This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the opioid epidemic, how it started, it’s devastating effects, the history of prescribing synthetic pain relief medication and what is being done by the CDC to regulated opioid drug prescription and administration among medical professionals. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions, a true and false exercise, a multiple choice exercise 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

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

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text enumerates the 5 most uninhabitable places on earth. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including a true or false exercise, comprehension questions, a fun crossword, a fill in the gaps exercise and a definitions match exercise. The text can be used for IGCSE and TOEFL vocabulary building purposes. This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key included.

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for intermediate to proficient ESL learners or native speakers. The text explores how and why hurricanes are formed. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: -comprehension questions -a word search a multiple choice exercise a fun crossword This worksheet can also be used for 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

This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text is suitable for advanced to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores “The 10 Most Powerful Renewable Energy Sources” starting from the less powerful and concluding with the most powerful and efficient energy source. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including a title match, a multiple choice exercise and a fun crossword. The text can be used for IGCSE and TOEFL vocabulary building purposes. This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key included. No of pages: 6

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for beginner to proficient ESL learners. A summary of Markus Rediker’s book “The Slave Ship”, the text explores the history of the slave trade across the Middle Passage and the horrors pf life aboard a slave ship. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including a True or False exercises, a definitions match, a multiple choice 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. Total number of pages: 7

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the events that occurred before and after the 2011 Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions, a true or false exercise, a fill in the gaps exercise, an in class discussion and a fun crossword. The text can be used for IGCSE and TOEFL vocabulary building purposes. This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key included. Ideally this handout can be used with a #Google Expedition virtual reality trip.

This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text is suitable for advanced to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the emergence and history of Juneteenth - the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865. On June 19th the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. The celebration of June 19th was coined “Juneteenth” and grew with more participation from descendants. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including a titles match, a True or False Exercise, a definition match,a word search, a multiple choice exercise and a crossword. The text can also be used for vocabulary building purposes. An ideal activity for June 19th or during Black History month. (celebrated in February in the United States and Canada, and in October for the Netherlands & the United Kingdom) Total number of pages: 7 Answer key included

This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text is suitable for advanced to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the events that led up to the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921, during which up to 300 black Tulsans were murdered by white residents, and a thriving neighbourhood was burned to the ground. The text also gives an account of the aftermath of the Tulsa Massacre, the segregation of the community, the rise of the KKK, the deleted history records and the search for possible mass graves over a century later. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including a definitions match , comprehension questions, multiple choice exercises and a crossword. The text can also be used for vocabulary building purposes. Total number of pages: 7 Answer key included

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text describes the life and work of black civil rights activist Malcolm X. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: True or False exercises, comprehension questions, a multiple choice exercise and a crossword. The vocabulary used in the text is rather advanced and can also be used for vocabulary building purposes. A full answer key is included, Total number of pages: 7

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text gives an account of the fight against the "separate but equal" doctrine in the post-slavery S.America. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including 10 comprehension questions, 10True or False exercises and an in class discussion. This informational tect can also be used for vocabulary building purposes.

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for advanced ESL learners. The text describes the life, work and assassination of the sixteenth president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. After carefully reading a text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False and gap filling exercises. The vocabulary used in the text is rather advanced and can also be used for IGSCE, TOEFL or IELTS vocabulary building purposes.

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners. The text discusses cyberbullying and its connection to teenage depression. 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 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. A full answer key is included.

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the concept of Danse Macabre and how it was used throughout history. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including a true or false exercise, discussion prompts and a fun crossword, a fill in the gaps exercise and a definitions match exercise. The text can be used for IGCSE and TOEFL vocabulary building purposes. This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key included. Total number of pages: 4

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text explores the foundation and work of private aerospace company SpaceX and its impact on space travel. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False, a multiple choice exercise, a fun crossword and a fill in the gaps exercise. 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. Ideally, this handout could be used along a #GoogleExpeditions SpaceX virtual reality trip! A full answer key is included. Total Number of pages: 8

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners. The text discusses cyberbullying and bullying phenomena that have led teens to resort to desperate measures. There is even an NGO offering free plastic surgeries for children with deformities and a lot of teens are now applying to get otoplasties and rhinoplasties in an effort to stop the bullying. But can plastic surgery really be a solution to bullying? 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 texts is rather advanced and can also be used for IGSCE, TOEFL or IELTS vocabulary building purposes. The handouts can be completed in class or assigned for homework.

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for intermediate to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the effects that Covid-19 and lockdowns can have on mental health and lays out different ways of coping with anxiety and stress while in quarantine. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: -7 comprehension questions -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: 6

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the history of the world’s most intricate mausoleum, the Taj Mahal. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including true or False exercises, a fun crossword and a fill in the gaps 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: 6

This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher intermediate to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores what is the confirmation bias and gives lists debiasing techniques that can be used to make better informed decisions. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: -comprehension questions -a multiple choice exercise -a crossword This worksheet can also be used for vocabulary building purposes. The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key is included. Total number of pages: 6

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