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Darwin, Evolution, and Natural Selection - Reading Comprehension
The basic idea of biological evolution is that populations and species of organisms change over time. Today, when we think of evolution, we are likely to link this idea with one specific person: the British naturalist Charles Darwin, who proposed the theory of biological evolution by natural selection.
This Reading Comprehension handout explores Darwin’s theory of evolution an natural selection.
This activity is suitable for advanced to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including:
comprehension questions
a multiple choice exercise
a crossword
This resource can be used as a mini-lesson, assigned for homework, or used for vocabulary-building purposes.
Total number of pages: 5
Answer key included
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COVID-19: Why and how do viruses mutate? | Coronavirus Reading Comprehension text
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage on, new variants of the SARS- CoV-2 virus pop up every 3-4 months, with most being more infectious than the last and resulting in rapid spreads. This Reading Comprehension worksheet explores how viruses mutate and spread.
Suitable for intermediate to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including:
-12 comprehension questions
a definitions match exercise
-a multiple choice exercise
-a crossword based on the text
The text can be used for vocabulary building purposes. This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework.
A full answer key is included.
Total number of pages: 5
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What are the effects of climate change and global warming? - Reading Comprehension Text
Climate change destabilizes the Earth’s temperature equilibrium and has far-reaching effects on human beings and the environment. During the course of global warming and due to the increased concentration of greenhouse gases, the energy balance and thus the temperature of the earth change, which in turn has a significant impact on humans and the environment.
This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text explores the top causes of climate change as well as possible solutions that can help us reduce our carbon footprint.
This activity is suitable for advanced to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including:
a multiple choice exercise
a crossword
a fill in the gaps independent text exercise entitled “Climate Change Spells a Grim Future for Humanity"
This resource can be used as a mini-lesson, assigned for homework or used to for vocabulary building purposes.
Total number of pages: 6
Answer key included
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How Overfishing is Destroying our Oceans - Reading Comprehension Text
One of the greatest ecological, manmade threats now wreaking havoc on our ecosystem is overfishing. In fact, overfishing takes the greatest toll on sea life — and people.
This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text explores the top causes of overfishing as well as possible solutions that can help restore marine biodiversity and sustain our oceans.
This activity is suitable for advanced to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including:
comprehension questions
a definitions match
a multiple choice exercise
a crossword
a fill in the gaps independent text exercise entitled “SIX COLD HARD FACTS ABOUT OVERFISHING”
This resource can be used as a mini-lesson, assigned for homework or used to for vocabulary building purposes.
Total number of pages: 6
Answer key included
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COVID-19: Why is it so hard to develop a vaccine? - Coronavirus Reading Comprehension text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher intermediate to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores why the world is still in search for a licensed coronavirus vaccine and why the research, development, manufacturing and distribution of a vaccine against COVID-19 is such an arduous process.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including:
a multiple choice exercise
a fill in the gaps exercise on “Covid-19: How to protect yourself and others”
a crossword based on the text
8 comprehension questions
The text can be used for vocabulary building purposes (medical). This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework.
A full answer key is included.
Total number of pages: 7
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The Dangers of Air Pollution - Reading Comprehension / Informational Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for advanced to proficient ESL learners or native speakers. The text explores the devastating consequences of air pollution on human health and the environment.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions, a definitions match, a word search, a multiple choice exercise, a fill in the gaps exercise and a fun crossword.
This worksheet can also be used for IGCSE, TOEFL vocabulary building purposes (environment themed). The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key is included.
Total number of pages: 11
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COVID-19 / Coronavirus Reading Comprehension text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the COVID-19 outbreak from late 2019 to early 2020 along with possible origins, symptoms and diagnosis, treatments and prevention measures.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including true or False exercises, a fun crossword, and comprehension questions. The text can be used for vocabulary building purposes (medical). This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework.
A full answer key is included.
Total number of pages: 5
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What Is a Pandemic? - Reading Comprehension / Informational Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the spread of pandemics, how they spread and declared, how governments can impose anti-spread measures and what can be done to help stop a pandemic from spreading.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including true or False exercises, a fun crossword, multiple choice exercises and a fill-in-the-gaps exercise. The text can be used for vocabulary building purposes (medical). This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework.
A full answer key is included.
Total number of pages: 7
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How does your immune system work? - Reading Comprehension Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text describes gives a description of how the immune system works, which organs, cells and proteins constitute the immune system. What is the adaptive and innate immune systems and how they work together to fight disease and keep the body healthy.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including a true or false exercise, a multiple choice exercise, a crossword and an independent fill-in-the gaps exercise on “What is Autoimmune Disease?”.
This worksheet / informational text can be used for vocabulary building purposes (medical). This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework.
A full answer key is included.
