Easy B2 reading stories — short original graded readers with key words, a comprehension quiz, and a grammar link.
B2 · UPPER-INTERMEDIATE Reading practice · ~3,100 words · 16-min read This is an original story for upper-intermediate readers. It is about ordinary life in an ordinary building — and about what happens when old habits meet new technology. First, look at the ten key words below. Then read the story in six short chapters….
B2 · UPPER-INTERMEDIATE Reading practice · ~3,200 words · 16-min read This is an original biography of an imagined woman: an engineer who was never allowed to call herself one. It is written for upper-intermediate readers. First, study the ten key words below. Then read the story — it is told in seven short chapters….
B2 · UPPER-INTERMEDIATE Reading practice · ~3,260 words · 16-min read This is an original story for upper-intermediate learners. It is about a city that is changing fast — and about one sound that refuses to disappear. First, read the ten key words. Then read the story in eight short chapters. At the end, there…
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…
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…
