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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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What Nuclear Radiation Does To Your Body - 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 long term and short term effects of ionizing radiation on human health.
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 IGCSE and TOEFL vocabulary building purposes. This handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. A full answer key included.
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Black History: The Civil Rights Movement - Reading Comprehension Text
This Reading Comprehension / Informational Text is suitable for advanced to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers.
The text explores the civil rights movement - a struggle for social justice that took place mainly during the 1950s and 1960s for black Americans to gain equal rights under the law in the United States. The text recounts the most important events that transpired during the 50s and 60s from the Jim Crow segregation lawsto Bloody Sunday and the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including a fill-in the missing titles exercise , comprehension questions, a definition match, multiple choice exercises and a crossword. The text can also be used for vocabulary building purposes.
Total number of pages: 7
Answer key included
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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.
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What Causes Wildfires? - Reading Comprehension Text
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
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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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The Nightmare Before Christmas - The Story - Reading Comprehension Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text narrates the story based on the animated movie "The Nightmare Before Christmas".
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including 10 comprehension questions, 12 True or False exercises, a gap filling exercise and a fan maze. The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework during or near Halloween or Christmas.
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A Christmas Carol - by Charles Dickens - Reading Comprehension Story / Worksheet
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text recounts the story of "Christmas Carol" based on Charles Dickens' popular novella.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some True or False exercises, a character match exercise, a multiple choice exercise and answer 10 comprehension questions. The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework during or near Christmas. This worksheet can also be used for vocabulary building purposes.
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë - GCSE Reading Comprehension / Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text gives a summary of Charlotte Brontë’S “Jane Eyre”.
After carefully reading the summary of the novel, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: True or False exercises, comprehension questions, a character match, a fill in the gaps exercise 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.
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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.
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Antony and Cleopatra - The Story - Reading Comprehension Worksheet
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text narrates the story/ plot summary of Antony and Cleopatrabased 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, gap filling 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.
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The Gift of The Magi - - Reading Comprehension Worksheet / Text - Christmas Story
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners or native English speakers. The text recounts the story of "The Gift of The Magi" written by O. Henry.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including a comprehension questions, True or False exercises and a fun word search. 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.
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Who Was Nikola Tesla? - Reading Comprehension - Informational Text
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for beginner to proficient ESL learners. The text describes the life and work of one of the most influential inventors of the 18th century Nikola Tesla.
Nikola Tesla (July 10, 1856 to January 7, 1943) was an engineer known for designing the alternating-current (AC) electric system, which is still the predominant electrical system used across the world today.
After carefully reading the text / bio, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension questions, True or False exercises, a definitions match, 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
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The Rise and Fall of Julius Caesar - Reading Comprehension Worksheet / Biography
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text describes the life and reign of the Roman Dictator Julius Caesar.
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: True or False exercises, a title match, a fill in the gaps exercise 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,
Total number of pages:8
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THE OUTSIDERS by S. E. Hinton - IGCSE Reading Comprehension
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text gives a summary of S. E. Hinton’s “THE OUTSIDERS”.
After carefully reading the summary of the novel, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: True or False exercises, a character match, a fill in the gaps exercise 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.
Total number of pages: 6
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A brief History of The Oscars - Reading Comprehension Worksheets
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for upper intermediate to proficient ESL learners. The text gives an account of how the Oscars evolved in the past century and describes the extravagant ceremony that the Academy Awards organize every February!
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 the Oscars Day!
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EASTER SYMBOLS AND TRADITIONS - Reading Comprehension
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.
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Strange Easter Traditions from Around the World : Reading Comprehension
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners. The text describes a number of strange Easter traditions around the globe!
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including: questions, True or False, a definitions matching exercise and a crossword. The vocabulary used in the text is rather advanced and can also be used for vocabulary building purposes. The handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. Ideally, it could be used before the Easter Holidays!
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Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Easter - Reading Comprehension
This Reading Comprehension worksheet is suitable for higher elementary to proficient ESL learners. The text describes the origins and religious purpose of Ash Wednesday which marks the 40-day Lent period leading to Easter Sunday!
After carefully reading the text, students are required to complete some comprehension exercises including comprehension 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 handout can be completed in class or assigned for homework. Ideally, it could be used on or near Ash Wednesday.
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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.