Business English Reading by CEFR Level (B1-C2)

BBC Learning English Business English gathers the work and business programmes of BBC Learning English in one section. It holds the Office English and Learning English for Work episodes, Easy English videos about work, the office and job interviews, business jargon explained phrase by phrase, work vocabulary and phrasal verbs, and the English at Work animated drama.

100% Free (unlimited): Every episode, video, transcript and exercise in the section opens from the site with no account and no payment. The same programmes can be followed through a podcast application or in the BBC Learning English application, and the material there is the same as on the page.

Breaking News English Business English Lessons lists the business news lessons of Breaking News English, a site written by Sean Banville. Each dated headline opens a complete lesson built on one business story, and every lesson carries a graded reading text, listening at several speeds, speaking and discussion activities, vocabulary and writing work, role plays, online quizzes and homework.

100% Free (unlimited): Every lesson in the list opens from the page with no account and no payment, and the handouts, the audio at several speeds and the online activities open the same way. The archive reaches back to 2008 and stays available. The ideas book written by the author is sold separately and is not needed for any lesson.

British Council LearnEnglish Business Magazine collects magazine-style articles on workplace topics for intermediate and upper intermediate learners, published by the British Council. Each article sits at CEFR level B1 or B2, takes up a theme such as delegating, negotiating, managing up, flexible working or writing a CV, and comes with interactive exercises on the language it uses.

100% Free (unlimited): Every article and its exercises open straight from the page, with no account and no payment. An account is offered so that you can save favourites and join the comments, and the articles stay open whether or not you create one. The online courses the British Council sells elsewhere on the site are separate material.

ESL Lounge Advanced Business Reading on Employee Reviews and Appraisals presents an advanced reading exercise from the business section of ESL Lounge. Eight short texts drawn from performance reviews, annual appraisal summaries, mid-year reviews, 360-degree feedback and peer reviews are each followed by a multiple choice question on what the text says about an employee or a department.

100% Free (unlimited): The exercise opens directly from the page, with no account and no payment, and each question can be answered and checked as you go. The other advanced business reading exercises, and the elementary and intermediate pages, open the same way. The courses and the teacher membership sold on the site are separate material.

ESL Lounge Business English Vocabulary, Listening and Reading Exercises gathers the business section of ESL Lounge, a long-running English learning site for students and teachers. The page groups vocabulary, listening and reading practice at elementary, intermediate and advanced level, each level leading to its own pages of exercises on workplace topics such as job titles, marketing, finance, corporate strategy and leadership.

100% Free (unlimited): Every vocabulary, listening and reading exercise in the business section opens straight from the page, with no account and no payment. Answers are given with each exercise. The teacher membership and the examination preparation courses sold on the site are different material and are not needed for any of this practice.

ESL Lounge Elementary Business English Reading Exercises lists the first page of elementary reading practice in the business section of ESL Lounge. The exercises use short workplace texts such as emails, memos, report summaries, invoice receipts and announcements, each followed by multiple choice questions, and the longer texts cover remote work and call etiquette. A second page continues the set.

100% Free (unlimited): Each reading exercise opens directly from this page, with no account and no payment, and the answers are given with the exercise. The second page of elementary exercises and the intermediate and advanced pages open the same way. The courses and the teacher membership sold on the site are separate material.

ESL Tests Sustainable Business Practices B2 Reading Test sets a B2 reading passage on how companies balance profit with social and environmental responsibility, published by ESL Tests. The passage names examples such as Patagonia and Ben and Jerry's, cites research on the savings that energy-efficient operations bring, and eight multiple choice questions follow it on the page.

100% Free (unlimited): The passage, the eight questions and the answers open from the page with no account and no payment. The annotated reading pack that goes with it, holding a labelled passage, a glossary, a vocabulary exercise, five further questions, discussion prompts and a full answer key, downloads as a PDF without signing up.

LearnEnglishFeelGood Reading Comprehension Exercises brings together the reading practice of LearnEnglishFeelGood, a site written by a group of English teachers. The collection holds seventy-two exercises built on news and real-world texts for B1 to C1 learners, sorted by subject, and ten shorter everyday texts from A1 to B1, each one with multiple choice questions and an answer check.

100% Free (unlimited): All eighty-two reading exercises open from the page, with no account and no payment, and each one gives the answers once you have replied. The English level test linked from the page opens the same way. The online course and the teaching materials sold in the shop of the site are separate material.

News in Levels Daily News in Three Levels publishes world news stories rewritten at three graded levels, built around a vocabulary of three thousand words. Each story appears as level one, level two and level three, with a short list of difficult words and their definitions, a video version to listen to while reading, and a question to answer in the comments.

100% Free (unlimited): Every story at all three levels, the difficult word lists and the video news open from the site with no account and no payment. Two new stories are published each day and the earlier ones stay on the site, so the whole archive can be read in order or by level.

VOA Learning English Search for Business Topics runs the site's own search on the word business and lists every item that matches, published by Voice of America. The results bring together news reports, language lessons and grammar features that use workplace and economic vocabulary, each one written in the simplified English that VOA prepares for learners, with filters to narrow the list.

100% Free (unlimited): Every item in the results opens from the page with no account and no payment, and the recording that goes with a story plays on the same page. The filters for newest, time range and content type work without signing in, and the results run to hundreds of pages that can be read in any order.