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