April Fools' Day L1-L2 reading tasks

Corrections  (Apr 15, 2025 8.32pm) Apostrophe error in title fixed on all 6 pages.  (Apr 4 2.30pm) Bonus question 25 part c: the answer has 7 letters - not 8. Apologies!
Based on an article about the origins of this annual event, this set of 26 reading questions covers many L1 and L2 Functional Skills English content descriptors. Unlike assessment papers, the 24 questions are arranged under topics so could be used for targeted revision: purpose and main points, detail and inference, punctuation (for understanding), style and tone, words and language, organisational features. Sentence structure and vocabulary are quite advanced thus some questions are deliberately challenging and you may not want all learners to tackle all the questions.

Editor's note

An answer sheet may be available later - if you are a resource contributor. See answer sheets for more info. Happy April Fools' Day!