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Reading For Meaning

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Understanding texts that aren’t modern can be tricky and sometimes the thought of tackling a full practice paper can feel intimidating. These Reading For Meaning tasks are designed to help you to read and understand short extracts from different time periods.

All of these Reading For Meaning tasks are created using public domain texts. If you would like me to make a task based on a specific text written before the year 2000, let me know!

19th Century

1800s
Middlemarch By George Eliot
1800s
The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1800s
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
1800s
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

20th Century

Reading Settings

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Coloured overlays can help with visual stress and dyslexia

🔤 Font Style
Standard Default font
Dyslexia-Friendly Wider spacing + rounder letters
High Readability Larger spacing, serif font
🔡 Text Size
Normal 17px
Large 20px — easier to read
📏 Line Spacing
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↔️ Letter Spacing
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