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Abcteach features over 1,000 multi-page reading comprehension activities. These include biographies, history lessons, and introductions to important concepts in social studies, science, holidays, and more. Fictional stories are also available, providing students with fun and imaginative scenarios to explore. These stories serve as great backdrops for questions about problem solving, emotions, moral and ethical dilemmas, and vocabulary interpretation. Use the subcategories below to find reading activities written for your students’ comprehension level. Readings about popular topics are written for multiple grade levels. These can be used effectively to address the needs of multi-level classrooms or homeschools with children of different ages. In addition to the readings, the majority of our worksheets have attached study questions and games that reinforce important vocabulary words and key concepts.

Want access to all of the reading comprehension packets on abcteach? Favorite saved. Beginning Level English Reading Comprehension - Adverbs of Frequency Reading Comprehension. Read the following short paragraph about Mary and her hobbies and interests. Pay attention to how often and when she does her various hobbies.

Once you understand, make sure to take the quiz to test your knowledge. Mary's Hobbies and Interests Mary has a lot of hobbies and interests. Take the quiz about Mary's Hobbies and Interests to check your understanding. This reading focuses on adverbs of frequency with the present simple tense to describe habits and routines. Looking for a Pen Pal - Reading Comprehension. Read the following information about different pen pals. 1. Mary, 24 years old, comes from Scotland and would like to find a pen pal who comes from East Europe.

She likes playing the piano and listening to jazz music. She is interested in history but does not like discussing politics. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Comprehension Questions Which pen pal is best for these people? Petr Vladovic, 18, comes from Serbia and would like a pen pal who is interested in discussing the current political situation in the world. CHUNKING- READING STRATEGY ACTIVITY SHEETS. English news and easy articles for students of English. Reading II. Dictation-English. > BEST RESOURCES: PLACEMENT TEST | GUIDE | OUR BEST WORKSHEETS | Most popular | Contact us > LESSONS AND TESTS: -ing | AS or LIKE | Abbreviations and acronyms... | Adjectives | Adverbs | Agreement/Disagreement | Alphabet | Animals | Articles | Audio test | Be | BE, HAVE, DO, DID, WAS... | Banks, money | Beginners | Betty's adventures | Bilingual dialogues | Business | Buying in a shop | Capital letters | Cars | Celebrations: Thanksgiving, new year... | Clothes | Colours/Colors | Comparisons | Compound words | Conditional and hypothesis | Conjunctions | Contractions | Countries and nationalities | Dates, days, months, seasons | Dictation | Direct/Indirect speech | Diseases | Exclamative sentences!

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Identify parts of the text: Procedure: Pair work. Then s/he writes or dictates the parts of the advertisement: - The company – its name and a short description - The job – an indication of the job and main duties - The person – the qualification, skulls and experience - Rewards – the salary, holidays, company car, mobile phone, bonus etc. - Methods of application – instruction how one should apply Learners work in pair and try to identify parts of the text and put them in the correct order. Identify parts and order them: - Where? 1. 3. 4. ESL English Listening & Adult Literacy - News - Audiobooks - Songs - Radio Dramas. Laurie by Stephen King Part One (25 min. at normal speed - Various speeds available) Part Two (28 min. at normal speed - Various speeds available) Laurie is a beautiful and heartwarming story.

It is a story about hope and life in general. This story introduces us to Lloyd, a man who recently lost his wife. One day, her sister visits Lloyd in Florida and gives him an unexpected gift - a mixed breed puppy named Laurie. While Lloyd rejects his new pet at first, Laurie will gradually get into Lloyd’s life and change it completely. However, as comforting as Lloyd’s life is after Laurie enters it, their peaceful life of meals and long walks on the beach is suddenly challenged by a frightening situation they did not expect. 10 English jokes to make learning English fun. Laughter is the best medicine Jokes are an essential part of any language and culture and are a great way of understanding the target language through the play on words and a culture’s sense of humour.

The English Language is filled with witty, clever jokes that illustrate the play on words such as homophones, double entendre and puns like this: Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He’s all right now. Every evening I share a joke on my Facebook Page under the title of Evening Fun. “I’m not sure that’s what they mean by now reduce the wine” 1. 2. Source: English is Fun 3. 4. Source: The Spectator 5. 6. 7. Source: Dawn French Fan Page 8. 9. Source: Woodward English 10. For more jokes, do take a look at the English Club. If you liked this post please share it. Have a great weekend, folks.

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