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Beginning English Reading Comprehension

English reading comprehension skills and quizzes for beginning level learners, classes and teachers.

Mary's Hobbies and Interests

Beginning level English reading comprehension focusing on adverbs of frequency and the present simple tense.

Tim's Day

Beginning level English reading comprehension focusing on daily work routines and the present simple tense.

Two International Friends

Beginning level English reading comprehension focusing on basic personal information and the verb to be.

Dialogue: Interview in a Shopping Mall

Reading comprehension with follow up multiple choice quiz. This reading focuses on the superlative form.

Dialogue: What's in your office?

Dialogue for roleplay with follow up multiple choice quiz. This reading focuses on the use have got, office vocabulary, the use of there is and there are.

Dialogue: Interview with a Famous Actor

Dialogue for roleplay with follow up multiple choice quiz. This reading focuses on speaking about daily routines with the simple present

Dialogue: The City and The Country

Dialogue for roleplay with follow up multiple choice quiz. This reading focuses on the use of the comparative form.

A Manager's Desk

Reading comprehension describing a typical manager's desk and work. This short comprehension is followed by a multiple choice quiz.

A Secretary's Desk

Reading comprehension describing a typical secretary's desk and work. This short comprehension is followed by a 'true or false' quiz.

A Shop Worker's Desk

Reading comprehension describing a typical shop worker's desk and work. This short comprehension is followed by a gap fill text completion quiz.

Comprehension Dialogues - Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

ESL Reading Comprehension Dialogues for Speaking and Reading Comprehension Practice - Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced level quizzes with target structures and language functions for speaking practice as well as follow-up comprehension quizzes.

Dialogue Reading Comprehension: Advice for a Shy Guy

This reading dialogue focuses on one boy giving advice to another shy boy about meeting a girl.

Dialogue: A Great Workout

Beginner level reading comprehension with follow up multiple choice quiz. This reading focuses on daily sports and hobbies.

Easy English Times

Easy English Times brings a world of information to adult learners. It's a newspaper written in easy English for those in English as a Second Language (ESL) classes and adult literacy programs.

ESL Beginner Reading Comprehension: A Great Workout

Beginner level reading comprehension with follow up multiple choice quiz. This reading focuses on daily sports and hobbies.

My Friend Peter - Reading Comprehension

Beginning level reading comprehension focusing on nationalities and countries. This reading comprehension is followed by a 10 question 'multiple choice' and 'true or false' quiz.

My Office

Short reading comprehension about the common objects to be found in an office. Includes follow up quiz questions and a short vocabulary section.

Reading Comprehension: A New Office

Beginner level reading comprehension with follow up multiple choice quiz. This reading focuses on making offers and speaking about objects in an office.

Reading Comprehension: Filling in a Form

Beginning level dialogue with follow up reading comprehension quiz focusing on basic personal information.

Reading Comprehension: Introductions

Beginning level English dialogue with follow up multiple choice questions for in-class use and reading comprehension practice.

Reading Comprehension: The Meeting

Beginner level reading comprehension with follow up multiple choice quiz. This reading focuses on times of the day and using the present continuous for future plans.

Sample Receipts Explained

Sample receipt with explanation of common symbols and expressions used on receipts for English learners.

Simple English News

Simple English news helps students improve their English skills by providing easy versions of current news stories on a wide range of topics including: science and technology, entertainment, world news, sports, and more.

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