Guess the word: Alice
in Wonderland
The House An easy text with a multiple choice comprehension section.
Be sure you do this exercise BEFORE the next one on this list!
Mr Smith's House Do this exercise AFTER you do the one about The House!
Button and Snowball This is another easy text about a dog called Button and a cat called Snowball. You can answer multiple choice questions about the text.
Button and Snowball Here is the same easy text about a dog called Button and a cat called Snowball. In this exercise, you have to write the correct verb into the blanks.
Cats and Dogs Match two parts to make questions about Button and Snowball.
A special Christmas present: Reading Comprehension, Recreating the Story, Gap-fill exercise
Two sisters and the cat: Reading Comprehension, Recreating the Story, Gap-fill exercise
The following stories have multiple-choice questions (just choose your answer and click to find out if you're right). Each one is also followed by a grammar exercise and a summary-writing exercise.
"The Death Car" Grammar Exercise: Conjunctions and Transitions Writing a Summary
"The Choking Dog" Grammar Exercise: Passive Voice Writing a Summary
"The Carpet Fitter" Grammar Exercise: Gerunds and Infinitives Writing a Summary
"The Hitchhiker" Grammar Exercise: Adjective Clauses Writing a Summary
"The American Pepper" Grammar Exercise: Reported Speech Writing a Summary
Nasreddin:
Story 1: Nasreddin and the Pot: Reading Comprehension; Recreating the Story; Summarizing the Story: Gap-fill Exercise
Story 2: Nasreddin Goes Shopping: Reading Comprehension; Recreating the Story; Summarizing the Story: Gap-fill Exercise
Story 3: Nasreddin and the Beggar: Reading Comprehension; Recreating the Story; Summarizing the Story: Gap-fill Exercise
Story 4: Nasreddin and the Smell of Soup: Reading Comprehension; Recreating the Story; Summarizing the Story: Gap-fill Exercise
Story 5: Nasreddin the Ferry Man: Reading Comprehension; Recreating the Story; Summarizing the Story: Gap-fill Exercise
Story 6: Nasreddin's Visitors: Reading Comprehension; Recreating the Story; Summarizing the Story: Gap-fill Exercise
Children’s Storybooks Online Lots of easy stories to read.
Silly Stories These stories from Between the Lions are good for reading practice.
What the Modern Woman Wants A prize-winning story by a 15-year-old Singaporean girl.
Fairy Tales and Stories, by Hans Christian Andersen
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts A big and interesting collection of short folk tales.
Stories by Raymond
Darron and the Dragon Have you ever tried to write a fairy tale? I did once, many years ago. To understand this story you need to know this idiom: To ask for a girl’s hand means To ask to marry her.
The Three Bears Most children know the story of The Three Bears. When I was at school l wrote my own version of it. Maybe you could also take a well-known story and turn it into a Fractured Fairy Tale.” If you do, make sure you e-mail me a copy to put on this website!
The
Trishaw Man A story I wrote about my
experience in
Annette in Music Land Some of the illustrations didn’t work when I put this on the Website – especially in the later chapters, when the characters speak “music language”. But most of it should make sense!
The Tell-Tale Heart A
classic scary story by Edgar Allen Poe.
Bed in Summer - (Robert Louis
Stevenson)
Giggle Poetry
Learn to write your own poems.
School Poems:
Some funny poems about school.
Journal
Have a look at this
cool journal. A new entry is added every day: Diary of a
Wimpy Kid
Comics
Comics Do you like to read comics in the newspapers?
At this site, you'll find many comics to choose from. You can read just one, or
you can follow a comic story over a long period of time. You'll learn a lot of
English (some good slang too), and also things about
Interactive
Castaway - You are on a shipwrecked on a desert island and have only a rescue flare, a pistol and three bullets. Can you escape? You must use your reading skills and also your problem solving skills. Good luck!