Reading for the Topic and Stated Main Idea
Reading for the Implied Main Idea
Reading for Understanding
These exercises help to practice inferring meanings as you're reading. The cards are in order of difficulty. If your score is 100%, advance 2 card levels. If your score is 80%, advance one level. If your score is 70% or lower, stay on the same level.Reading Passages - short articles with multiple choice comprehension questions
ESL Bits - Audiobooks, Short Stories, Newspaper Articles and Songs - Read and Listen at the same time
Charts and Graphs
Three activities to practice reading and understanding charts and graphs.Reading Charts and Graphs
New Words
What do you do when you come across a word you don't know? Before you go for the dictionary, look for context clues to help you guess the meaning.Using context clues to understand
Summarizing
Here is a lesson on how to make a long story short.Summarizing
Reading Strategies
Inferring, predicting and identifying main ideas are powerful reading strategies. Here are some practice activities.Strategies for Better Reading
Timed Reading
"Pulp Friction" - this reading includes timed skimming, scanning and comprehension exercises as well as grammar practice.
10-minute timed readings with comprehension questions.
