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

  • Classic Fiction

    Classic Fiction

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

  • Haunted Houses

    Haunted Houses

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

  • 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

  • Robot Functions

    Robot Functions

    Identify and model how to structure and format explanation texts about why and how robots function to complete tasks in the world

  • Future Robots

    Future Robots

    Practise writing a range of sentences for use in explanations about how and why robots might perform different functions and jobs in the future to support families

  • Household Robots

    Household Robots

    Research and write explanations to describe how any why different household devices work by robots performing each of the tasks and jobs

  • Robot World

    Robot World

    Investigate and model how to write an explanation to describe how and why different robots might work in the future, to complete a range of tasks and jobs in the world