B2 · UPPER-INTERMEDIATE Reading practice · ~3,200 words · 16-min read This is an original story for upper-intermediate learners, set in a warehouse where something is quietly wrong with everyone’s pay. Before you start, read the nine key words below — they all appear in the story more than once. At the end, there are…
B2 · UPPER-INTERMEDIATE Reading practice · ~3,100 words · 16-min read This is an original story for upper-intermediate readers. Somebody in a block of flats is leaving polite, anonymous notices — and nobody knows who. First, read the ten key words below. Then enjoy the story. At the end, there are questions to check your…
Quick Answer The third conditional imagines a different past. The shape is If + had + past participle, then would have + past participle: If I had studied, I would have passed. It always describes something that did NOT happen — which is why it is the grammar of regret. See the Pattern First Read…
Quick Answer To report what someone said, move the verb one step back in time and change the words that point at people and time. “I am tired,” she said becomes She said she was tired. No quotation marks, and usually no that needed. See the Pattern First On the left is what the person…
B2 · UPPER-INTERMEDIATE Reading practice · ~3,100 words · 16-min read This is an original story for upper-intermediate learners. It is about a city, a staircase, and a young reporter who asks one question too many. Before you start, read the ten key words below — they all appear in the story more than once….
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….
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…
B2 · UPPER-INTERMEDIATE Reading practice · ~3,100 words · 15-min read This is an original B2 story about a solo traveller who takes the wrong train and finds something better than the plan she had lost. The story uses natural upper-intermediate English, with plenty of passive verbs. Read the ten key words first, then enjoy…
B2 · UPPER-INTERMEDIATE Reading practice · ~3,200 words · 21-min read This is an original short story for upper-intermediate learners. It is a city story about an old tram line, a young planner with a difficult assignment, and a set of numbers that do not add up. Read the eight key words first. Then read…
B2 · UPPER-INTERMEDIATE Reading practice · ~3,350 words · 22-min read This is an original short story for upper-intermediate learners. It is a quiet countryside story about a science teacher who inherits her grandmother’s cottage and slowly uncovers a small scientific wonder in the garden — one that changes her whole autumn. Read the ten…
