English Reading Comprehension Resources

Discover shared reading texts, activity worksheets and interactive activities to develop skills in English reading comprehension for Key Stage Two covering a range of fiction and non-fiction text genres

  • 1914 Wilfred Owen

    1914 Wilfred Owen

    Read and answer comprehension questions about a classic poem illustrating life during the first world war from the view of a soldier

  • Animal Fables

    Animal Fables

    Identify and describe the sequence of events and moral lessons that are presented in different fables with animals as the main characters

  • Classic Animal Stories

    Classic Animal Stories

    Investigate the structure and content of classic works of fiction by significant authors with animals as the main characters

  • Classic Fiction

    Classic Fiction

    Read and answer comprehension questions about the structure and content of classic works of fiction by different significant authors

  • Food and Drink

    Food and Drink

    Investigate the content and structure of a range of different types of texts on the theme of food drink by answering matching comprehension questions

  • Haunted Houses

    Haunted Houses

    Read and answer comprehension questions about figurative language used in a classic poem

  • Jungle Book

    Jungle Book

    Practise reading and answering comprehension questions using an extract from a story by a significant author with animals as the main characters

  • Myths and Legends

    Myths and Legends

    Explore the structure and format of myths and legends from different time periods and communities around the world

  • Sports and Games

    Sports and Games

    Read and answer sets of comprehension questions using different types of texts about a range of sports and games

  • Wind in the Willows

    Wind in the Willows

    Explore how to read and answer comprehension questions using an extract from a story by a significant author with animals as the main characters

  • Rounding Tens

    Rounding Tens

    Identify and record how to round some different numbers to the nearest ten based on the place values of the digits in each number

  • Classic Animal Stories

    Classic Animal Stories

    Investigate the structure and content of classic works of fiction by significant authors with animals as the main characters

  • Cities, Towns and Villages

    Cities, Towns and Villages

    Research and present the history of a range of different buildings and people that are part of the local community using a school exhibition

  • Recycling

    Recycling

    Research and present some of the benefits and disadvantages that can be produced when recycling different materials at home and in school