest - | B2 | USA - history | Word order | Interactive Reconstruct
sentences
putting the words given into the right order. Interactive right or wrong exercise. |
| College sport USA - With audio | B2 | USA - life | Nouns, adjectives |
Interactive missing
nouns
and andjectives Write a letter reusing certain elements of vocabulary from the article. |
| Hillary Clinton - the early years . | B2 | USA - people | Questions from answers.
Complet an imaginary interview. |
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| Rosa Parks - with audio | B2 | USA - people | Interactive -
General comprehension
questions about the article. Also: independent IELTS style reading practice test |
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| So just who is Angelyne ? - | B2 | USA - people | MCQ - words and meanings Also: independent IELTS style reading practice test |
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| John Lennon | B2 | USA – music | Modal
verbs and auxiliaries |
Interactive
: Replace the missing modal verbs or auxiliaries |
| Mississippi music - Elvis Presley and the roots of Rock - With audio | B2 | USA – music | Interactive
: Replace the missing words, from the list provided.. Right (R) or wrong (W). Rewrite any wrong statements, correcting them as necessary. |
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| Woodie Guthrie. | B2 | USA – music | Prepositional verbs. Punctuation |
Prepositional verbs
and meanings: matching exercise. Interactive Replace the missing word endings in this short extract from the article. Replace punctuation in an extract from the text. |
| A town called Sturgis | B2 | USA – places | "One"
as a pro form. Verbs : active and passive |
Interactive exercise.
Write active (not passive) sentences starting with the prompts
suggested;. Creative writing exercises. |
| Mighty Mississippi with audio | B2 | USA – places | Interactive blank-fill
exercise: confusable words. complete an extract from the text
using the original words. |
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| Nevada and its Extraterrestrials. | B2 | USA – places | Prepositions | Interactive Replace
missing
prepositions and adverbs. .Careful reading: Find the 20 cases where the information in the resumé of the article does not correctly reflect what was written in the original. Covers vocabulary and factual information. |
| America's teen courts | B2 | USA – society | Verb tenses and forms. Basic legal vocabulary |
Interactive
grammar exercise - Verbs tenses and forms Synonyms : word search - find the original words. Role play scenario: Conduct sessions of the teen court in class (7 to 10 roles). |
| Americans fat and thin - | B2 | USA – society | Word order | Rearrange words to make
correctly
formed questions, then answer the questions. Interactive Add the necessary word endings, and words, to complete this extract Synonyms : find the original words |
| Crime-time Basketball - | B2 | USA – society | Word
order in questions.
Reorganize sentences. Interactive Make up questions using the prompts, and answer them.. Interactive open cloze exercise. Add missing words. Paused reading suggestion. |
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| The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain (Appendix to Mark Twain and the frogs of Calaveras County) | B2 and C1 |
Short Story - USA | Style - 19th century American English | Interactive : Complete the following extract from the text, replacing the missing words or parts of words |
| The Man who changed America. With audio - Henry Ford | B2 / C1 | USA - history | Modal verbs | Interactive
modal verb exercise Interactive exercise on consecutive verbs (gerund or infinitive). Listening or reading: IELTS-style interactive true or false exercise Listening: find the small differences between the written and recorded versions of the text |
| Skyscrapers | B2 / C1 | USA – society | Articles Count and non-count nouns |
Interactive Put in the definite articles in an extract from the text, but only when they are needed. |
| Mark Twain and the frogs of Calaveras County. With audio | B2+ | USA - life | Interactive: replace missing words or parts of words. | |
| A rose by any other name. - with audio | C1 | English language | Word formation, suffixes |
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| Interview with Leonard Cohen . | C1 | Interview - Canada – music | Writing exercise: write an article about Cohen, using the interview as your source. | |
| Bob Dylan - the early years - with audio | C1 | People - music | Interactive Comprehension questions and separate IELTS style reading practice test . |
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| The Taylor Swift phenomenon - with audio | C1 | People - music | Interactive Words
and
meaning (mcq). Form questions using the prompts. Complete the words: MCQ |
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| A suitable job - by Lindsay Townsend. with audio | C1 | Short Story - England | Interactive
Characterising; describe all the people in the story Interactive MCQ. Choose the closest synonym for the words listed |
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| Short story: The Car - by Andrew Rossiter. A short story in advanced level English with audio | C1 | Short Story - England | Punctuation | 4 interactive exercises. 1. MCQ. Select the best synonym from the dropdown list. 2. Missing words. 3. Questions: complete the dialogue 4. Missing punctuation. Writing exercise: Rewrite the story as told by Shafi in his own words. |
| Short Story: Lucky Jim - by Walda Cameron. with audio | C1 | Short Story - USA | Verbs. Past tenses, including the past perfect. | 4
