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The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic - Reading Comprehension Informational Text
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The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic - Reading Comprehension Informational Text

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This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the spread of the Spanish Flu / Influenza pandemic of 1918 and why it was the deadliest and strangely most forgotten medical calamity in history. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including true or False exercises, a fun crossword 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: 5
What Causes Wildfires? - Reading Comprehension Text
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What Causes Wildfires? - Reading Comprehension Text

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In recent years, stories of widespread wildfires are impossible to miss in climate change-related news. Unprecedented fires have destroyed millions of hectares of land, displaced hundreds of thousands of people, and eliminated entire habitats across the world. This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text explores the causes of wildfires and what we can do to prevent them. 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 definitions match This resource can be used as a mini-lesson, assigned for homework or used for vocabulary building purposes. Total number of pages: 7 Answer key included
Love in the Long Run - ELL / ESL Reading Comprehension
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Love in the Long Run - ELL / ESL Reading Comprehension

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This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners. The text discusses the importance of healthy balanced relationships and analyzes what researchers suggest makes the formula for a long lasting happy relationship. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions and True or False exercise. This handout can also be used for vocabulary building purposes. Ideally, this article can be studies on or near Valentine's Day. The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework.
EASTER SYMBOLS AND TRADITIONS - Reading Comprehension
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EASTER SYMBOLS AND TRADITIONS - Reading Comprehension

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This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for beginner to proficient ESL learners. The text describes the origins of the religious symbols and traditions of Easter! After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions, True or False exercises and an Easter themed word search. This worksheet can also be used for vocabulary building purposes (Easter). The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. Ideally, it could be used on or near Easter Sunday.
An Inspector Calls – The Story  by J. B. Priestley - Reading Comprehension Text
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An Inspector Calls – The Story by J. B. Priestley - Reading Comprehension Text

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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.
What is Artificial Intelligence? - Reading Comprehension Text
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What is Artificial Intelligence? - Reading Comprehension Text

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence in machines that are programmed to think like humans and mimic their actions. The term may also be applied to any machine that exhibits traits associated with a human mind such as learning and problem-solving. This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text explores the latest advancements in Artificial Intelligence. 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 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
The Great Gatsby - A story by F. Scott Fitzgerald / Reading Comprehension Worksheet
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The Great Gatsby - A story by F. Scott Fitzgerald / Reading Comprehension Worksheet

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This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text gives a summary of JF. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby" that explores love and infidelity in the materialistic culture of the 1920s. 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.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GLOBAL HUNGER - Reading Comprehension Worksheet / Text
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GLOBAL HUNGER - Reading Comprehension Worksheet / Text

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This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the harsh reality of global hunger and how it has become a vicious cycle for impoverished families in developing countries. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including a comprehension questions, True or False exercises, a fill-in the gaps exercise and a word search. 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.
A Brief History of Marriage - Reading Comprehension Worksheet
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A Brief History of Marriage - Reading Comprehension Worksheet

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This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text gives an account of how the concept of matrimony evolved over the century from pre-historic times to the sanctioning of marriage during the 15th century to the laws of proper courtship of the Victorian era and the revolutionizing theories of the 18th and 19th centuries that made the institution far more complex and brought love into the covenant. 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 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 handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. Ideally, it could be used on or near Valentine's Day!
HOGMANAY - NEW YEAR IN SCOTLAND - Reading Comprehension Worksheet / Text
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HOGMANAY - NEW YEAR IN SCOTLAND - Reading Comprehension Worksheet / Text

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This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text describes Scotland's spectacular Hogmanay celebrations and explores the holidays pagan origins. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions, True or False exercises 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. This reading comprehension worksheet can ideally be shortly before Christmas / New Year's
Who were the Vikings? -  Reading Comprehension Worksheet / Text
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Who were the Vikings? - Reading Comprehension Worksheet / Text

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This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text narrates the history of the Vikings from their very first raid to the coast of Northumbria to their assimilation in the broader Christendom in the 11th century. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including a true or false exercise, comprehension questions, a definitions match, a fill in the gaps 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.
King Lear- The Story - Reading Comprehension Worksheet
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King Lear- The Story - Reading Comprehension Worksheet

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This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text narrates the story/ plot summary of King Lear based on William Shakespeare's famous play. After carefully reading a text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: multiple choise, True or False and character match exercises. 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.
France's Chocolatey Easter - Reading Comprehension Worksheet / Text
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France's Chocolatey Easter - Reading Comprehension Worksheet / Text

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This Reading Comprehension handout is best suited for intermediate to advanced ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores France's sweet Easter traditions and delicacies, such as poison d'avril and the religious legend of the flying easter bells. After carefully reading the text the students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False and a definition's match exercise. The vocabulary used in the text can also be used for IGCSE vocabulary building purposes. A full answer key is included.
Present Perfect Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous Grammar Practice
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Present Perfect Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous Grammar Practice

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This handout is dedicated to teaching the Present Perfect Perfect vs Present Perfect Continuous to upper elementary-intermediate level ESL learners. The handout includes a gap filling exercise designed to help students differentiate between the two tenses and practice their affirmative, interrogative and negative form.
Of Mice and Men - A story by John Steinbeck / Reading Comprehension Worksheet
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Of Mice and Men - A story by John Steinbeck / Reading Comprehension Worksheet

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This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text gives a summary of John Steinbeck's novel "Of Mice and Men" that explores the tragic story of two unlikely friends Lennie and George. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False and a character match 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.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire  - Reading Comprehension Text
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Reading Comprehension Text

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This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text gives a summary of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" by J.K Rowling, the fourth novel in the Harry Potter series. After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: comprehension questions, True or False exercises, a characters match and a fun 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.
Who Was Albert Einstein? - Reading Comprehension - Informational Text
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Who Was Albert Einstein? - Reading Comprehension - Informational Text

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This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for beginner to proficient ESL learners. The text describes the life and work of the most influential physicist of the 20th century, Albert Einstein. After carefully reading the text / bio, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions, True or False exercises, 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 London Eye Mystery  - by Siobhan Dowd - GCSE Reading Comprehension
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The London Eye Mystery - by Siobhan Dowd - GCSE Reading Comprehension

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This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text gives a summary of Siobhan Dowd’s novel “The London Eye Mystery”. After carefully reading the summary of the novel, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False and a fun crossword. 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. A full answer key is included.
The History of Mother's Day - Reading Comprehension Text
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The History of Mother's Day - Reading Comprehension Text

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This handout explores the history of Mother's Day and the Contribution of Anna Jarvis to the establishment of the day as a national holiday. The worksheet includes comprehension questions and a true or false exercise. Can be used as an in class exercise or assigned for homework. Ideally, should be taught on or near Mother's Day.