📚 Read & listen
Read and listen in English
18 short texts from A1 to B1. Listen to each text sentence by sentence, point at an underlined word to see its meaning, then check your understanding with 6 questions.
🌱 A1 · Beginner 6 texts
A1 · Description
My familyAmy, from Manchester, talks about her family and her dog.
A1 · Postcard
A postcard from CornwallTom sends a postcard to his grandma from a holiday by the sea.
A1 · Description
My flat in LondonSam describes his small flat in an old building in London.
A1 · Description
At the marketElla goes shopping at a Saturday market in Edinburgh with her dad.
A1 · Description
A day at schoolOwen describes a normal day at his school in Wales.
A1 · Message
A message from TorontoPriya sends a message to her friend from a cold, snowy Toronto.
🚀 A2 · Elementary 6 texts
A2 · Email
An email from SydneyBen writes to his friend in Leeds about his new life in Australia.
A2 · Diary
Holiday diary: the Lake DistrictA teenager writes a diary during a camping holiday in the north of England.
A2 · Story
Grandma's sconesSomeone bakes their grandma's scones for the first time and learns about a famous argument.
A2 · News
A cat's surprise tripA short news story about a cat from Glasgow that travelled to London in a lorry.
A2 · Advert & Email
A summer job at the tearoomA tearoom in York advertises a summer job, and Hannah writes to apply.
A2 · Guide
A weekend in BathA short city guide to Bath, with its Roman baths, old buildings and hills.
🎓 B1 · Intermediate 6 texts
B1 · Story
A rainy MondayOn her way to an important job interview in London, Maya stops to help a stranger.
B1 · Opinion
Let's put our phones awayA parent explains why a school's ban on phones is a good idea.
B1 · Interview
A day in the life of a park rangerA park ranger in Canada talks about bears, avalanches and visitors who don't follow the rules.
B1 · News
Town saves its pierA news report about a Welsh seaside town that raised money to save its old pier.
B1 · Article
Diwali in LeicesterAn article about how the English city of Leicester celebrates Diwali, the festival of lights.
B1 · Letter
A letter of complaintSarah writes a formal letter to a train company after a terrible journey.