Reading Comprehension ESL Worksheets
A Tale of Two Cities
ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading Exercises: Gap-Fill, Binary Choice, True or False, Answering Comprehension Questions - Speaking Activity - Pair Work
In this cities reading comprehension worksheet, students read a text about two people's cities and then complete comprehension exercises... read more
ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading Exercises: Gap-Fill, Binary Choice, True or False, Answering Comprehension Questions - Speaking Activity - Pair Work In this cities reading comprehension worksheet, students read a text about two people's cities and then complete comprehension exercises about it. First, students read a text about two people's cities. Students then complete definitions with adjectives in bold from the text. Next, students underline the correct person's name to complete each sentence. Students then read statements about the text and mark them as either true or false. After that, students answer reading comprehension questions about the text in their own words. Finally, students ask and answer conversation questions about their town or city in pairs. show less
A Tale of Two Homes
ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Matching, True or False, Gap-fill, Answering Comprehension Questions
In this useful reading comprehension worksheet, students read about two homes and then complete a series of comprehension exercises. First, students... read more
ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Matching, True or False, Gap-fill, Answering Comprehension Questions - Speaking Activity - Pair Work In this useful reading comprehension worksheet, students read about two homes and then complete a series of comprehension exercises. First, students read a text about two homes and then match each word in bold in the text with a word that has the opposite meaning. Next, students read statements about the text and mark them as true or false. After that, students complete sentences by writing the name of the person the information in each sentence corresponds to. Students then move on to answer reading comprehension questions about the text. Next, students unscramble questions about the place where they live. Lastly, students ask and answer the questions in pairs. show less
Let's go out!
ESL Reading Comprehension Activity - Reading and Speaking: Jigsaw Reading, Information Gap, Asking and Answering Questions, True or False - Group Work
In this jigsaw reading comprehension activity, students read texts about people's days out, ask and answer questions about the texts, and complete comprehension... read more
ESL Reading Comprehension Activity - Reading and Speaking: Jigsaw Reading, Information Gap, Asking and Answering Questions, Table Completion, True or False - Group Work In this jigsaw reading comprehension activity, students read texts about people's days out, ask and answer questions about the texts, and complete comprehension exercises. First, in four groups, students read a text and answer questions about it in a table on their worksheet, writing their answers in the corresponding column. Next, students form groups of four made up of one person with each text. Students then complete the missing information in the table by asking each student in their group questions about their text, noting down the answers in the table. Finally, students read statements about the texts and mark them as true or false. show less
A Day in the Life
ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: True or False, Gap-fill, Short Answer Questions
In this free present simple reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about a day in the life of three people and then complete a series of comprehension exercises. Students begin by... read more
ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: True or False, Gap-fill, Short Answer Questions, Writing a Paragraph In this free present simple reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about a day in the life of three people and then complete a series of comprehension exercises. Students begin by reading a present simple text about a day in the life of a doctor, a student, and a postman. Next, students read statements about the text and circle whether they are true or false. After that, students complete sentences by writing the names of the people in the text and then answer comprehension questions about the text in their own words. Finally, students do a freer practice exercise where they write about their own typical day using the present simple. Afterwards, students read their text to a partner and compare their day. show less
Can I ask a favour?
ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading Exercises: Matching, Short Answer Questions, Multiple Choice, Gap-fill - Speaking Activity: Discussion - Pair Work
In this online chat reading comprehension worksheet, students read an online chat between two friends, Aki and Alex, and answer comprehension... read more
ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading Exercises: Matching, Short Answer Questions, Multiple Choice, Gap-fill - Speaking Activity: Guided Discussion - Pair Work In this online chat reading comprehension worksheet, students read an online chat between two friends, Aki and Alex, and answer comprehension questions about it. To begin, students match phrases related to the text with their meanings. Next, students read text messages between two friends and answer questions about the conversation in complete sentences. After that, students move on to circle the best answer for each comprehension question about the text messages and complete the sentence with the answer. Students then fill in blanks in a new text message from Aki using words from a box. Finally, students answer and discuss conversation questions based on the topic of the reading with a partner. show less
People and their Pets
ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading Exercises: Multiple Choice, Matching, Gap-fill, Short Answer Questions
In this pets reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about two pets and then complete several reading comprehension exercises based on the text. First, students read a text... read more
ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading Exercises: Multiple Choice, Matching, Gap-fill, Short Answer Questions In this pets reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about two pets and then complete several reading comprehension exercises based on the text. First, students read a text about two pets and answer multiple-choice questions based on the passage. After that, students match words from the text to their correct definitions. Students then complete sentences about the pets in the text. Lastly, students answer comprehension questions in their own words. show less
Two Holidays
ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading Exercises: Multiple Choice, Matching, Short Answer Questions - Speaking Activity: Freer Practice - Pair Work
