B2 reading

Are you a learner at B2 English level (upper intermediate)? This section offers reading practice to help you understand texts with a wide vocabulary where you may need to consider the writer's opinion. Texts include articles, reports, messages, short stories and reviews.

Each lesson has a preparation task, a reading text and two tasks to check your understanding and to practise a variety of reading skills. Make a start today.

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A Plastic Ocean: a film review

Read a review of the film 'A Plastic Ocean' to practise and improve your reading skills.

A short story extract

Read a section from a short story to practise and improve your reading skills.

An email from a friend

Read an email from a friend you haven't heard from for a long time to practise and improve your reading skills.

Asteroids

Read a scientific article about asteroids to practise and improve your reading skills.

Cultural expectations and leadership

Read an article about the different cultural expectations of a leader to practise and improve your reading skills.

Instant messages

Read a conversation by instant messages to practise and improve your reading skills.

Millennials in the workplace

Read a report on millennials in the workplace to practise and improve your reading skills.

Star Wars and the hero myth

Read about how the film Star Wars follows a pattern found in myths to practise and improve your reading skills.

The Buy Nothing movement

Read about the Buy Nothing movement and answer the questions to practise and improve your reading skills.

The sharing economy

Read about the sharing economy to practise and improve your reading skills.

Why bridges collapse

Read a civil engineering article about why bridges fall to practise and improve your reading skills.

Work–life balance

Read what four people have to say about their working hours to practise and improve your reading skills.