Easy C1 reading stories — short original graded readers with key words, a comprehension quiz, and a grammar link.
C1 · ADVANCED Reading practice · ~3,250 words · 16-min read This is an original story for advanced learners, written in the style of a graded reader. Before you begin, look through the ten key words below — they carry the weight of the story, and you will meet each of them more than once….
C1 · ADVANCED Reading practice · ~3,300 words · 17-min read This is an original story for advanced learners. The language is rich but controlled: any word you are unlikely to know is explained before you begin, and then used again inside the story so that it sticks. Read the ten key words first, then…
C1 · ADVANCED Reading practice · ~3,150 words · 16-min read This is an original story for advanced learners about a small town, a winter fire festival, and an uncomfortable question: what makes a tradition real? The language is rich but controlled. First, study the ten key words below — they carry the weight of…
C1 · ADVANCED Reading practice · ~3,500 words · 24-min read This is an original folk tale written for advanced learners. The plot is invented, but the story keeps the rhythm and flavour of the tales people once told around the fire. Before you begin, look through the ten key words below — every one…
C1 · ADVANCED Reading practice · ~3,200 words · 16-min read This is an original story for advanced learners. The language is rich but controlled: you should recognise almost every word. Before you begin, study the ten key words below — each one appears several times in the story. At the end, there are questions…
C1 · ADVANCED Reading practice · ~3,100 words · 16-min read This is an original story for advanced learners. The language is rich but controlled: before you start, skim the ten key words below — each one appears at least twice in the story, so you will meet it again in context. At the end,…
C1 · ADVANCED Reading practice · ~3,300 words · 18-min read This is an original story for advanced learners, written in the style of a graded reader. Before you begin, look through the ten key words below — several of them carry the weight of the plot. Then settle in: this is a story about…
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….
