Reading Comprehension EAP Worksheets

EAP Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Matching, True, False or Not Given - Speaking Activities: Guided Discussion, Freer Practice - Pair Work In this academic reading comprehension worksheet, students read an article on the topic of AI and the future of work and practice reading comprehension skills. To start, students discuss three questions related to the topic of AI and the future of work in pairs. Students then match words from an article they are going to read to definitions. Next, students read the article, 'The Changing World of Work'. After that, students label statements as either true, false, or not given, according to the information in the text. Students then move on to answer reading comprehension questions using the information in the text. Finally, students answer questions about AI and the future using their own ideas and then discuss them with a partner. show less

EAP Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading Exercises: Matching, Multiple Choice, Gap-fill - Speaking Activitiy: Guided Discussion, Freer Practice - Pair Work In this intriguing academic reading comprehension worksheet, students practice reading skills through a science-focused text about sleep. To begin, students discuss three sleep-related questions in pairs. Students then match words from a text they are going to read to their definitions. Next, students read a text about sleep and match headings to the paragraphs. After that, students choose the correct option to answer each question about the text. Students then complete sentences with a word or phrase from the text. Following that, students use information from the text to write full-sentence answers to questions. Finally, students answer a question about how someone could prioritise sleep and discuss their ideas with a partner. show less

EAP Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading Exercises: Guessing Meaning from Context, True or False, Summary Completion - Speaking Activity: Discussion Here is a useful academic reading comprehension worksheet based on the topic of immigration to help students practice reading an academic text for specific information. To begin, students read a text about immigration and then use context clues to work out the meaning of five words in bold from the text. Next, students label statements about the text as either true, false, or not given. After that, students complete a summary of the text with words from a box. Finally, in pairs, students discuss questions about immigration and then share their answers with the class. show less

EAP Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading Exercises: Matching, True or False In this academic reading comprehension worksheet, students read a brief article on the topic of unethical business behaviours and complete exercises to practice several reading skills that include recognising main ideas and scanning to locate and identify information. As a lead into the topic, in pairs, students discuss four questions related to the topic of ethics. Next, students read an article that provides ten descriptions, outlining examples of unethical business behaviours. Students then match headings with the ten paragraphs in the article. Students then move on to read five situations and indicate which paragraph describes the type of unethical behaviour for each situation. In the last exercise, students read statements and say whether they are true or false, according to the information given in the text. show less

EAP Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Matching, Scanning, Paraphrasing, Multiple Choice, Reading for Detail, Error Correction In this intelligence reading comprehension worksheet, students read an article on the topic of intelligence and complete a range of exercises that help students read for detail and build their vocabulary knowledge. In pairs, students start by discussing two questions about intelligence as a lead into the topic of the article. Students then match keywords from the text to their definitions. Next, students read a text titled 'Classifying Intelligence'. After that, students scan the text to locate two keywords and use context clues to infer their meanings. Students continue by answering three multiple-choice questions based on the article. In the final exercise, students read a summary of the text to identify three incorrect sentences and rewrite them so that they contain accurate information. show less

EAP Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Matching, Multiple Choice, True, False or Not Given, Writing a Paragraph In this colonialism reading comprehension worksheet, students read a brief article on the topic of European colonialism and practice a number of reading strategies that include guessing the meaning of a word from context, recognising main ideas, and scanning to locate and identify information. As a lead in, students discuss two questions related to the topic of 'Commerce in the New World'. Students continue by matching advanced words from the article to their correct definition. Next, students read the article and use context clues in the text to choose the correct definition of the words and phrases shown. Then, students answer questions by choosing the best answer from three options. Students then move on to categorise statements as either true, false, or not given based on what is written in the text. After that, students match headings to the paragraphs in the article. In the final exercise, students write a short paragraph based on ideas in the text. show less

EAP Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading Exercises: Matching, Thesaurus Work, Reading for Detail, Gap-fill, Multiple Choice This education reading comprehension worksheet focuses on the topic of education and helps students practice reading for detail, paraphrasing and vocabulary building. First, in pairs, students discuss three questions about education as a lead into the topic of the article. Students then match words taken from the text to their definitions. After that, students use a thesaurus to find synonyms for words taken from the text. Students then read the article and complete gaps with words from Exercise C. Next, students read for detail to find information in the text that answers three multiple-choice questions. Finally, students compare paraphrases of sentences taken from the article and choose the best one that matches each sentence. show less

EAP Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Matching, Gap-fill, Short Answer Questions, True or False, Paraphrasing In this nutrition and diet reading comprehension worksheet, students read an academic article on the topic of nutrition and diet and complete reading comprehension exercises based on the text. As a lead-in, in pairs, students discuss three questions related to the topic of nutrition and diet. Students then match advanced words from the article to their correct definitions and complete sentences using the vocabulary. After that, students read an article about nutrition and diet. When the students have finished, they answer comprehension questions based on the text. Next, students indicate whether statements based on the reading are true or false. Lastly, students paraphrase a sentence taken from the article. show less

EAP Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Matching, Gap-fill, Multiple Choice, Short Answer Questions In this entrepreneurship reading comprehension worksheet, students practice reading for main ideas and specific details in an article about entrepreneurship. To begin, students discuss three questions about entrepreneurship in pairs. Students then match words taken from the text to their definitions and complete sentences using the words. Next, students read the article and then choose the sentence that best represents the main idea of each paragraph from three choices. In the final exercise, students answer comprehension questions about the text by reading for details to find specific information that answers each question. show less

EAP Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading Exercises: Matching, True, False or Not Given, Multiple Choice In this free academic reading comprehension practice worksheet, students read a brief article on the topic of going to university and practice a variety of reading skills that include recognising main ideas, and scanning to locate and identify information. To begin, students discuss three questions related to the topic of university education. Students continue by matching difficult words from the article to their correct definitions. Next, students read the article and match headings with the paragraphs. After that, students categorise statements as either true, false, or not given, according to the information in the text. Finally, students answer comprehension questions by choosing the best answer from three options. show less