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Charles Dickens Biography - Reading Comprehension Worksheet / Informational Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text describes the life and work of the great novelist, journalist, editor, illustrator and social commentator, Charles Dickens.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False exercises, a crossword and a definitions match. The vocabulary used in the text is rather advanced and can also be used for IGCSE and TOEFL vocabulary building purposes. A full Answer Key is included.
William Shakespeare's Life and Work - Reading Comprehension
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text describes the life and work of the great tragedian, William Shakespeare. The text gives a brief biography and pays tribute to the playwright's key tragedies and comedies.
After carefully reading a text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False, gap filling exercises, a matching exercise and participate in an in class discussion. The vocabulary used in the text is rather advanced and can also be used for IGSCE, TOEFL or IELTS vocabulary building purposes.
The Dangers of Water Pollution - Reading Comprehension - Informational Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for beginner to proficient ESL learners. The text explores the effects of water pollution on the flaura and fauna as well as on human health, its applications as well as its possible adverse effects and benefits.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions, True or False exercises, an in class discussion, a fill in the gaps exercise and a fun crossword. This worksheet can also be used for IGCSE, TOEFL vocabulary building purposes. The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key is included.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Reading Comprehension Worksheet / Story / Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text is a summary/ short story based on Ivring's short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" also know as the story of the headless horseman.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions and True or False exercises. The text can be used for vocabulary building purposes. This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. Ideally the worksheet can be completed on or near Halloween.
Frankenstein – A story by Mary Shelley / Reading Comprehension Worksheet
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text gives a summary of Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein". The story is about a young aspiring scientist who commits hubris by creating a monster from the remains of the deceased. The scientists, Victor Frankenstein will go on to suffer the deer consequences of his action.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False, gap filling exercises, and participate in an in-class discussion on some of the issues raised by the novel. The vocabulary used in the text is rather advanced and can also be used for IGSCE, TOEFL or IELTS vocabulary building purposes. The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. Ideally, it could be used on or near Halloween!
Extraordinary Teens: Malala Yousafzai - Reading Comprehension Worksheet / Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text recounts the remarkable story of Malala Yousafzai, a young Pakistani advocate for girls rights to education.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including a comprehension questions, True or False exercises, a definitions match exercise, a fill in the gaps exercise, a multiple choice exercise and engage in an in-depth discussion. The text can be used for vocabulary building purposes. This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Reading Comprehension Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text gives a summary of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K Rowling, the first novel in the Harry Potter series and Rowling's debut novel.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False exercises and a characters match. The vocabulary used in the text is rather advanced and can also be used for vocabulary building purposes. A full Answer Key is included.
Do Protests Work? - Reading Comprehension Text / Black Lives Matter
This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text is suitable for advanced to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers.
The text explores whether protesting and/or rioting can succeed in bringing about social change. From the 2020 George Floyd protests back to Ghandi’s peaceful opposition to British Imperial Rule the text gives an account of the social reforms achieved by violent and non-violent protests and why it is important to focus on the cause of the protests in order to stop social injustice.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions, a definition match, multiple choice exercises, a crossword and a fill-in-the-gaps exercise. The text can also be used for vocabulary building purposes.
Total number of pages: 9
Answer key included
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
The Problem with Fast Fashion- Reading Comprehension Text
Fast fashion describes cheap, stylish, mass-produced clothes that have a huge impact on the environment.
This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text explores the effects of fast fashion.
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
This resource can be used as a mini-lesson, assigned for homework, or used for vocabulary-building purposes.
Total number of pages: 8
Answer key included
Hamlet - The Story - Reading Comprehension Worksheet
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text narrates the story of Hamlet based on William Shakespeare's tragedy.
After carefully reading a text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False and a gap filling exercise. The vocabulary used in the text is rather advanced and can also be used for IGSCE, TOEFL or IELTS vocabulary building purposes. The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework.
