Practice English Reading Exercises for A2 – Language Education & Assessment
Reading 1
For each question, choose the correct answer.
Sofia’s Global Dream
Sixteen-year-old Sofia has an interesting hobby. Most of her friends like playing sports or listening to pop music in their free time. But Sofia loves learning foreign languages. She doesn’t just want to order food or ask for directions on holiday. Her biggest dream is to become an international translator when she finishes school.
At her high school, Sofia takes English and French classes. She usually gets the best marks in these subjects. However, she also studies Japanese on her own. Every evening, she spends an hour watching online videos and reading Japanese comic books. Sometimes the grammar is really difficult, but she always asks her online teacher for help.
Last month, Sofia had a great chance to practice. She was walking in the city centre when a family of tourists asked her for help. They were from France and couldn’t find the train station. Sofia used her French to give them the correct directions. The family was very happy, and Sofia felt extremely proud of her language skills.
Sofia knows she has a long journey ahead. She needs to learn much more vocabulary before she can translate professional documents. Next year, she is going to spend the summer with a family in Paris to improve her speaking. She hopes that with hard work, she will easily find a fantastic job traveling the world one day.
1 What is the main reason Sofia studies foreign languages?
(A) She hopes to make it her future career.
(B) She wants to ask for directions on holiday.
(C) She likes playing sports or listening to pop music.
2 What do we learn about Sofia’s Japanese studies?
(A) She uses the internet to learn it by herself.
(B) She takes classes for it at her high school.
(C) She usually gets the best marks in this subject.
3 What happened to Sofia in the city centre last month?
(A) She guided some visitors to the right place.
(B) She asked a family of tourists for help.
(C) She couldn’t find the train station.
4 What is Sofia planning to do next year?
(A) She will stay abroad to get better at talking.
(B) She is going to translate professional documents.
(C) She will easily find a fantastic job traveling.
5 What is the best title for the article?
(A) A young language learner’s big goals
(B) The best way to read Japanese comic books
(C) How to order food on a summer holiday
ANSWER KEY
1 A 2 A 3 A 4 A 5 A
Reading 2
For each question, choose the correct answer.
A Big Plan for a Small Town
Sixteen-year-old Elena lives in a quiet town where there are no language schools. She loves learning foreign languages and thinks it is important for everyone. Many people in her town want to study English or Spanish, but they have to travel a long way to do it. Because of this, Elena has a big dream: she wants to open a private language school in her hometown one day.
At the moment, Elena is already practising her teaching skills. Every Tuesday and Thursday, she helps her classmates with their French homework. They usually meet in the local library because she doesn’t have a real classroom yet. Her friends say she is a fantastic teacher and explains things very clearly.
However, opening a school is not easy, and Elena needs money to pay for rent and buy course books. To achieve her goal, she works as a waitress in a busy café at the weekends. While her friends spend their money on clothes or cinema tickets, Elena saves everything she earns in a special bank account.
Elena is already planning her next steps. Next autumn, she is going to start a business course at the regional college. She hopes to learn how to run a successful company. It will take a few years to build her school, but she is sure her hometown will love it.
1 Why does Elena want to open a new school?
(A) Because she wants to study English or Spanish.
(B) Because people currently need to go far for lessons.
(C) Because she wants to travel a long way.
2 Where does Elena currently teach her classmates?
(A) in a real classroom
(B) at a French school
(C) in a public reading building
3 What does Elena do with the cash from her job?
(A) She buys clothes or cinema tickets.
(B) She keeps it to use for her future project.
(C) She spends it at a busy café.
4 What will Elena do next autumn?
(A) study a new subject at college
(B) build her school
(C) run a successful company
5 What is the best title for the article?
(A) How to learn Spanish and French
(B) The best waitress in a busy café
(C) Working hard for a future goal
ANSWER KEY
1 B 2 C 3 B 4 A 5 C
Reading 3
For each question, choose the correct answer.
Making Grammar Easy
Sixteen-year-old Lily has always loved learning languages. Last year, she noticed her twelve-year-old brother, Max, was very unhappy. He had a lot of English homework and he didn’t understand the grammar. Lily looked at his school books and thought they were too difficult and boring for beginners. She decided she wanted to help him.
One weekend, Lily started writing a small guide for Max. She didn’t use long words. Instead, she drew funny pictures of animals and wrote simple rules next to them. When Max read it, he finally understood his homework. He was so pleased that he took the guide to school to show his friends.
A few days later, Max’s teacher saw the guide. She loved it and asked Lily to make twenty more copies for the other students. It was a lot of hard work. Lily had to stay at home on Saturdays to write and draw, while her friends were playing tennis in the park.
Now, Lily is selling her easy grammar books on the internet, and people from all over the world are buying them. Next year, she is going to translate her books into Spanish. She knows exactly what she wants to do when she finishes high school. She hopes to become a famous author.
1 What did Lily think about Max’s school books?
(A) They were too hard for him.
(B) They were good for beginners.
(C) They had a lot of English homework.
2 What was inside the guide that Lily wrote?
(A) A lot of long words.
(B) Amusing drawings of animals.
(C) Pictures of his school friends.
3 When the teacher asked for more copies, Lily
(A) played tennis in the park.
(B) asked her friends for a lot of hard work.
(C) spent her weekends making them.
4 What is Lily planning to do next?
(A) Buy new grammar books on the internet.
(B) Change her books into another language.
(C) Finish high school next year.
5 What is the best title for the article?
(A) A school girl’s helpful language guides
(B) How to learn Spanish on the internet
(C) The girl who loves playing tennis
ANSWER KEY
1 A 2 B 3 C 4 B 5 A