Reading A1 · A town in twenty texts
Read a café menu, a bus timetable, a lost-property notice and other short texts you could meet in town.
20 A4 practice pages + 5 answer-key pages
Inside this pack
- Original English texts with questions that send you back to the passage.
- A short follow-up task to put what you read into your own words.
- Four original texts in each of five themes.
- A4 PDF for printing or reading on screen, with answers at the end.
All 20 practice page titles
Everyday life
- A note at the door
- Lunch at the café
- Maya at the market
- The clean kitchen
Travel and getting around
- The 8:10 bus
- A room for two
- The park map
- A letter from the coast
Work and study
- Ben’s Saturday job
- My bike is blue
- An early start
- The new name badge
Essential situations
- The green umbrella
- Flat to share
- A parcel for Ellie
- The pharmacy sign
Culture and community
- Please bring a bowl
- The new opening hours
- The Saturday class
- Rita’s weekly swim
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