Study Guide
Reading Comprehension Strategies
Explains the three kinds of comprehension questions (literal, inferential and evaluative) and the strategies good readers use before,…
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 20 min
Free Year 5 Reading Comprehension Worksheets
5 free reading comprehension resources for Year 5: 4 worksheets, 1 study guide. Answers included.
Reading passages with questions that build literal, inferential and evaluative understanding. In Year 5, Year 5 brings fractions with different denominators, decimals, factors and multiples, written multiplication and division, and problem solving across several steps.
Students will practise: understanding literal, inferential and evaluative questions; finding evidence in a text to support an answer; making inferences from clues in the text; using before, during and after reading strategies; locating facts and quotes in a news article; inferring meaning from quoted speech; identifying the purpose of details in a report; summarising a text in a few sentences.
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Study Guides
Clear explanations, examples and tips.
Comprehension Exercises
A passage with questions.
- Comprehension Exercise
Students Give Creek a Second Chance — Reading Comprehension
A news-style article about a primary school environment club cleaning up a local creek. Students locate facts and quotes, infer what…
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Summer Storm — Poetry Comprehension
An original narrative poem about a long-awaited storm breaking over a dry farm. Students read for the story the poem tells, then look…
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
The Murray River — Reading Comprehension
An information report on Australia's longest river: its journey from the Alps to the sea, its importance to Aboriginal peoples, paddle…
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Nancy Bird Walton: The Angel of the Outback — Reading Comprehension
A biography of pioneering Australian aviator Nancy Bird Walton, from paper planes to flying a nurse across outback New South Wales.…
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
Common questions
What do Year 5 students learn about reading comprehension?
Reading passages with questions that build literal, inferential and evaluative understanding. At Year 5, our resources focus on: understanding literal, inferential and evaluative questions; finding evidence in a text to support an answer; making inferences from clues in the text; using before, during and after reading strategies.
Where should we start?
Read the study guide first, then start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet. Finish with the topic test.
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
- Read the passage aloud together first for younger students.
- Ask your child to point to the sentence that proves their answer.
- Use the extended response to practise writing in full sentences.
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