Reading activities

You can go to this link to practise doing reading tests for the Cambridge advanced level.

Short stories from famous books with comprehension questions.

Reading Comprehension Skills different types od exercises and levels.

Reading comprehension worksheets which include poems, essays, articles etc.

Reading activities with exercises based on different topics.

A web which contains a variety of reading comprehension tests and cloze readings.

Breaking news in English a website to keep up with the nwes:Reading, Writing, Listening & Speaking.

Newspapers

News from Europe

» The Times ; London, England, UK

» The Independent ; London, England, UK

» Daily Express ; London, England, UK

» The Guardian London, England, UK Requires free registration

» The Daily Telegraph; London, England, UK

» The Mirror; London, England, UK

» The Sun Online ; London, England, UK

» The Herald ; Glasgow, Scotland, UK

» The Scotsman; Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

» icwales.co.uk ; Cardiff, Wales, UK

» Belfast Telegraph Digital ; Belfast, northern Ireland, UK

» unison.ie ; Dublin, Ireland. Requires free registration

» Panorama ; Gibraltar, UK

» Malta Today Internet Edition ; San Gwann, Malta

News from America

» The Toronto Star ; Toronto ON Canada. Requires free registration

» The Boston Globe ; Boston MA USA

» The New York Times on the Web ; New York NY USA

» The Nassau Guardian ; Nassau, Bahamas,Jamaica

 

 

Magazines

• National Geographic Articles about animals, the environment etc.
• Newsweek Electronic version of the magazine, with audio, video and photo archives.
• Hot English Magazine It contains articles on books, films, travel, etc for students of English.
• Jam!
  The latest in Canadian music, TV, video, theatre, and more.
  www.canoe.ca/Jam
• Entertainment Weekly
  Daily news, reviews, games, and columns about movies, TV, books, music, celebrities, and multimedia. Subscription required.
  www.ew.com
• People
  People Magazine, a weekly source for celebrity and entertainment news.
  www.people.com
• Hello Latest news and gossip on celebrities of the English speaking world.

Books

SHORT STORIES

> http://www.short-stories.co.uk.- Short Stories at East of the Web: All kind of stories

> http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/content.- The New Yorker: A new short story each week

> http://www.mysterynet.com.- Mystery Net: the section ONLINE MYSTERIES gives you clues to solve a mystery

CHILDREN´S STORIES

> http://www.storiestogrowby.com/default.html.- Traditional stories for children

> http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/storycircle/index.shtml.- Audio-stories for children

> http://www.candlelightstories.com.

POETRY

> http://www.poets.org/index.php.- The Academy of American Poets: A selection of American poetry with some audio

QUOTATIONS

> http://www.quotationspage.com.- Famous quotations

BIOGRAPHIES

> http://www.biography.com.

> http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/profiles.Biographies of different musicians

> http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/artist_area .- BBC singers biographies.

> http://www.freeality.com/biographx.htm .- Online biographies.