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Browse our collection of reading passages and reading worksheets aimed at helping teach reading and comprehension strategies. Some worksheets focus on general comprehension skills, other worksheets help teach specific comprehension strategies including summarising, inferring, cause and effect, visualising and fact vs opinion.
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Pat’s Birthday Trip: Cause & Effect Match
Read a short passage about Pat’s birthday. Cut and paste to show the cause and effect relationships.
Pat’s Birthday: Cause & Effect
Read a short passage about Pat’s birthday. Identify the cause and effect relationships.
Image Detective Set 3
A set of image detective worksheets. Study each image. Make a list of clues from the image, and then use the clues to make inferences.
Image Detective Set 2
A set of image detective worksheets. Study each image. Make a list of clues from the image, and then use the clues to make inferences.
Image Detective Set 1
A set of image detective worksheets. Study each image. Make a list of clues from the image, and then use the clues to make inferences.
Inferring Circle Set 2
A set of 4 inferring circles. Follow the steps to analyse each image.
Inferring Circle Set 1
A set of 4 inferring circles. Follow the steps to analyse each image.
Life of a Pirate Reading Comprehension (Upper)
Read about the life of a pirate and answer comprehension questions (upper years).
Life of a Pirate Reading Comprehension (Middle)
Read about the life of a pirate and answer comprehension questions (middle years).
Pirate Crew Reading Comprehension (Middle)
Read about the crew of a pirate ship and answer comprehension questions (middle years).
Pirate Crew Reading Comprehension (Upper)
Read about the crew of a pirate ship and answer comprehension questions (upper years).
Industrial Revolution Machines Comprehension
Read about the machines of the Industrial Revolution and then answer the comprehension questions.
Convict Punishments Reading & Comprehension
Read about the punishment of convicts during Australia’s colonial period and then answer the comprehension questions.
Life in England Cause & Effect Task: Write
Order the events in the cause and effect chain that caused the First Fleet to set sail.
Life in England Cause & Effect Task: Draw
Read the chain of events that led to the First Fleet setting sail. Draw a picture to match each event.
Journey of the First Fleet Comprehension
Read about the journey of the First Fleet and then answer the comprehension questions.
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