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Job Descriptions
Match the descriptions to the jobs.
Exercise Number: 4R54

Multiple Choice

Choose the best out of three or four possible answers to each question.

The Air Base
Multiple choice questions based on text about an historic air base.
Exercise Number: 4R1

Siberian Winter
Multiple choice questions based on text about winter in Siberia.
Exercise Number: 4R5

Snake Bites Boy
Multiple choice questions based on text about a boy bitten by a snake.
Exercise Number: 4R6

Cookies
Multiple choice questions based on text about a parking problem.
Exercise Number: 4R40

Jesus & The Aubergines
Multiple choice questions based on text about a parking problem.
Exercise Number: 4R41

True or False

Each question needs to be answered either "True" or "False".

Couple Sue TV Station
True/false questions based on text about a couple that sues a TV company.
Exercise Number: 4R2

Mother Fined for Son's Absence
True/false questions based on text about a mother made to take responsibility for her son's poor school attendance.
Exercise Number: 4R3

Prisoner Shot
True/false questions based on text about an escaping prisoner who was shot.
Exercise Number: 4R4

SunPro After-Sun Treatment
Read the product description, do a vocabulary exercise before answering True/false questions.
Exercise Number: 4R42

Refugee Boat Missing
True/false questions based on text about a missing boat.
Exercise Number: 4R43

Aviation Near Miss
True/false questions based on text about a near miss in the skies.
Exercise Number: 4R44

Couple Win Lottery
True/false questions based on text about a couple who win the lottery.
Exercise Number: 4R45

Who You Gonna Call?
True/false questions based on text about a search and rescue team.
Exercise Number: 4R53

Multiple Matching

These comprehension exercises require you to choose from a single separate list of 3-6 answers for a group of questions.

Devon & Cornwall
Multiple matching reading exercise about Devon & Cornwall
Exercise Number: 4R37

Early American Presidents
Multiple matching reading exercise about the early American Presidents
Exercise Number: 4R38

Transport In Bangkok
Multiple matching reading exercise about transport in Bangkok
Exercise Number: 4R39

Headline English
Match the headlines with the relevant stories.
Exercise Number: 4R46

English Mazes
Multiple matching reading exercise about mazes in England.
Exercise Number: 4R51

Heading Gap Fill

In these reading exercises, the headings have been removed from the texts. Your task is to replace them correctly.

Martin Luther King Day
Heading gap fill reading exercise about Martin Luther King Day
Exercise Number: 4R32

Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Heading gap fill reading exercise about Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Exercise Number: 4R33

Prisoner 7042
Heading gap fill reading exercise about a prisoner
Exercise Number: 4R52

Sentence Gap Fill

Whole sentences have been taken out of these reading exercises. Put them back in the correct spaces.

Mind Monsters
Sentence Gap Fill reading exercise about a strange person.
Exercise Number: 4R34

Microwaving
Sentence Gap Fill reading exercise about microwave ovens.
Exercise Number: 4R35

The Cowboy
Sentence Gap Fill reading exercise about a cowboy at work.
Exercise Number: 4R36

Indian Doctor Jailed for Determining Gender of Unborn Child
Sentence Gap Fill reading exercise about the jailing of a doctor.
Exercise Number: 4R49

Drifting The Slow Lane On A Welsh Canal
Sentence Gap Fill reading exercise about a trip on a canal boat.
Exercise Number: 4R50

Paragraph Gap Fill

Replace the removed paragraphs in the correct places in these readings.

The Industrial Revolution
Paragraph Gap Fill reading exercise about the Industrial Revolution.
Exercise Number: 4R47

Iranian Bloggers
Paragraph Gap Fill reading exercise about a blogging in Iran.
Exercise Number: 4R48