Build your English reading skills with short stories, comprehension questions and vocabulary practice. ReadShortStories brings together 36 English short stories across Grades 1–8 and 6 simplified classic books with 36 chapters.

READ STORIES AT YOUR LEVEL
Explore stories and questions in every grade from 1 to 8. Choose a grade that suits your reading confidence and practice at your own pace. Grades describe content difficulty; they are not standardized age or CEFR assessments.

PRACTICE READING COMPREHENSION
Answer interactive story questions and complete sentence exercises. Return to the text to check details and strengthen your understanding. Teachers can also use these activities for classroom reading practice.

BUILD VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT
Explore contextual English word meanings as you read. Meet words within a story and see how they fit the sentence.

DISCOVER SIMPLIFIED CLASSIC BOOKS
Read 6 adapted classics in manageable chapters. Explore 36 chapters alongside the short-story collection.

LISTEN TO SHORT-STORY AUDIO
Follow the text while listening to narration. Eight short-story audio tracks are included for immediate offline listening. Download the other 28 tracks when connected to the internet, then listen offline on that device.

MAKE READING COMFORTABLE
Adjust text size and reading layouts. Choose day or night palettes to suit your surroundings.

READ WITH OR WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT
Start reading without signing in. An optional account lets you sync reading records and up to five reader profiles across devices. Downloaded audio stays on the device where you saved it.

Reading progress records completion, not a formal language assessment. Printable worksheet PDFs, student tracking and in-app purchases are currently unavailable.