There are several related websites that offer short stories and articles for extensive reading practice:
- For beginners: Super Easy Reading for ESL Beginners and Easy Reading for ESL Beginners
- For intermediates: 365 ESL Short Stories
For each short reading passage, there are some simple exercises (such as cloze–fill in the blank–and scrambled sentences). After you try the exercise, click on CHECK to see if your answers are correct or not. If you don’t know the answer, click on HINT.
English Online has longer factual articles which intermediate students can practice reading. At the end of each article, there is a list of words which learners might not know, with simple definitions. You can choose from many different topics, such as Travel, People, Government and Politics, or Environment, or read articles about current events (News Articles). You are bound to find something to interest you here!
American Stories for English Learners features the written text and an accompanying audio recording of 57 short stories by famous American writers such as O. Henry, Mark Twain, and Jack London. The stories are simplified for English language learners, but you will probably need at least a low intermediate proficiency to enjoy them. The audio recordings feature slow, careful speech.