34 free reading comprehension resources. Reading passages with questions that build literal, inferential and evaluative understanding. Typically taught from Foundation to Year 12.
A short, friendly story about a windy day at the beach, followed by questions that check what happened, why it happened and what some…
A simple information report about kangaroos with questions that help children find facts, think about why kangaroos behave the way they…
A short rhyming poem about a magpie that visits a backyard each morning. Children find details in the poem, think about why Mum says not…
Two children build a backyard cubby just as a storm rolls in. Children answer literal questions, make inferences about how the characters…
A step-by-step procedure for a favourite Australian party food. Children practise reading a list of ingredients and numbered steps,…
A short information report about wombats: where they live, what they eat and why their pouch faces backwards. Children locate facts,…
Jack is sure there is a monster in the roof, until he meets it face to face. Students answer literal and inferential questions, explore…
An information report about one of Australia's strangest animals. Students locate facts, explain how the platypus finds food, and learn…
A short persuasive text arguing that every Australian child should learn to swim. Students identify the writer's opinion and reasons, work…
A procedure for sprouting a bean seed against the glass of a jar so children can watch roots and shoots appear. Students read a materials…
A Year 4 student writes to her principal asking for a school vegetable garden. Students find the writer's arguments, work out why she…
Three diary entries from a school camp, full of burnt damper, wobbly bridges and lost socks. Students find details, infer feelings the…
An information report about honey bees: the jobs in a hive, how honey is made, the waggle dance and why pollination matters. Students…
A warm narrative about a family whose evening changes when a storm cuts the power. Students track events in order, infer how characters…
Explains the three kinds of comprehension questions (literal, inferential and evaluative) and the strategies good readers use before,…
A news-style article about a primary school environment club cleaning up a local creek. Students locate facts and quotes, infer what…
An original narrative poem about a long-awaited storm breaking over a dry farm. Students read for the story the poem tells, then look…
An information report on Australia's longest river: its journey from the Alps to the sea, its importance to Aboriginal peoples, paddle…
An information report on the world's largest coral reef system, from how coral is built to the causes of bleaching. Students locate facts…
After a storm, Lena finds a message in a bottle on the beach, and the address inside is one she knows very well. Students track the clues,…
A persuasive speech by a Year 6 student council representative asking the school to start a language program. Students identify the…
A holiday park brochure, complete with slogans, testimonials, a special offer and fine print. Students find factual details, work out what…
A biographical text about Edith Cowan, the first woman elected to an Australian parliament. Students locate key dates and achievements,…
An information report explaining the geology of Uluru: how its sandstone formed, why its layers stand almost vertical, why it survived…
Two friends argue over a dangerous shortcut through a stormwater drain as a summer storm breaks. Students examine how tension is built…
A newspaper-style report about a small country town whose residents volunteer to keep their library open after council funding is cut.…
An opinion column arguing that Australia should lower the voting age to sixteen. Students identify the writer's contention and supporting…
An explanatory text that moves from the stages of the water cycle to why Australia's rainfall is so variable, covering evaporation, El…
A literary short story about a young woman returning to her family's farm on the day it is sold. Students work with symbolism, structure…
A fictional diary kept by a sixteen-year-old on a sheep property during a drought. Across five entries, students track what the family…
An HSC/VCE-style unseen-text practice set built around an original prose extract, 'Night Window', in which a teenager working the night…
An HSC/VCE-style unseen poetry practice set built around an original twenty-line poem, 'Inventory of a Shed', in which a speaker sorts…
An HSC/VCE-style unseen nonfiction practice set built around an original speech in which a Year 12 student urges a shire council not to…