Comprehension Exercise
Jet at the Park — Read and Draw
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 12 min
- Questions
- 8 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
Free Reading Comprehension Worksheets — New Zealand
48 free printable reading comprehension worksheets from Year 1 to Year 13, with answer sheets. Reading passages with questions that build literal, inferential and evaluative understanding.
- Comprehension Exercise
Pip and the Hen — Read and Put in Order
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 12 min
- Questions
- 10 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
The Kiwi — Reading Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 15 min
- Questions
- 8 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Who Am I? Animal Riddles — Read and Guess
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 12 min
- Questions
- 8 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Read and Match: Simple Sentences
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 12 min
- Questions
- 10 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Yes or No? Read and Answer
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 12 min
- Questions
- 11 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Milo's Hat — Reading Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 15 min
- Questions
- 11 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
How to Make Pikelets — Reading a Procedure
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 20 min
- Questions
- 10 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Magpie Morning — Poetry Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 15 min
- Questions
- 11 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
First, Next, Last: Sequencing a Three-Part Story
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 15 min
- Questions
- 9 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Who, What, Where? Max and the Kite
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 15 min
- Questions
- 10 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
The Cubby in the Rain — Reading Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 20 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Tuatara — Reading Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 20 min
- Questions
- 11 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Planting Day at the Stream — Reading Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Getting started
- Time
- 20 min
- Questions
- 12 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Possum in the Roof — Reading Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 1 · Easier
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 13 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Every Child Should Learn to Swim — Reading Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 1 · Easier
- Time
- 20 min
- Questions
- 12 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
How to Grow a Bean Plant in a Jar — Reading Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 1 · Easier
- Time
- 20 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
A Letter to the Principal — Reading Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 1 · Easier
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
The Night the Power Went Out — Reading Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 1 · Easier
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
School Camp Diary — Reading Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 1 · Easier
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 11 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Students Give Creek a Second Chance — Reading Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Matariki — Reading Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 11 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Southerly — Poetry Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 12 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
The Bottle — Reading Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Open the Door to Another Language — Speech Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 25 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Jean Batten: Flying Solo — Biography Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 12 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Worksheet
Figurative Language: Simile, Metaphor, Personification and Sound Devices
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 21 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
The Audition — Reading Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 16 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Rotorua: A Land That Steams — Explanation Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 12 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
Level:
- Comprehension Exercise
The Shortcut — Reading Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Why Your Brain Needs Sleep to Learn — Reading Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 17 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Volunteers Keep the Doors Open — Newspaper Report Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Saving the Kākāpō — Feature Article Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 35 min
- Questions
- 11 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
Level:
- Comprehension Exercise
The Last Crossing — Short Story Reading Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 35 min
- Questions
- 16 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Living with the Alpine Fault — Non-fiction Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 35 min
- Questions
- 12 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Votes at Sixteen — Persuasive Text Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 35 min
- Questions
- 11 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Ironbark — Reading Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Entries from a Dry Year — Reading Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 30 min
- Questions
- 14 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Kate Sheppard and the 1893 Petition — Non-fiction Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 40 min
- Questions
- 12 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Low Tide — Short Story Analysis
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 45 min
- Questions
- 12 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Unseen Prose: The Way It Is Said
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 40 min
- Questions
- 13 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
Level:
- Comprehension Exercise
Unseen Text Practice 1: Prose Fiction
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 40 min
- Questions
- 10 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Unseen Text Practice 2: Poetry
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 35 min
- Questions
- 10 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
The Fixers — Feature Article Reading Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 45 min
- Questions
- 16 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Unseen Text Practice 3: Nonfiction / Speech
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 40 min
- Questions
- 10 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Where the Dark Went — Reflective Essay Reading Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 45 min
- Questions
- 13 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Comprehension Exercise
Inventory — Unseen Short Story Comprehension
- Difficulty
- Level 3 · Challenge
- Time
- 45 min
- Questions
- 15 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
Common questions
Which year levels do these reading comprehension worksheets cover?
Reading Comprehension resources for New Zealand run from Year 1 to Year 13. Each year level has its own set, from an easier Level 1 to a challenging Level 3, so you can step back or move ahead as needed.
Are there answers?
Yes. Worksheets include answers, and open questions come with model answers and success criteria.
Are they free to print?
Yes. Every worksheet downloads instantly as a PDF with no sign-up, free for home, classroom and homeschool use.
How to use these resources
- Pair a reading comprehension with a writing prompt on a similar text type.
- Use the model answers and success criteria on the answer sheet to talk through what 'good' looks like.
- Keep spelling practice short and daily; test on Friday.
- Edit a piece of writing together using the grammar worksheet for the skill they're learning.