Essays
Reading · C2 · 8 printable sheets, each with an answer key.
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- Sheet 1 · 50 minEssay: moral luck and the limits of blameA philosophical essay on moral luck and how outcomes shape judgment, with inference, phrases in context and structure.Premium
- Sheet 2 · 50 minEssay: does the language we speak shape how we think?An essay on linguistic relativity weighing strong and weak versions, with inference, phrases in context and structure.Premium
- Sheet 3 · 20 minEssays: finding the thesisRead a personal essay on boredom, pin down the writer's central claim and see how each paragraph builds or qualifies it.Free
- Sheet 4 · 20 minEssays: following the line of argumentTrack how an essay on translation moves from concession to counter-argument to conclusion by decoding its signposts.Premium
- Sheet 5 · 20 minEssays: tone, irony and stanceRead a wry essay on self-improvement culture and work out what the writer really means behind the ironic surface.Premium
- Sheet 6 · 20 minEssays: conceding and counteringSee how an essay on star ratings gives the other side a fair hearing before turning it, then build key words from stems.Premium
- Sheet 7 · 20 minEssays: the vocabulary of argumentLearn the precise verbs, collocations and linkers that essayists use to concede, challenge and conclude.Premium
- Sheet 8 · 20 minEssays: challenge – plan a replyAnalyze a short, provocative argument about whether schools still need essays, then plan a reasoned reply of your own.Premium