The Life and Work of Roald Dahl - Reading & Comprehension Exercises
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text describes the life and work of the great children’s writer, Roald Dahl. The text gives a brief biography and pays tribute to the writers key books and novels.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions and True or False exercises. The vocabulary used in the text is rather advanced and can also be used for vocabulary building purposes.
The Life and Work of Charles Darwin - Reading Comprehension Worksheet / Informational Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text describes the life and work of the great naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False exercises and a definitions match. The vocabulary used in the text is rather advanced and can also be used for IGCSE and TOEFL vocabulary building purposes. A full Answer Key is included.
Exploring the Red Planet with the Mars Rovers - Reading Comprehension text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text gives an account of all the discoveries the Mars Rover, also known as Curiosity Rover, has helped make. The text also explains what these discoveries mean for the history of the planet and what clues we currently have as to whether the planet could have sustained life.
After carefully reading a text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False, a crossword and finally participate in an in class discussion on the Curiosity Rover, Mars and the broader field of space exploration. The vocabulary used in the text is rather advanced and can also be used for IGSCE, TOEFL or IELTS vocabulary building purposes. The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. Ideally, this handout could be used along a #GoogleExpeditions - Exploring the Red Planet with the Mars Rovers - virtual reality trip!
An Inspector Calls – The Story by J. B. Priestley - Reading Comprehension Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text gives a summary of J. B. Priestley's play "An Inspector Calls" that explores love, morals and infidelity in the materialistic culture of the 1910s.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: comprehension questions, True or False exercises, a gap filling exercise and a character match exercise. After completeing the exercises, students are given questions on materialism to answer in class. The vocabulary used in the text is rather advanced and can also be used for IGSCE, TOEFL or IELTS vocabulary building purposes. The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. Please note that a full answer key is included.
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
A Brief History of Witchcraft - Halloween Reading Comprehension Text / Worksheet
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text describes the origins of witchcraft from the ancient times to the late witchunts in the 16th to 17th century.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: comprehension questions, True or False exercises, a gap filling exercise and a fun wordsearch. The text can also be used for vocabulary building purposes. The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework.
How Intensive Farming is Destroying the Environment - Reading Comprehension Text
Gaining popularity in the 20th century, boosted by neoliberal policies particularly in countries like the United States, intensive agriculture has been gradually overtaking more traditional farming methods. Intensive agriculture produces much higher yields per unit of land, requiring land modifications such as clearing forests and relying on huge amounts of inputs, which can include things like fertilizers, chemical pesticides and some might say a great deal of cruelty, particularly when it comes to animal operations.
This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text explores the money driven practices of Intensive Farming and how they contribute to environmental problems such as deforestation, water pollution and chemical pollution as well as how they normalize extreme animal cruelty. The text also explores possible solutions and alternative to Intensive Farming.
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
a fill in the gaps text on “Animal Factory Farms”
*a definitions match exercise
This 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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Space Exploration - Reading Comprehension Worksheets - #GoogleExpeditions (SAVE 50%)
This Reading Comprehension worksheets can be assigned independently or they may be used to compliment #GoogleExpeditions related virtual trips.
These handouts are suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers.
After carefully reading each text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False exercises, crosswords, gap filling exercises, word searches, definitions match and speaking prompts . The vocabulary used in the texts is rather advanced and can also be used for IGCSE, TOEFL or IELTS vocabulary building purposes. The handouts can be completed in class or assigned for homework. Full Answer keys are included
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Harry Potter Reading Comprehension Texts Bundle / Novel Summaries (SAVE 50%)
This Reading Comprehension bundle includes a number of worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners, that provide summaries and comprehension exercises on the popular Harry Potter book series by J.K Rowling.
After carefully reading each text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False exercises, characters match,definitions match exercises, crosswords, word searches and word scrambles. The vocabulary used in these worksheets text is rather advanced and can also be used for vocabulary building purposes. Full Answer Keys are included.