Reading-based Worksheets

This is a lower level version of our worksheet 'Truck or Lorry'.

Do your students ever ask about the differences between British and American English? Do they know the difference between a 'lift' and an 'elevator'?

This worksheet has a short gap-fill reading, followed by collocation and vocabulary building.

There is a quiz on British/American vocabulary plus lots of discussion questions on the influence of the USA / UK and how languages are changing.

This worksheet is for lower-intermediate classes and above.

Are you a good driver? Do you enjoy being behind the wheel? Would you like to be able to sit back and relax as your car drives itself?

This worksheet looks at the topical subject of driverless cars. Would you trust a car with a computer behind the wheel? Would a computer crash take on a whole new meaning?

This worksheet has a reading, vocabulary building exercises and discussion. Everyone has an opinion on the topic, making this worksheet a great way to get your students speaking at length.

Do we all have different kinds of friends? Has Facebook changed the way we keep in touch with friends? Are friends who we meet in the real world different to our (numerous) online friends?

This worksheet has a reading on the changing nature of friendship. There are vocabulary exercises, summarising, discussion and more.

This worksheet is written for advanced-level classes.

There have been a number of stories in the media recently about the dangers of high levels of sugar in our diet. Do we realise how much sugar we are consuming? Should the government pass laws to force food manufacturers to lower sugar levels?

This worksheet has a task-based reading, followed by collocation practice and discussion questions.

Your students will learn expressions including...

• on the wane
• public enemy number one
• to reach a consensus
• a sobering thought

This worksheet is for upper-intermediate and advanced levels.

Why is there a cultural taboo in some countries about eating insects? Would you feel apprehensive about munching on some chocolate-covered crickets? How about mealworm spaghetti?

This worksheet takes eating insects as its theme, with a warm-up, a gap-fill reading, vocabulary building and discussion.

It's a great topic to talk about - students of all levels and nationalities enjoy talking about food. Is there anything in your students' countries that foreign tourists would find difficult to eat?

This worksheet is written for upper-intermediate and advanced-level classes.

How do people meet their soul-mates? Is it becoming more difficult to meet Mr or Mrs Right? Do your students think that online dating is a good way to go about it?

This worksheet has a reading, followed by vocabulary and collocation practice. There are lots of opportunities for discussion too.

This handout is written for upper-intermediate and advanced levels.

Do your students share information about themselves on Facebook, or other similar social networking sites? Are they worried that other people can view private information about them?

This worksheet looks at the subject of privacy, and how it is becoming increasingly difficult to control one's online profile.

There is a short reading, with vocabulary and collocation exercises. The lesson rounds off with an extended discussion on the subject of online privacy.

This worksheet is written for intermediate to advanced-level students.

The English language is constantly changing, with new words coming into use. This worksheet looks at how new words are added to dictionaries.

The worksheet begins with a (not-too-serious) quiz. Can your students guess when words such as 'photobomb' and 'air-guitar' were added to the dictionary?!

This is followed by reading and vocabulary quizzes.

The lesson rounds off with a discussion on the words we use.

Have your students noticed new words coming into fashion? Are English words common in their own language? What do they think of that?

This worksheet is fun way to build reading and discussion skills, while improving vocabulary knowledge. Try it today!