Total number of pages: 7
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A Brief History of Pandemics - Reading Comprehension Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the history’s worst pandemics from the Antonine Plague to the HIV pandemic in the late 20th century.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including true or False exercises, a fun crossword, multiple choice exercises and a fill-in-the-gaps exercise. The text can be used for vocabulary building purposes (medical). This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework.
A full answer key is included.
Total number of pages: 7
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What does smoking do to your lungs?
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text describes the damage that chronic first and second-hand smoking can cause to the lungs, what is COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and how chronic smoking can cause to oxygen deprivation, blood clogging and increase the risk of heart attack, lung infections, pneumonia and lung cancer among others,
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including a multiple choice exercise, a definitions match and a crossword.
This worksheet / informational text can be used for vocabulary building purposes (medical). This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework.
A full answer key is included.
Total number of pages: 5
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A History of Vaccination and Immunization - Reading Comprehension / Informational Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the history of vaccines from the first inoculation attempts in 16th century China to the experiments of Edward Jenner, Louis Pasteur and the foundation of CEPI in 2017.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including true or False exercises, a fun crossword, a multiple choice exercise and an independent fill-in-the gaps exercise on a mini reading on How Vaccines are Made .
This worksheet / informational text can be used for vocabulary building purposes (medical). This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework.
A full answer key is included.
Total number of pages: 7
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How are vaccines made? - Reading Comprehension Informational Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text provides a description of how vaccines are made, how they work, how they have evolved since the early immunization days and other related concepts such as what is herd immunity.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including true or False exercises, a fun crossword, a definitions match and multiple choice exercises . The text can be used for vocabulary building purposes (medical). This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework.
A full answer key is included.
Total number of pages: 6
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A Brief History of... - Reading Comprehension Worksheets / Texts Vol.3 (save 50%)
This bundle includes different Reading Comprehension Worksheets suitable for higher intermediate advanced ESL learners. The texts explore different concepts through time / history…
After carefully reading each story / text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False, gap filling exercises, crosswords, word search exercises, matching exercises and engage in in-depth classroom discussions on topics relevant to each text. The vocabulary used in the texts is rather advanced and can also be used for IGCSE, TOEFL or IELTS vocabulary building purposes.
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Science Reading Comprehension Bundle - Informational Texts (SAVE 50%)
This Reading Comprehension worksheets bundle is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The texts narrate the life and work of a number of notable scientists as well as different notions, inventions and notable discoveries in the history of science.
After carefully reading each text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, gap filling exercises, True or False, character match and definitions matching exercises, word searches and crosswords. The vocabulary used in the text is rather advanced and can also be used for IGCSE, TOEFL or IELTS vocabulary building purposes. The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. Full answer keys are included.
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A Brief History of Medicine - Reading Comprehension Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text describes the evolution of medicine from the first herbal remedies to the latest medical advances of the 21st century.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: a title match, comprehension questions, True or False exercises, a definitions match, a multiple choice exercise and a fun crossword . The text can also be used for IGCSE or TOEFL vocabulary building purposes. The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key is included.
Total number of pages: 7
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Ancient History Bundle - Reading Comprehension Worksheets - Texts (SAVE 50%)
This bundle includes different Reading Comprehension Worksheets suitable for higher intermediate advanced ESL learners. The texts explore the lives of key events throughout ancient history.
After carefully reading each text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False, gap filling exercises, crosswords, word search exercises, matching exercises and engage in in-depth classroom discussions on topics relevant to each text. The vocabulary used in the texts is rather advanced and can also be used for IGCSE, TOEFL or IELTS vocabulary building purposes.
Full answer keys are included
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A Brief History of Human Evolution - Reading Comprehension Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text describes the evolution of Human Evolution from Australopithecus afarensis to Homo Sapiens.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: comprehension questions, True or False exercises, a definitions match, a multiple choice exercise, and a fun crossword . The text can also be used for IGCSE or TOEFL vocabulary building purposes. The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key is included
Total number of pages: 8
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The Black Death - Reading Comprehension Worksheet / Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text describes the spread and devastating effects of the bubonic plague (Black Death) in the mid-1300s in Europe.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including true or False exercises, a fun crossword, a fill in the gaps exercise, a title match exercise and a picture match exercise. The text can be used for vocabulary building purposes. This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework.
A full answer key is included.
Total number of pages: 8
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Informational Texts Vol 3 - Reading Comprehension Worksheets - Bundle (SAVE 50%)
This bundle includes different Reading Comprehension Worksheets suitable for higher intermediate advanced ESL learners. The texts explore different concepts, influential people and historical events.
After carefully reading each informational text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False, gap filling exercises, crosswords, word search exercises, matching exercises and engage in in-depth classroom discussions on topics relevant to each text. The vocabulary used in the texts is rather advanced and can also be used for IGCSE, TOEFL or IELTS vocabulary building purposes.
Full answer keys are included.