In this holidays reading comprehension worksheet, students read two emails and answer a series of comprehension questions about them. Students start by... read more
ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading Exercises: Multiple Choice, Matching, Short Answer Questions, Unscrambling - Speaking Activity: Freer Practice - Pair Work In this holidays reading comprehension worksheet, students read two emails and answer a series of comprehension questions about them. Students start by reading two emails from people who are on holiday. Next, students complete sentences about the emails by circling the correct person's name. Students then answer multiple-choice questions about the two emails by ticking the correct answers. After that, students match words from the text with the correct definitions. Students then move on to answer comprehension questions about the two emails in their own words. Lastly, students put words in the correct order to form holiday questions. Students then ask and answer the questions about their last holiday with a partner. show less
Two Jobs
ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading Exercises: Gap-fill, Matching, Comprehension Questions - Speaking Game: Describing, Guessing - Group Work
In this free jobs reading comprehension worksheet, students complete a series of comprehension exercises about a text describing two jobs and then... read more
ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading Exercises: Gap-fill, Matching, Comprehension Questions - Speaking Game: Describing, Guessing - Group Work In this free jobs reading comprehension worksheet, students complete a series of comprehension exercises about a text describing two jobs and then play a jobs guessing game. To start, students read two texts about two people and their jobs and complete sentences with the names of the people. Next, students match words from the text with their definitions. Students then read statements and mark them as either true or false according to the texts. After that, students answer comprehension questions about the text in their own words. In pairs, students then discuss which job they would prefer to have, giving reasons for their answers. Finally, in two teams, students play a game where they try to guess jobs on cards by listening to two good things and two bad things about each job. The team with the most cards at the end of the game wins. show less
Unusual Fears
ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading Exercises: Gap-fill, Matching, Answering Comprehension Questions - Speaking Activity - Pair Work
In this fears reading comprehension worksheet, students read a text about unusual phobias and then complete comprehension exercises about the text... read more
ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading Exercises: Gap-fill, Matching, Answering Comprehension Questions - Speaking Activity: Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work In this fears reading comprehension worksheet, students read a text about unusual phobias and then complete comprehension exercises about the text. To start, students rate items on a scale according to how scary they are and then compare their opinions with a partner. Next, students read a text about five unusual phobias and match words to the appropriate phobia. Students then complete sentences with the correct phobia. After that, students match words from the text to their definitions. Next, students answer comprehension questions about the text in their own words. Lastly, students discuss questions related to fears and phobias with a partner. show less
The First Americans
ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading and Vocabulary Exercises: Matching, Identifying, Reading Comprehension Questions
In this comprehensive reading comprehension worksheet, students read about the first Americans and answer comprehension questions about the text... read more
ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading and Vocabulary Exercises: Matching, Identifying, Reading Comprehension Questions In this comprehensive reading comprehension worksheet, students read about the first Americans and answer comprehension questions about the text. Students start by writing and discussing how they think the first people came to the Americas. Next, students read a text about the first Americans and match each paragraph with its main idea. After that, students move on to write whether the words in bold in the text are nouns, verbs, adjectives or adverbs. Students then match the words with their meanings. Finally, students answer comprehension questions about the text in full sentences. show less
The Great Hot Drinks Debate
ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading and Vocabulary Exercises: True or False, Matching, Gap-fill, Reading Comprehension Questions
In this insightful reading comprehension worksheet, students read a text about tea and coffee and complete a series of reading comprehension exercises... read more
ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading and Vocabulary Exercises: True or False, Matching, Gap-fill, Reading Comprehension Questions In this insightful reading comprehension worksheet, students read a text about tea and coffee and complete a series of reading comprehension exercises based on the text. First, in pairs, students discuss what drinks they rely on to wake up in the morning and whether they think they are good or bad for their health. Next, students read a text about tea and coffee. Students then read statements about the text and mark them as either true or false. After that, students match words in bold in the article to synonyms. Students then move on to complete sentences about the text by writing either 'coffee' or 'tea'. Lastly, students answer reading comprehension questions about the article in their own words. show less
The Secret Life of Mosquitoes
ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading and Vocabulary Exercises: Labelling, Multiple Choice, Matching, Reading Comprehension Questions
In this productive reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about mosquitoes and then complete a number of reading comprehension... read more
ESL Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Reading and Vocabulary Exercises: Labelling, Multiple Choice, Matching, Reading Comprehension Questions In this productive reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about mosquitoes and then complete a number of reading comprehension exercises based on the text. First, students read a text about mosquitoes and give each paragraph a suitable heading from the list provided. After that, students read multiple-choice questions based on the passage and circle the correct answers. Students then match words from the text with their correct definitions. Finally, students refer to the text and answer questions using their own words. show less