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Free Year 4 Reading Comprehension Worksheets

4 free reading comprehension resources for Year 4: 4 worksheets. Answers included.

Reading passages with questions that build literal, inferential and evaluative understanding. In Year 4, In Year 4 students multiply larger numbers, divide with remainders, explore equivalent fractions, decimals to hundredths, angles and area.

Students will practise: identifying the main arguments in a persuasive letter; recognising how writers answer opposing views; inferring a writer's opinion from word choice; evaluating which argument is strongest; reading a recount written as diary entries; inferring feelings from actions and word choice; understanding idioms and exaggeration; writing from another character's point of view.

Recommended learning path

  1. 1A Letter to the Principal — Reading Comprehension
  2. 2Three Days at Bush Camp — Reading Comprehension
  3. 3Honey Bees — Reading Comprehension
  4. 4The Night the Power Went Out — Reading Comprehension

Comprehension Exercises

A passage with questions.

  • Comprehension Exercise

    A Letter to the Principal — Reading Comprehension

    A Year 4 student writes to her principal asking for a school vegetable garden. Students find the writer's arguments, work out why she…

    Difficulty
    Level 1 · Easier
    Time
    25 min
    Questions
    14 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Comprehension Exercise

    Three Days at Bush Camp — Reading Comprehension

    Three diary entries from a school camp, full of burnt damper, wobbly bridges and lost socks. Students find details, infer feelings the…

    Difficulty
    Level 1 · Easier
    Time
    25 min
    Questions
    14 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Comprehension Exercise

    Honey Bees — Reading Comprehension

    An information report about honey bees: the jobs in a hive, how honey is made, the waggle dance and why pollination matters. Students…

    Difficulty
    Level 1 · Easier
    Time
    25 min
    Questions
    14 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Comprehension Exercise

    The Night the Power Went Out — Reading Comprehension

    A warm narrative about a family whose evening changes when a storm cuts the power. Students track events in order, infer how characters…

    Difficulty
    Level 1 · Easier
    Time
    25 min
    Questions
    14 questions
    Answers
    Answers included

Common questions

What do Year 4 students learn about reading comprehension?

Reading passages with questions that build literal, inferential and evaluative understanding. At Year 4, our resources focus on: identifying the main arguments in a persuasive letter; recognising how writers answer opposing views; inferring a writer's opinion from word choice; evaluating which argument is strongest.

Where should we start?

Start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet, then move up a level. Finish with the topic test if there is one.

Are answers included?

Yes — every worksheet has an answer sheet. Maths answer sheets show the working; English tasks include model answers or success criteria.

How to use these resources

  1. Pair a reading comprehension with a writing prompt on a similar text type.
  2. Use the model answers and success criteria on the answer sheet to talk through what 'good' looks like.
  3. Keep spelling practice short and daily; test on Friday.
  4. Edit a piece of writing together using the grammar worksheet for the skill they're learning.

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