EnglIsh A.C.E.P

 This reading practises a typical conversation a person might have when booking into a hotel. 

It has a difficulty rating of ** not very difficult. Answers will be available next week. 

Have you ever had a bad experience at a restaurant? This reading describes what happened to two young holidaymakers at a restaurant in Spain. 

It has a difficulty rating of ** not very difficult. Answers will be available next week.

This reading gives a little bit of information about the early history of Australia. It is important for people who come to settle in this country to know something about its history, both before European settlement and since that time. 

It has a difficulty rating of *** some of the questions are rather tricky so read the instructions and the questions carefully. Answers next week.

This reading describes the jobs of four people. It has a difficulty rating of ** not very difficult, but the logic puzzle in Question 4 might prove a little harder.

 Read the sentences carefully and try to fill in the table bit by bit.

This reading has a difficulty rating of ** not very difficult, and it practises the use of countable and uncountable nouns, along with the verb forms needed. 

Think about the street food in your country – is it different to what is described in this story? Does Australia have street food?

Are you interested in food and health? Nowadays there is a huge amount of information on food and diet available in the media. This article describes a number of foods thought to be “super foods”. Do eat any of these? 

After you have answered the questions, think about the discussion questions and talk to someone about them in English.   Note that in the instructions for questions 6-10 it tells you to select True, False or Not Given as the answer. Not Given is the answer you need if you cannot find any information about this question in the article. 

Difficulty rating ***

This reading about the environment is quite a difficult one.

Read the article carefully and answer sections A to C. Then think about the last question.

Section A practises the use of pronouns – words that take the place of a noun. For example, the first pronoun them refers to glass bottles in the earlier part of the same sentence. Being able to use pronouns correctly is very important if you want to speak and write good English and these words are used a lot.

This reading is quite advanced and discusses the idea of replacing paper books with electronic or e-books.

Read the text carefully and answer sections A to D. Note that the questions in Section A practise pronoun use again as these little words are quite difficult for learners of English as a Second Language to get right.

This reading practises daily routines and times in English. It has a difficulty rating of * easy.