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SpaceX and How It Has Revolutionised Space Exploration - Reading Comprehension #GoogleExpeditions
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
The Cold War - 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 major historical events that occurred during the Cold War.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including a titles match, comprehension questions, gap filling, definition match and True or False exercises and a fun crossword. 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.
Social Media, Influencer Culture, FOMO and Mental Health
This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text is suitable for advanced to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers.
The text focuses on the effect of social media on body image and mental health and explores ways of using social media responsibly.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including:
-comprehension questions
-multiple choice exercises
-a crossword
-a fill in the blanks exercise
The text can also be used for vocabulary building purposes.
Total number of pages: 8
Answer key included
What Happened on September 11? - Reading Comprehension Worksheet / Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for beginner to proficient ESL learners. The text describes the events that unfolded on September 11, 2001.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions, True or False exercises, 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. The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key is included.
Total number of pages: 8
Is Plastic Surgery the Answer to Bullying - Reading Comprehension Worksheet
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.
COVID-19 and Mental Health | Coronavirus Reading Comprehension text
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
Children Refugees - Reading Comprehension Worksheet / Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the harsh reality of children refugees and exposes the shortfalls in funding, aid and support for war-stricken children.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including a comprehension questions, True or False exercises, a crossword and engage in an in-class discussion. The text can be used for vocabulary building purposes. This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework.
The History and Love Story of the Taj Mahal - Reading Comprehension Worksheet / Text
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
Child Beauty Pageants: What Are We Teaching Our Girls? - Reading Comprehension Worksheet / Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores the controversial world of child beauty pageants and the effects of the child star lifestyle on adult development.
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 and a fun crossword. 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.
How do the Royal family celebrate Christmas? - Informational Text Reading & Comprehension Exercises
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text explores how Britain’s Royal family celebrate Christmas at Sandringham House .
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including a true or false exercise, a fun crossword and a fill in the gaps text on the Queen’s speech. 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: 6
What is Confirmation Bias and How to Avoid it - Reading Comprehension Text
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
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
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
A Brief History of Science - 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 Science from the Messopotamians to Sir Isaac Newton.
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, a fun crossword and a fill-in-the-gaps exercise . 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: 9
A Brief History of Censorship and Freedom of Speech - Reading Comprehension Text
This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text is suitable for advanced to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers.
The text explores the history of censorship and freedom of speech from ancient Athen’s parrhesia to the Catholic Church’s Inquisition trials, Britain’s Licensing Acts, France’s National Assembly, Germany’s Nazi Movement, South Africa’s Apartheid all the way up to modern-day censorship examples.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including:
comprehension questions
a definition match
multiple choice exercises
a crossword
a fill in the blanks exercise on modern-day censorship and propaganda in North Korea
The text can also be used for vocabulary building purposes.
Total number of pages: 8
Answer key included
A Brief History of Democracy and Elections - Reading Comprehension Text
This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text is suitable for advanced to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers.
The text explores the origins of democracy from the 5th century Athenian assemblies on the Pnyx to the 1788 American Constitution and the mid-19th century revolutionary campaigns that secured women’s right to vote.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including:
-comprehension questions
a definition match
multiple choice exercises
a crossword
The text can also be used for vocabulary building purposes.
Total number of pages: 7
Answer key included
Depression in Teens - Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Informational Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners. The text discusses teenage depression and its possible causes.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: comprehension questions, a definitions match exercise a crossword and a True or False exercise. 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.
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
Inequality and the Wealth Gap - Reading Comprehension Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher intermediate to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers.
The text explores inequality in its various forms and how it creates a complex mix of internal and external challenges that will continue to grow over the next twenty-five years.
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 exercise
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
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Human Rights, Equality, Inequality & Discrimination Bundle - Reading Comprehension Texts (SAVE 50%)
This bundle includes a number of Reading Comprehension handouts suitable for higher intermediate advanced ESL learners / native speakers. The texts explore human rights, equality, discrimination, oppression, exploitation and social injustice throughout 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 purpose