interactive exercises. 1. MCQ words and meanings 2. General comprehension questions. 3. Writing exercise: Interactive The local coast guard chief had to write a report explaining the events that took place. Complete ... using the prompts suggested. 4. Questions from answers. |
| Charles Babbage, the father of the computer (short text). | C1 | Technical | Explain technical expressions | |
| Skiing in the wind | C1 | Technical | Text with gaps. Verbs: voices - active and passive. Compound nouns |
Interactive Select
the
correct words to complete the article grammatically and logically. Interactive Convert active sentences to passives, using the prompts given |
| Greenwashing - What's it all about? with audio | C1 | Technical | In-text vocabulary MCQ | Interactive Multiple choice comprehension questions |
| Gandhi, the man who opposed violence with oece. with audio | C1 | India - People |
Interactive Words
and endings - Complete the missing endings where
necessary .Interactive Questions from answers: an interview with Gandhi, in 1948 I Gandhi is nearing the end of his life. Imagine this interviewers questions |
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| Fox Talbot and the origins of photography | C1 | UK – history | Word exploration, Technical English Compound adjectives. Articles Count and non-count nouns |
Interactive
exercise. Add
articles when and only when they are needed. Interactive IELTS style true or false statements. Also: independent IELTS style reading practice test . |
| The Queen who almost wasn't with audio | C1 | UK – history | Noun formation. Third conditionals (unfulfilled hypothesis). |
Interactive MCQ
-
expressions. Interactive Words and endings Reading for information: Complete sentences using information from the text, and providing the number of words indicated |
| The King, the Monarchy and their future - with audio | C1 | UK – institutions | Interactive Words
and
meaning (mcq). Interactive rephrasing exercise, with prompts. Gap fill exercise – fill from memory. Paused reading activity. |
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| The Oxford and Cambridge boat race | C1 | UK – institutions | Questions |
Interactive
Form questions from prompts. Interactive Missing words. Creative writing: letter writing using prescribed words. |
| English pub signs | C1 | UK – life | Count and non count nouns; use of articles | Comprehension. Read the
article and write
down
five things that you have learned about British pubs. Interactive Complete an extract from the text, adding articles where necessary. Also: independent IELTS style reading practice test . |
| London's Notting Hill Carnival | C1 | UK – life | Verbs and tenses |
Interactive
Missing words MCQ. Writing exercise: Describe a day at the carnival, using the words given |
| Tea and the British - with audio | C1 | UK – life | IELTS practice |
Interactive Text
comparison : Find
and correct the ten factual mistakes in a summary of the article. Also: independent reading practice test IELTS style. |
| Agatha Christie - | C1 | UK – people | Word order As Uses and meanings of the word as.. |
Interactive Word order: Reorganise the words in the boxes to make up correctly structured sentences. |
| J.R.R. Tolkien - | C1 | UK – people | Interactive
Read through the article, then complete sentences
using relevant information. Writing exercise: letter writing, based on information in the article. An exchange of letters between Tolkien and Edith. |
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| Stephen Hawking - | C1 | UK – people | Word endings | Interactive replace all the correct endings |
| Britain - at any cost ? | C1 | UK – society | Negation |
10 oral or written comprehension questions about the article. |
| The Rosenberg affair | C1 | USA - history | Word endings |
Interactive replace all the correct endings |
| Highway 66 revisited -- with audio | C1 | USA - history | Read the article, then put
these
events in the right order. Writing exercise: Letter writing, based on information in the article |
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| Log cabins and the White House. with audio | C1 | USA - history | Relative pronouns Word endings |
Add the missing word
endings in an
extract from the text. Relative pronouns and adjectives: MCQ exercise. TOEFL / IELTS style multiple choice comprehension questions. Also: independent reading practice test IELTS style |
| The story of Ellis Island, With audio - | C1 | USA - history | Prepositions. Time clauses |
Printable
worksheet. Replace all the missing prepositions. Matching exercise: match an element a and an element b, and add a time clause, to make logical and correct sentences. |
| The origins of American democracy | C1 | USA - institutions | Verb forms and tenses Word endings |
Interactive:
Choose the correct
verb form from drop-down lists. Synonyms and antonyms. Interactive – add the missing word endings. |
| The US Presidential elections '24 | C1 | USA - institutions | Interactive Words and meaning (MCQ). Sentences to rephrase using prompts | |
| Mardi gras in New Orleans -- with audio | C1 | USA - life | Ten general comprehension
questions
to answer. Interactive MCQ - confusable words and terms. |
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| Thanksgiving With audio | C1 | USA - life | Articles | Interactive
Rephrase sentences, starting with the prompt given. Interactive Choose the correct article from the multiple choice dropdown lists |
| The American way of eating. With audio | C1 | USA - life | Interactive:
write factual
sentences starting with the prompts provided: Interactive: MCQ missing words gap-fill exercise. |
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| The Yukon Quest - | C1 | USA - life | Synonyms |
