Comprehension passages for self study
Easy
Death Penalty - A Cloze Quiz
Assorted Questions and Answers 3 (Matching Quiz, 8 Questions, Giving appropriate answers)
Santa Claus - Quiz
Intermediate
Mini-stories with cloze exercises: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8
Reading test: Few Clues
in Little Mermaid Whodunnit
Halloween: Reading Comprehension; Jumbled Sentences; Gap-fill Exercise; Matching Exercise
Stuck in the Desert: Reading Comprehension; Jumbled Sentences; Gap-fill Exercise; Matching Exercise
Losing Identity: Reading Comprehension; Jumbled Sentences; Gap-fill Exercise; Matching Exercise
Easter Easter – General Knowledge Quiz
How to Make a Halloween Jack-o'-Lantern
Is it Difficult to Catch HIV/AIDS?
Who are these people? (Matching Quiz)
Employment
Getting Ready for a Job Search
Job Goals Personal Qualities Job Skills Job Duties
Searching for a Job
Walking In Want Ads Job Announcements Networking
Applying for a Job
Job Application Resume Interview A Job Interview
Advanced
Exercises and stories to teach and test your reading skills:
Part 1:
Part 2: Tarzan of the Apes: Pre-reading exercise, Reading exercise
Grammar: Gerunds and Infinitives: Sentence-ordering exercise 1, Sentence-ordering exercise 2, Sentence-ordering exercise 3, Sentence-ordering exercise 4, Sentence-ordering exercise 5, Sentence-ordering exercise 6, Sentence-ordering exercise 7, Sentence-ordering exercise 8
Part 3: The Wild Life: Reading exercise, Grammar exercise: Self-test quiz, Writing exercise
Part 4: Emily Carr: Pre-reading exercise, Reading/vocabulary exercise Vocabulary crossword
Part 5: Culture Shock: Reading exercise, Post-Reading quiz, Writing exercise
Pulp Friction Pre-reading, reading, and grammar exercises
Cloze Passages: Meggie's Life Montgomery Bus Boycott
Newspaper Headlines Thanksgiving
News items with exercises
- 20th
Anniversary Of Mt. St. Helens Eruption
- Abortion Web Trial Ends
- Afghan
Reaction in the United States
- Amateur Rocketeers Try To Make It
Into Space
- American Captured as Taliban Fighter
- Ancient
Beauty
- Astronomers Discover Solar System
- Automakers Try To Get Electric Car Mandate Rescinded
- Bike Messengers Vote To Join Union
- Black Panther Dispute
- Blackouts Hit California
- Buffalo Wars
- California
Power Surplus City Chinese
Spiritual Revival
- Computers and Girls
- Condor
Reintroduction Program Putting Birds in Danger
- Court of Appeals Rules Against Napster
- (A) Day in the Life of a Protester
- Death
Row Inmate Nominated For Nobel Prize
- Debate
Over Supermarket Club Cards Information
- Deep Space Radio Interference
- Deregulation of Power Sends Prices Skyward
- Despite
Precautions 'Controlled Burns' Can Get Out Of Control
- Developing Robotic Birds
- Doctor Found Guilty of Elder Abuse
- Donating
Houses to the Community Instead of Demolition
- Dreams of New Ways To Fly
- Drunk Driving Laws Making Impact In California
- Earliest Human Remains Found In Ethiopia
- Earthquake Science
- Energy Regulation Debate
- Exxon
Valdez Ten Years Later
- Federal
Judge Rules Against Napster
- Fight
to Keep Bison Inside Yellowstone
- Foster
Adoptions
- Fuel Cell Technology for Cars
- (The) Future Of Communications
- Grand Canyon Crowding
- Grand Jury Indicts Couple in Dog Mauling
- Hackers
Flood Web Sites
- History Repeats? 1916 Election Parallel
- Human
Genome Project Update
- (The) Iditarod Sled Dog Race
- Internet Watchdog Could Stop Collegiate Copycats
- Japanese Freighter Grounded Off Oregon Coast
- Keiko
Adapts To Life In Iceland Waters
- Kennewick Man Skeleton Dispute
- Kinkel Sentenced To 111 Years
- Kip Kinkel Pleads Guilty In Oregon
Shootings
- Laid
Off Workers Giving Back to Community
- Late
Season Fire Hits Redding Area
- Links
between Child Vaccines and Autism?
- Living
Fossil Fish
- Long
Term Effects of Divorce
- Los
Angeles Area Gets a New Spider
- Makah Indians Hunt Gray Whale
- Man Growing Medical Marijuana Sent To Jail By Feds
- Marine Scientists Get The Picture
- Matthew Shepard Murder Trial Opens In Laramie WY
- Mobile Live Fire Trainer
- Monarch Butterflies
- NASA's Chief Calls for Bold Vision in Aviation
- National Parks Crumbling?
- No More Eye Charts?
- Nurse Tracking Technology
- Off
the Grid with Solar Power
- Olympic Hero Homecoming
- Oregon
Mom Forced To Treat Baby For HIV
- Oregon
Opens Adoptive Birth Records
- Oregon
Woman Takes Advantage of Assisted Suicide Law
- Oscar Nomination for Palestinian Teen
- Owl
Invaders
- Panhandler Controversy Takes to the Street-Signs
- Parole Board Logjam in California
- Peanuts
Creator Schulz Dies On Eve Of Last Strip
- Permits
to Prevent Fortune-Telling Scams
- Primate Researchers Sent Booby-Trapped Letters
- Prison Abuse Investigated
- Putting
Up With Pain
- Puzzling Deaths of Gray Whales Off California Coast Probed
- Quake
Engineering: Looking At The Turkish Earthquake Damage
- (The) Reality Of HIV in 1999
- Ringling Brothers Trainer on Trial for Animal Abuse
- Rising Oil Prices Prompts Call for Alaska Drilling
- Roadless Area Plan Draws Fire
- Saving AIDS Drugs for African Victims
- School
Voucher Initiative Battle in California
- Sea Marshals Ride Shotgun
- Sea Otter Census Shows Big Population Jump
- Secret
Japanese-American Mission
- Senior Citizens Surf The Web For Health of Mind And Body
- SETI
Search
- Sikh
Family Takes Precautions
- Solar Flyer
- Sound Technology Helps Police Locate Gunfire
- Tornado
Survivors
- "Trashed" Books May Help Fight Illiteracy, AIDS in
Uganda
- Treatment not Time
- Unwanted
Research Chimps
- Using
Dogs to Sniff Out Mold in Homes
- (The) View From Space
- What
A Chance To Race With The Pros!
- (The)
World Trade Organization in Seattle
- Whale Talk
- Y2K
Readiness Test For Power Grid
- Zodiac
Killer Stalked Victims Much Like DC Sniper
Self-study
Reading Comprehension Collection
American
Stories - Comprehension Exercises