Reading: A Formal Report
Reading a formal report is a B2 institutional-document reading skill worksheet. The text presents a typical workplace or school report — with executive summary, introduction, methodology (where relevant), findings, recommendations, and conclusion. Learners read for section-recognition (the report format), data-and-finding extraction, and recommendation-identification.
This worksheet builds B2 formal-document reading skill.
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What’s inside:
- A B2 formal report (~550 words) with annotated section structure
- Pre-reading vocabulary box with report-genre terms
- Comprehension items: section-recognition, finding-extraction, recommendation-identification
- Vocabulary-in-context: formal-report vocabulary
- Writing follow-up: write a short report summary in your own words
- Full Answer Key plus Teacher Notes
Common challenges: Report-structure recognition at B2 is the central skill — sections (Executive Summary, Introduction, Findings, Recommendations, Conclusion) cue what to expect in each part. Formal-register vocabulary: it was found that, the evidence suggests, it is recommended that, in light of these findings. Distinguishing findings (descriptive) from recommendations (prescriptive).
For: Adult and teenage learners (14+) at CEFR B2, in upper-intermediate classes, 1:1 lessons, or self-study. Maps onto Cambridge B2 First (FCE), C1 Advanced (CAE), and BEC Vantage / Higher Reading. Part of the Practical Reading Skills collection — the natural next step is An Interview Transcript Format, which extends practical reading into dialogic-text territory.
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