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A City Girl Takes a Walk - Reading Comprehension

A short narrative for reading comprehension to engage ESOL learners and encourage exploration of the wonderful spaces in the UK. There are questions but answers are not provided. Also encourages group reading and discussion.

Editor's notes

This 5 paragraph text would also be useful for E3-L1 Functional Skills English. Questions cover vocabulary/synonyms, adjectives, general comprehension, and text types.

Level

Entry Level 3

Level 1

English

FE E3.9 Identify, understand & extract main points & ideas in/from texts

FE L1.9 Identify & understand the main points, ideas & details

ESOL

ESOL Rt/E3.1a Understand how meaning is built up in a variety texts of more than one paragraph

ESOL Rt/L1.1a Understand how meaning is built up in paragraphed texts

ESOL Rw/E3.3a Use a dictionary to find the meaning of unfamiliar words

ESOL Rw/E3.5a Use variety of reading strategies to read/understand unfamiliar words

ESOL Rt/E3.2a Distinguish between different purposes of texts at this level

ESOL Rt/E3.7a Scan different parts of texts to locate information

ESOL Rt/L1.5a Use skimming, scanning and detailed reading in different ways for different purposes

Context

Leisure, Hobbies, Travel & Tourism

Science, Nature & Weather

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