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Free Year 5 Reading Comprehension Worksheets

3 free reading comprehension resources for Year 5: 3 worksheets. Answers included.

Reading passages with questions that build literal, inferential and evaluative understanding. In Year 5, In Year 5 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; sequencing events in a narrative; inferring characters' feelings from actions and dialogue; noticing descriptive language for sound and light; writing a narrative scene with description.

Recommended learning path

  1. 1A Letter to the Principal — Reading Comprehension
  2. 2The Night the Power Went Out — Reading Comprehension
  3. 3School Camp Diary — Reading Comprehension

Comprehension Exercises

A passage with questions.

  • Comprehension Exercise

    A Letter to the Principal — Reading Comprehension

    A Year 5 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

    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
  • Comprehension Exercise

    School Camp Diary — Reading Comprehension

    A three-day diary recount of a Year 5 school camp: kayaking on the lake, a night walk to see glow-worms and a ruru calling in the dark.…

    Difficulty
    Level 1 · Easier
    Time
    25 min
    Questions
    11 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: 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. Read the passage aloud together first for younger students.
  2. Ask your child to point to the sentence that proves their answer.
  3. Use the extended response to practise writing in full sentences.

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