Level 1 Reading Resources 

Practice for the communicative skill of reading, subskills:
  • Understanding the purpose, structure and main idea of short written texts
  • Understanding the main detail in short written texts
  • Understanding the main points of short written texts
  • Extracting specific information from a written text

Sections 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the PTE General test.

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Read All About It 1 Young adults and adults

Understanding the main detail in short written texts, Understanding the main points of short written texts, Extracting specific information from a written text

People, Places, and Things: Reading 1 Teenagers and young adults

Understanding the purpose, structure and main idea of short written texts, Understanding the main detail in short written texts, Understanding the main points of short written texts, Extracting specific information from a written text

Well Read 1: Skills and Strategies for Reading Young adults and adults

Understanding the purpose, structure and main idea of short written texts, Understanding the main detail in short written texts, Understanding the main points of short written texts, Extracting specific information from a written text

Adventures Elementary Young teenagers

Understanding the purpose, structure and main idea of short written texts, Understanding the main detail in short written texts, Understanding the main points of short written texts, Extracting specific information from a written text

Get Ready to Read Young adults and adults

Understanding the purpose, structure and main idea of short written texts, Understanding the main detail in short written texts, Understanding the main points of short written texts, Extracting specific information from a written text

Top Notch 1 Young adults and adults

Understanding the purpose, structure and main idea of short written texts, Understanding the main detail in short written texts, Understanding the main points of short written texts, Extracting specific information from a written text

Top Notch 2 Young adults and adults

Understanding the purpose, structure and main idea of short written texts, Understanding the main detail in short written texts, Understanding the main points of short written texts, Extracting specific information from a written text

New Cutting Edge Pre Intermediate Older teenagers, young adults and adults

Understanding the purpose, structure and main idea of short written texts, Understanding the main detail in short written texts, Understanding the main points of short written texts, Extracting specific information from a written text

Total English Elementary Young adults and adults

Understanding the purpose, structure and main idea of short written texts, Understanding the main detail in short written texts, Understanding the main points of short written texts, Extracting specific information from a written text

Side by Side 2 Older teenagers, young adults and adults

Understanding the purpose, structure and main idea of short written texts, Understanding the main detail in short written texts, Understanding the main points of short written texts, Extracting specific information from a written text

Language Leader Elementary Young adults and adults

Understanding the purpose, structure and main idea of short written texts, Understanding the main detail in short written texts, Understanding the main points of short written texts, Extracting specific information from a written text

Straightforward Elementary Young adults and adults

Understanding the purpose, structure and main idea of short written texts, Understanding the main detail in short written texts, Understanding the main points of short written texts, Extracting specific information from a written text

face2face Elementary Young adults and adults

Understanding the purpose, structure and main idea of short written texts, Understanding the main detail in short written texts, Understanding the main points of short written texts, Extracting specific information from a written text

Cambridge English Skills: Real Reading 1 Young adults and adults

Understanding the purpose, structure and main idea of short written texts, Understanding the main detail in short written texts, Understanding the main points of short written texts, Extracting specific information from a written text