English /Reading /Reading Comprehension

These reading comprehension worksheets focus on building a learner’s reading and comprehension skills. Worksheets or task cards include a reading passage and related comprehension questions and tasks. Some worksheets focus on a specific comprehension strategy (summarising, main idea, inferring, cause & effect, comparing, fact vs opinion, creating images & more). Other worksheets are simply reading passages with general comprehension questions and activities.

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First Fleet Reading & Comprehension

Read about the First Fleet and then answer the comprehension questions.

Food Groups Reading & Comprehension

Read the text about the five food groups and then answer the questions.

Reading Task Cards

Use before, during and after reading to help build comprehension skills. Laminate for a long-lasting resource.

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Reading Strategy Poster Set

Middle and upper years reading strategy posters: creating images, inferring, summarising, connections, prior knowledge & questioning.

‘Gold Fever’ Comprehension

A level 6 reading passage and comprehension set.

‘First Fleet’ Grammar & Comprehension

A level 4 reading passage, comprehension and grammar set.

‘Convict Punishments’ Grammar & Comprehension

A level 5 reading passage, comprehension and grammar set.

Convict Punishments Reading & Comprehension

Read about the punishment of convicts during Australia’s colonial period and then answer the comprehension questions.

Context Vocabulary Set 2

Use clues to help work out the meaning of the underlined words.