Welcome to our Reading Comprehension section!
To help you make the most of these lessons, make sure you study the Barriers to Study booklet first. It is available online, free of charge.
Use a good and simple dictionary while reading and answering questions.
Reading comprehension is an important skill, and it is not acquired by skimming over content and guessing the meanings of words and sentences.
It is acquired by reading and understanding the words and concepts in your text.
See also: Building Vocabulary and Some Common Mistakes
Click Here for Step-by-Step Rules, Stories and Exercises to Practice All English Tenses
Here you can find many interesting lessons with reading texts (and photos for illustration) in intermediate English, followed by reading comprehension exercises.
Exercises include:
An important part of practice is collocation practice.
Do you sometimes ask yourself if you have used the best word for what you want to say, or is another one more suitable?
For example: do you want to say "He came in quietly" or "He came in silently"?
Check collocations.
A collocation is a combination of words that is used together frequently. It's actually a common phrase.
For example: "commit
a crime" is a typical combination of words in English. You could say
"make a crime," and it wouldn't be incorrect, but many people tend to
use these words together, and it sounds right to a native. So "commit a
crime" is a collocation.
Another example: we say "heavy traffic" not "strong traffic," and so forth.
Here are some more examples of collocations:
There are many collocations in English. The better you use them, the more NATURAL your English becomes.
Most of the lessons in this section include collocation practice to help students practice this vital skill.
Americas and the Pacific Ocean
Boston, the Home of US History |
Rio de Janeiro, the Marvelous City |
Oceania |
Types of Cookies and Their Special Names, Part 2 |
Some of the World's Most Famous Desserts |
Dogs, Our Loyal Friends, Part 2 |
Dogs, Our Loyal Friends, Part 3 |
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Summer Solstice |
Planets of Our Solar System |
The Strongest Army in the World: Your Immune System (Health Related Vocabulary and Grammar Practice) |
Interesting Word Origins in the English language, Part 2
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