Category: Upper Intermediate
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IELTS: English Language Proficiency Test
What the IELTS Reading paper tests. How to prepare for the exam.
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Journal of a Plague Year
The Great Plague of London (1665/6) was perhaps the most important medical emergency in English history. Daniel Defoe wrote A Journal of a Plague Year many years later. It begins with the unnamed narrator reporting alarming news from Europe.
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Ribrock Hotel
Reading worksheet (with link to FCE Reading question) Based on celebrated Art Buchwald spoof.
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Raining Cows (B1)
Cows raining from the sky? Strange news story with worksheet. English language level: B1
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Cow Crash (B1)
This story happened in Cambodia. 1. What is the capital of Cambodia?
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Bear Hug
Strange tale of a hunter meeting a brown bear in the woods. Listening & reading comprehension with worksheets . English language level: B2 upper intermediate.
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Spanish Flu (B2)
Classic ‘very autobiographical’ story about love & loss during Spanish flu epidemic. Adapted opening with worksheet.