B1 · INTERMEDIATE Reading practice · ~3,000 words · 15-min read This is an original folk tale for intermediate learners. Before you start, read the ten key words below — they all appear in the story more than once. When you finish, there is a short quiz, and a question the story never answers… Before…
B1 · INTERMEDIATE Reading practice · ~2,780 words · 14-min read This is an original folk-tale, written in simple English for intermediate learners. First, read the ten key words below. Then read the five short chapters. There is a small quiz at the end to check what you understand, and one grammar point to notice…
B1 · INTERMEDIATE Reading practice · ~2,700 words · 14-min read This is an original story for B1 (intermediate) readers. The sentences are a little longer, and the story uses the present perfect tense a lot. First, read the ten key words. Then read the story — it is in six short chapters. At the…
B1 · INTERMEDIATE Reading practice · ~3,100 words · 15-min read This is an original story for B1 (intermediate) readers. The sentences are a little longer and the story uses the present perfect tense a lot. First, read the ten key words. Then read the story — it is in six short chapters. At the…
B1 · INTERMEDIATE Reading practice · ~3,000 words · 20-min read This is the life story of Elena Voss — a fisherman’s daughter who changed the way people see her island. She is not a real person, but her story could be true. First, study the ten key words. Then read the six short chapters….
B1 · INTERMEDIATE Reading practice · ~3,000 words · 15-min read This is a B1 reading story. The English is at intermediate level, so you will meet perfect tenses, relative clauses, and a few new words. Learn the nine key words below first. Then read the story. At the end, there is a short quiz…
empathy /EM-puh-thee/ Listen The ability to imagine and share another person’s feelings, as if they were your own. Quick Answer Empathy means feeling WITH someone — you imagine yourself in their place and share the feeling. “Good nurses have great empathy with their patients.” Example: Her empathy helped her understand exactly how I felt. Empathy…
sympathy /SIM-puh-thee/ Listen The feeling of being sorry for someone who is in a bad situation. You care about their pain from the outside. Quick Answer Sympathy means feeling sorry FOR someone. You see their pain from the outside and you care. “We sent flowers to show our sympathy.” Example: Everyone expressed their sympathy after…
? elicit /ih-LIS-it/ Listen To draw out a reaction, answer or emotion from someone. A verb — it does things. Quick Answer Elicit means to draw out a response — an answer, a laugh, a memory. It is a verb: teachers elicit answers; jokes elicit laughter. Think: Elicit Extracts. Example: Her joke elicited a big…
illicit /ih-LIS-it/ Listen Not allowed by law or by rules; forbidden. An adjective — it describes things. Quick Answer Illicit means illegal or against the rules. It is an adjective: illicit trade, illicit copies, an illicit deal. Think: iLLicit starts like iLLegal. Example: Customs officers found illicit goods in the container. Illicit in 3 Sentences…
