B2 · UPPER-INTERMEDIATE Reading practice · ~3,400 words · 17-min read This is an original mystery story for upper-intermediate learners. Before you start, read the ten key words below — they all appear in the story more than once. Then read the six short chapters, and finish with the quiz to test what you understood….
B1 · INTERMEDIATE Reading practice · ~3,000 words · 18-min read This is an original folk tale for intermediate learners. Nobody has read it before — it was written just for you. First, study the ten key words below. Then read the story, one chapter at a time. At the end, there is a quiz…
A2 · ELEMENTARY Reading practice · ~1,650 words · 11-min read This is an original story for A2 learners. It is about nature — and a small mystery in a garden. First, read the ten key words. Then read the story. At the end, there is a quiz, a grammar point, and a writing task….
A1 · BEGINNER Reading practice · ~1,300 words · 9-min read This is a short, easy story for beginners. The sentences are simple. First, read the eight key words. Then read the story. At the end, there is a small quiz to check what you understand. Before you read — 8 key words wallet —…
C1 · ADVANCED Reading practice · ~3,300 words · 16-min read This is an original story for advanced learners. The language is rich but controlled: before you begin, read the ten key words below, because each one appears more than once in the story. At the end there are comprehension questions, a grammar focus, and…
B2 · UPPER-INTERMEDIATE Reading practice · ~3,300 words · 22-min read This is an original short story for upper-intermediate learners. It is a quiet, science-flavoured story about a village church warden who agrees to a small evening survey — and slowly realises that something rare has been living above her head for years. Read the…
B1 · INTERMEDIATE Reading practice · ~3,050 words · 15-min read This is a B1 biography — the life story of an ordinary Portuguese woman who did one small thing very well for almost seventy years. The English is intermediate, with perfect tenses, relative clauses (“the town where she was born…”) and simple past narrative….
A2 · ELEMENTARY Reading practice · ~1,700 words · 11-min read This is a short story for elementary learners. It is mostly in the past simple tense, so it is a good way to see A2 grammar in a real story. First, read the ten key words below. Then read the story. At the end,…
A1 · BEGINNER Reading practice · ~1,300 words · 9-min read This is a short, easy story for beginners. The sentences are simple. First, read the eight key words. Then read the story. At the end, there is a small quiz to check what you understand. Before you read — 8 key words caterpillar —…
C1 · ADVANCED Reading practice · ~3,000 words · 15-min read This is an original C1 short story about city life, community, and a professional dilemma. Before you begin, skim the twelve key words below — each one appears again inside the story, so read the definitions once and you will meet them in context….
