Reading/Writing

Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL)

Choose an article. You can see the reading level by the number of books beside the title.

1 book = Level1

2 books = Level 2.

Can you guess what 3 books means? If there are headphones, you can listen to the article. Some articles have a quiz you can try online.

Online fun activities to improve your vocabulary

2,866 Free English News Lessons in 7 Levels - You can read or listen to the news and do activities at the level that works best for you. There is advertising on this site. It is mostly at the top of the page.

This a writing textbook you can read online. There is a lot of information and some activities you can try and see the correct answer.

These are exercises to practice writing. They are mostly free writing - you just write what you want about the topic for as long as you can without worrying about spelling or grammar. The idea is to get your ideas flowing.

• 1. Answer 3 questions.

• 2. Write a letter to your younger self.

• 3. Use writing prompts.

• 4. Write about your expertise.

• 5. Write a stream of consciousness page.

• 6. Write a story told to you.

• 7. Pretend to be someone else.

• 8. Write about something or someone who changed your life.

• 9. Describe your surroundings.

• 10. Pick a number.

• 11. Describe a dream of yours — or the life of your dreams.

The Readers are available in a digital book format and all contain audio files.

Boatload Puzzles' 40,000 free online crossword puzzles below. No registration is required.

Discover various games for improving alphabet sounds.

Learn the 26 letters and sounds of the alphabet through songs. Also learn how to write uppercase and lowercase letters.

Choose the level you want to read at and explore interesting articles from the National Geographic:

Beginner/Elementary

Pre-Int/Intermediate

Upper-Int/Advanced

The stories are about different countries and science research. The vocabulary in some of the stories may be new to you. Listen to the recordings and see if you can understand the new words from the story. See if you can find them in the text. Try to look them up in. a dictionary. Here is an online learners dictionary: www.learnersdictionary.com Type the word in the box at the top and click return.

Under each story there is a quiz that you can try.

World news for learners of English. Read world news and improve your reading skills

Practice filling out forms online. There is a variety of forms related to education, employment and government

There are different types of texts and interactive exercises that practise the reading skills you need to do well in your studies, to get ahead at work and to communicate in English in your free time. Take the free online English test to find out which level to choose. Select your level, from beginner to advanced , and improve your reading skills at your own speed, whenever it's convenient for you.

The Reading Machine provides links to 36 online games to help you teach and reinforce important reading skills, and to help your students practice and enhance their skills. The games make great "reward time" activities too.

You can choose from 3 topics.

• Grammar

• Reading Activities

• Practice Reading

Click on a topic and choose a subtopic to work through a tutorial and activities. From GCFL - You will need Adobe Flash Player 10 or higher installed and enabled. You will need a desktop computer. Flash does not work on tablets and phones.

Improve your English reading skills with free collection of articles, fact files and short stories

Scroll down the page to choose your level and then choose a story. When you click on the story name, you will see some pre-reading questions and a link to to the story. You can listen to the story on the second reading. After reading the story three times, there are questions to answer and a writing activity. There are no answers on the website.

This collection of sight words games gives children opportunities to practice their sight words and build toward mastery while also keeping you engaged and having fun. In general, we recommend using a mix of recently introduced words and some older words for review.

Discover various activities related to sounds of alphabets, audio of stories and sight words

Build literacy skills through vocabulary and spelling activities.

Find educational trivia game that helps you get smarter while making a difference for people around the world. You can go to menu and select difficulty level and see how good your vocabulary is.

You can choose from 3 topics. The 3 topics are

• Writing Skills

• Grammar

• Business Communication

Click on a topic and choose a subtopic to work through a tutorial and activities. From GCFL - You will need Adobe Flash Player 10 or higher installed and enabled for some activities. You will need a desktop computer. Flash does not work on tablets and phones.