Reading is a very important part of learning a language. It's considered a receptive skill, otherwise known as a passive skill, which means that students don’t necessarily have to produce language - just receive it. But more often than not, students have difficulty reading because of vocabulary and/or the context involved. BusyTeacher.org offers 1,314 reading comprehension worksheets that are sure to help your students stay engaged in their reading, by providing interesting stories and effective exercises.
We as teachers don’t always have the time to make up our own stories, or go through books to pick out excerpts to present in our lessons. The reading worksheets on BusyTeacher.org offer a variety of different stories and texts in different categories and genres to help your students improve their reading ability and learn the language, all the while enjoying the stories they're reading. Depending on what you're aiming to teach, you can use these worksheets in a whole variety of different ways in the classroom. If a worksheet has a story that contains dialogue, you could assign roles to students and have them act out what the characters say. You can also use the stories on the worksheets to create comprehension questions. Some worksheets can even make for classroom discussion topics. After reading a passage, you can present a question to students, and ask them to give their opinions of where the story is going. These are just some of the many things you can do to make use of these worksheets in the classroom.
Whether you're teaching scanning, skimming, critical thinking, or reading for gist, BusyTeacher.org has the worksheet(s) you need for your lessons. There are worksheets on just about any topic you can think of - sports, business, history, and holidays to name a few. Another handy feature on BusyTeacher.org is that each worksheet has the level shown in the description, which makes it easy for you to find an appropriate worksheet for your students. The thumbnail can be opened to full page view, so you can check if the worksheet is right for your lesson. Some worksheets you'll find here are appropriate for several - or even for all levels, which means they're reusable for a future lessons with students at different levels.
No registration or subscription is necessary to download our worksheets. They’re all free to download, copy, and use in your lessons. Plus, all of them were created and uploaded by fellow ESL teachers from all around the globe, and have helped other ESL teachers in their lessons. In addition, if you have a worksheet you've created and would like to submit it to this site, you can do so by clicking the “Submit a worksheet” link at the bottom of this page. Join thousands of other ESL teachers using BusyTeacher.org, and bookmark us as your number-one stop for worksheets to use in your lessons daily! With 1,314 reading worksheets, planning your lessons has never been easier. Get started by checking out the most popular worksheets below. Try downloading one and using it in your lesson today!
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Stone Age to Iron Age. When do you think it was better to live – Stone Age, Bronze Age or Iron Age? Students read through the passage and answer the questions. They must then choose one of t ...
Stone Age to Iron Age. This worksheet includes some facts about what life was like in the Bronze Age. Students read through the text and then answer the questions. There is also an activity includ ...
This worksheet includes some interesting information about the Romans and their invasion of Britain. Students read through the passage and answer the multiple choice questions. There is also a tru ...
This can be used to test/develop listening and reading comprehension. Students can first pre-read the worksheet, learn essential vocabulary words, main characters, the setting, etc. Then, watch Pa ...
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A reading news article about video games titled "Video games help kids learn, experts say" and related reading comprehension and speaking activities. In this worksheet, students first read the tex ...
It is a reading worksheet in which learners are informed about how the Smiths spend their working day. Ss are required to do a true/ false statement exercise in order for them to ensure they have ...
This is a reading comprehension worksheet for teaching or revising endangered species related vocabulary at pre-intermediate level. Students are asked to read the text and then fill in the bl ...
The worksheet is (1)a short reading text describing the British Council, in Athens. Learners are required to read it and then to identify their comprehension with "Yes", "No" and Don't Know" state ...
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This hand-out will help you get through the content of the story, using a ppt, songs and original fragments. It also provides background information on child labor in the Victorian era and Carroll ...
Stone Age to Iron Age. What did people in the Stone Age eat? How did they hunt for food? This worksheet includes some facts about what life was like in the Stone Age. Students read through the tex ...
It is the story of the Little Red Riding Hood with comprehension questions so that we can ensure that students have understood it. Students will have to draw pictures from the story to have fun, a ...
This worksheet is designed for EFL/ESL learners to use when they read books in English and make some records. Title, author, publisher, pages, vocabulary, and reflection are all included in this w ...
This is a reading comprehension worksheet for teaching or revising daily routines related vocabulary and the present simple tense. Recommended for pre-intermediate students who are asked to r ...
Challenge your thinking provides two short stories, presented as mysteries, which students are assigned to solve. The first story is about Gandhi losing a sandal while boarding a train and studen ...
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This cloze activity can be used as an extra resource when teaching the topic: Life Cycles. Children read the sentences and fill in the missing words from the word bank. There are twelve words to f ...
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This is a reading task made when I was a trainee. I adapted a newspaper article from The Star. The word 'gotong-royong' means to do an activity (usually cleaning a place) together as a community ( ...
It is the daily routine of a mermaid written in present simple with tasks to practise reading and the thirds person singular. students can listen to a teacher reading it or read it themselve ...
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