Reading Resources

All
levels

Magda's
Reading Links

A well researched list of interesting exercises.

Elementary
level

Adult
Learning Activities California Distance Learning Project

Short articles on health and social problems (and other topics) with
audio and video. 

Vocabulary and comprehension exercises (The exercises are less
interesting than the texts.)

Intermediate
level

           
Encyclopedia Britannica -
trusted sources of information on every topic imaginable -
from the origins of the universe to current events and everything in
between.

Interactive
reading exercises

Based on the Voice of America's Special English programs

Quizzes
Based On VOA's Special English Programs

Charles Kelly

BBC
Learning English - News English

News stories with vocabulary explanations and comprehension
exercises. Also audio and video.

Story
Archives from the CNN

A wide range of articles from their archives with exercises and
audio and video clips. Highly recommended.

Finest Quotes.
A huge collection of inspirational quotes, thoughts of greatest
minds of history

National
Geographic Kids News

Aimed at teenagers, a wide range of topics are covered in relatively
simple English.

flesl.net

Forrest Lunn

A collection of paired news articles - some with exercises.

The
Mystery Spot

Access Excellence Mysteries

The reader takes the role of an investigator and has to solve
illustrated science/health mysteries.

Enchanted
Learning: Inventors and Inventions

Short paragraphs on lots of subjects. Some graphics.

Enchanted
learning: Explorers

Short paragraphs with photos, maps, etc.

Easy
jokes

Using Jokes and
Humor to Learn English Joe's Jokes - Read, Listen, and Learn
English. A great way to increase your vocabulary!

Aesop's
Fables

Texts - no exercises.

Reading from E.L Easton
 - no exercises.

SOON

A Christian easy-English literature program.

OurTimeLines.com

Create a timeline of your own life or of another period.

Simple English News. All kinds of news in simple English

 

Advanced
level

Public Domain Books. Hundreds of books you can free download or
open to read.

Yahoo Daily News. Quickly
updated news, classified into different categories.

Story-Building

Michael A. Riccioli

Active reading exercises - fun to do.

Urban
Legend Reference Pages

Lots of strange stories: some of them true!

Grammar Resources

Grammar
Handbook An excellent online grammar
handbook

 

An
On-Line English Grammar Book An
online grammar book with a lot of example sentences.

Revelle
Humanities Grammar Handbook
Explanation of various aspects of English grammar.

English
Grammar Online  English Grammar Reference and Exercises

UVic's
20 Grammar
Topics (Elementary level)

UVic's
330 Grammar Topics (Elementary/Intermediate level)

UVic's
410 Grammar Topics (Intermediate/Advanced level)

Interactive
English Grammar Exercises to help you understand English grammar.

Interactive
grammar exercises All with graphics, mainly low level.

Zozanga Grammar
Lessons A free and independent web site for EFL/ESL learners
and teachers.

A few links to help about learning English

1.EnglishBaby.com

A great site that uses fun movies and music to teach you REAL English

2.
English Club

You'll find everything from lessons for students to jobs for teachers, including interactive pages such as forums, games, quizzes, chat, help and
penpals.

3.
English Grammar Quizzes

Activities for ESL Students has over 1,000 activities to help you study English as a Second Language.

4.
Modern English Grammar

5.
The American Heritager Book of English Usage

A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English

6.
AskOxford 

An excellent dictionary with many other resources on British English. 

7.
Using English

UsingEnglish.com provides a large collection of English as a Second Language (ESL) tools & resources for students, teachers, learners and academics.

8.
Technical Writing Guide

9.
Common Errors in English

10.
OWL: Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling 

Offers handouts and exercises on grammar, spelling, and punctuation as well as PowerPoint presentations related
to grammar and a section of handouts and resources for English as a Second Language learners. From Purdue University.

11.
Learn English from British Council 

A great resource to practice reading and listening skills from elementary to advanced level, with interactive games, multimedia exercises

 

12.
Learn English Kids from British Council

A
Great resource for kids to learn English - songs, games, stories,
painting activities 

13.
BBC Learning English

Comprehensive
materials for intermediate to advanced ESL learners from the BBC

World Service

14.
Chat with a robot in English. 

An intelligent robot will chat with you like a real native speaker

15.
Answers.com 

Search for definitions, pronunciation, and even translation.

16.
Special
English  from Voice of America.

Listen
and read at the same time.

17.
Encarta
World English Dictionary.