Graded Reading & Listening

Category: A2

  • Did that really happen?

    Cows raining from the sky? Strange news stories from around the world. Short reading & listening with worksheets (A2)

  • Around the World in 80 Days

    Around the World in 80 Days (1873) Phileas Fogg’s classic adventure. Adapted for English language learners (lower intermediate level: A2-B1)

  • Medical English Vocabulary Quiz

    Basic medical English vocabulary quiz for non specialists. Language level: intermediate B1/2

  • The Lost Trousers

    Wrong trousers’ dispute ends in a multi-million dollar court case. Reading and listening for English language learners: level B1

  • The Greatest Modern Inventor?

    Was Thomas Edison the greatest modern inventor? Or did he take credit for the work of others. Short listening comprehension: Intermediate B1-2

  • Fun Cat Facts

    How Cats Walk – elementary listening for young learners. English language level: A1-2

  • Sherlock Holmes: Blue Carbuncle

    Adapted opening of the first Sherlock Holmes adventure. Reading worksheet with answers for English language learners. English language level: intermediate.

  • A Christmas Ghost?

    Fred misses the last bus home from his college Christmas party. Walking home though a churchyard, he comes across a very strange scene…. Fun Christmas ‘ghost story’ (B1)

  • A Christmas Carol

    Stave One – Marley Was Dead Introductory materials for new readers A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. With adapted text & audio, PowerPoint presentations, worksheets, character guides and key quotes. Before-Reading-A-Christmas-Carol Worksheet This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation, powered by Office. Download powerpoint, watch in full screen &/or access slide notes via the player…

  • Man-Sized-in-Marble by E Nesbit

    Classic halloween ghost story. A young couple move to the country. Every night they visit a beautiful local church. Inside there are two marble statues. Why do these statues frighten local people? And what is the secret of the broken marble finger? Adapted from Man Size in Marble (1893) E. Nesbit, writer of The Railway…