Easy C1 reading stories — short original graded readers with key words, a comprehension quiz, and a grammar link.
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…
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….
C1 · ADVANCED Reading practice · ~3,950 words · 26-min read This is an original short biography for advanced learners. It tells the invented life of Inês Barroca, a Portuguese cartographer who devoted her career to hand-drawing the villages of her country in the years before they were flooded to make way for hydroelectric reservoirs….
