B2 English Reading Practice: Longer Texts with Questions
B2 texts are close to what you meet in magazines, blogs and modern fiction: longer sentences, the passive, conditionals, idioms and a wider vocabulary. The questions also ask about meaning in context and the writer's purpose.
At B2 you can read: Articles, reports and contemporary novels with a good degree of independence, including different opinions and lines of argument.
B2 texts with questions
Get more from each text
- Skim the text first for the main idea, then read it carefully.
- Notice how ideas connect: words such as despite, whereas and as a result tell you where the argument goes.
- After the questions, read the text aloud with the audio to work on rhythm and pronunciation.
B2 grammar to go with your reading
Other levels and real books
B2 reading: questions and answers
What can I read at B2 level?
At B2 you can read articles, reports and contemporary fiction with a good degree of independence, including texts that present different opinions.
How long are the B2 texts?
The B2 texts here have 520 to 620 words, four to six minutes of reading.
How can I move from B2 to C1 reading?
Read a lot at the edge of your level: full novels, long articles and non-fiction. Save the words you meet more than once and review them, rather than every unknown word.
Keep going with a real book
Open a book or your own PDF in the Okuzeka Reader, tap any word you don't know and see what it means in that sentence. Save new words as flashcards while you read.