Long reads
Reading · B2 · 13 printable sheets, each with an answer key.
Print the whole packOr open a sheet to print it on its own.
- Sheet 1 · 50 minLong read: football's forgotten banThe 1920s boom in women's football and the ban that followed, then an opinion.Free
- Sheet 2 · 50 minLong read: why are we all so tired?An interview with a sleep scientist, then vocabulary and a message of advice.Premium
- Sheet 3 · 50 minLong read: the humble pencilThe surprising history of the pencil, then write about an everyday object.Premium
- Sheet 4 · 50 minLong read: the woman behind mRNAThe life of Nobel Prize winner Katalin Karikó, then a profile of your own.Premium
- Sheet 5 · 50 minLong read: the voice in the kitchenA short story about a grandmother and a smart speaker, then continue it.Premium
- Sheet 6 · 50 minLong read: shrinkflation explainedAn explainer on why products are getting smaller, then give your opinion.Premium
- Sheet 7 · 50 minLong read: where do old clothes go?A reporter tracks donated clothes around the world, then writes a proposal.Premium
- Sheet 8 · 50 minLong read: a museum of broken heartsA review of an unusual museum in Zagreb, then write a review of your own.Premium
- Sheet 9 · 50 minLong read: the languages coming backA feature on how endangered languages are being saved, then give your opinion.Premium
- Sheet 10 · 50 minLong read: do we need 10,000 steps?An explainer on where the 10,000-step target came from, then a short article.Premium
- Sheet 11 · 50 minLong read: how parkrun beganThe story of a free weekly run that spread around the world, then an article.Premium
- Sheet 12 · 50 minLong read: the summer London stankThe story of the Great Stink of 1858 and the sewers it produced, then write.Premium
- Sheet 13 · 40 minLong read: how green bean casserole became a Thanksgiving classicA long read on how a six-ingredient recipe from a 1955 test kitchen became a fixture of the Thanksgiving table; students answer detailed questions, match paragraph headings, find words and figures in the text and write about a holiday dish from their family.Premium
