Reading Comprehension Lessons

Every lesson below practises reading. Students complete them in the browser, and most answers are checked automatically.

• World Teachers' Day: A2 Reading and Writing — World Teachers' Day falls on 5 October 2026, marking the 1966 international agreement on teachers' rights, and it is now marked in more than a hundred countries.
• Saturn at Its Brightest: B1 Reading Lesson — Saturn reaches opposition on 4 October 2026, its closest and brightest night of the year, when the planet and its rings stay visible from sunset to sunrise.
• Cycling World Championships Montreal: A2+ Reading — The UCI Road World Championships take place in Montreal from 20 to 27 September 2026, with riders racing a city circuit over eight days of competition.
• The Fish That Draws Circles in the Sand: A2 Reading — A small pufferfish spends about a week flapping its fins to build a two-metre pattern on the sea floor, and researchers are still working out how it keeps the shape so exact.
• The World's Rarest Parrot: B1 Reading Lesson — New Zealand's kakapo, a flightless parrot with only 235 adults left, just finished its best breeding season ever: more than 100 chicks in 2026.
• Why Phones Cost More: B2 Reading Lesson — A worldwide shortage of memory chips is pushing phone prices up by 3-8% and laptop prices by as much as 20% during 2026.