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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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Convict Punishments Reading & Comprehension

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

Journey of the First Fleet Comprehension

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

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.

‘First Fleet’ Grammar & Comprehension

A level 4 reading passage, comprehension and grammar set.

Journey of the First Fleet Comprehension

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

Context Vocabulary Set 2

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

‘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.