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| Wall Street Culture - | C1 | USA - life | Word endings | Interactive Replace the missing word endings. |
| Who killed Martin Luther King? With audio | C1 | USA - people | Verbs: past tenses,
participles |
MCQ vocabulary exercise Interactive: gap-fill exercise. - tenses and participles |
| Deserts of America - with audio - | C1 | USA – environment, places | True/False questions. Parallel texts : pick out differences in expression either between the audio version of this text and the written version, or between the written version and a second version. Role play activity. |
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| Gettysburg - the terrible battle. | C1 | USA – history | Modal verbs | Interactive
MCQ words and synonyms Interactive MCQ words - options check vocabulary, grammar and spelling, Interactive Modal verbs exercise. Interactive Parallel text with errors to correct. Creative writing exercises.. |
| The Story of the Blues - with audio - | C1 | USA – music | Explain the use of certain
expressions. Writing exercise: Write sentences to link words in the order given |
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| Awaiting the Big One. | C1 | USA – places | Word endings | Interactive Replace
the
missing word-endings in two extracts. Writing - Imagine that you are a journalist in 1906 in San Francisco, a short time after the earthquake. Describe the scene that you see. Also: independent IELTS style reading practice test |
| Los Angeles - city on the brink - with audio | C1 | USA – places | Interactive: gap-fill
exercise. Interactive: Guided creative writing - text contraction Contract the article into 6 sentences of no more than 25 words each, using the prompts given. Interactive: Rephrase sentences, starting with the prompts given. Comprehension - TOEFL / IELTS style multiple choice questions. Careful listening: note the differences between written and recorded texts |
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| Steaming on the Mississippi. With audio | C1 | USA – places | Interactive:
antonyms exercise. Interactive: Question forming. Make up questions using the prompt words given. Paused reading exercise. |
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| America's Amish; model society? | C1 | USA – society | Prepositions | Interactive:
MCQ - missing prepositions. Creative writing: imaginary interview with a young Amish |
| America's Drive-in Movie theaters | C1 | USA – society | Interactive:
MCQ - missing words True/False questions - justify your answers |
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| The decline of WASP America - from Kennedy to Trump. | C1 | USA – society | Interactive:
Words and meaning MCQ Interactive: Synonym search |
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| The Mormons, a curiously American phenomenon. | C1 | USA – society | Relative pronouns |
Sentence building
exercise. Build correctly formed statements using the elements provided. Interactive Cloze exercise on relative pronouns. |
| Thinking it over with baby. With audio | C1 | USA – society | Word order in questions |
Listening exercise:
Find
the differences between the written text and the recorded version, and
pick out those that change the meaning. Interactive Reorganise the words to make correctly formed questions. |
| Globalization, what globalization? | C1 | World - economy | Conditionals with
and without if. Economic vocabulary |
Interactive Rewrite
conditional sentences including the word "if"
Interactive Questions from answers, using the prompts provided. Text contraction: contract this text to a third of its original length |
| Aeroponics. | C1 / C2 | Technical | Word endings | Interactive
Add the
missing word endings in this extract. Also: independent IELTS reading practice test based on this text. |
| GM crops: Frankenstein food? | C1 / C2 | Technical | Basic technical English | Explain or rephrase
expressions
used in the article. Interactive vocabulary exercise - complete the missing words or part words. Role play scenario. |
| The story of the jet plane With audio | C2 | Technical | Verbs: participles | Interactive
replace all
the -ed and -ing endings in extract. Creative writing: air travel in 2020. |
| Meet Robodog | C2 | Technical | Complex nouns and noun phrases | Explain the meanings of the expressions listed. |
| The electric car revolution, realistic or optimistic? | C2 | Technical | Interactive – Words and meaning (mcq). Explain the meaning of certain terms. Oral pair work: imagine an interview. | |
| Charles Darwin - a genius remembered with audio | C2 | UK – history | Word endings | Interactive Add
the
necessary word endings to complete this extract. Interactive Make up questions to match Darwin's answers (imaginary interview). Paused reading |
| Shakespeare's enduring heritage With audio | C2 | UK – people | Conditionals |
Interactive text-study worksheet |
| Rodeo - the sport of the American West . | C2 | USA - life | Gerunds, participles and -ing words. Phrasal verbs. |
Interactive cloze
exercise - present and past participles, and other words in -ing. |
| California's Water Wars - | C2 | USA – environment, places | Qualifiers, adjectives |
Produce projects for
authentic
documents (in English) for distribution to the public Interactive A challenging memory & logic cloze exercise (qualifiers - adjectives) |
| America's bald eagles - a story of success . With audio | C2 | USA- environment, places | Word endings | Interactive Add
the necessary word
endings, and words, to complete this extract. Also: independent IELTS reading practice test based on this text. |
| Jewel, the voice from Alaska - | USA – music | Read the article then put list of events into chronological order. |
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