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Text commentaries with narrative texts

Practise following actions, characters and sequence in narrative texts. Use the questions to reconstruct events and support each answer from the story.

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A Glove for the Snowman

Readings with comprehension, reflection, and opinion questions on ready-to-print worksheets.

Max found a wet paw print beside the basket where he kept his gloves. His red glove was missing. He looked at Patch, asleep on the rug. 'Max, come outside!' called his sister. Her snowman stood beside the gate, waving…

Level
Primary
Words
104 words
Questions
2 comp · 7 refl · 3 opin
Language
English
Text commentaries English

Two Knocks

Readings with comprehension, reflection, and opinion questions on ready-to-print worksheets.

Whenever Ella practised her drum, Finn knocked on the bedroom wall. She thought he was joining in, so she played louder. Then a note slid under her door: 'I'm trying to read.' Ella put down her sticks. She wrote 'Sorr…

Level
Primary
Words
105 words
Questions
2 comp · 7 refl · 3 opin
Language
English
Text commentaries English

The Biscuit Tin

Readings with comprehension, reflection, and opinion questions on ready-to-print worksheets.

Ruby saved her best biscuit for Dad. She put it in a tin and drew a star on the lid so nobody would mistake it for the others. When Dad came home, he carried his bag into the kitchen without looking up. Ruby pushed the…

Level
Primary
Words
103 words
Questions
2 comp · 7 refl · 3 opin
Language
English
Text commentaries English

The New Fence

Readings with comprehension, reflection, and opinion questions on ready-to-print worksheets.

By eight o'clock, orange string stretched along the low wall between our garden and the house next door. Mum watched from the kitchen window while the new neighbour checked the position of the wooden posts. I asked what…

Level
High school
Words
310 words
Questions
2 comp · 3 refl · 5 opin
Language
English
Text commentaries English

Until Five

Readings with comprehension, reflection, and opinion questions on ready-to-print worksheets.

Mr Harris put the shop key beside Ellis's mug, as though it belonged there already. He needed someone to run the bookshop on Saturdays while he visited his father. Ellis knew the customers, understood the till and had b…

Level
High school
Words
304 words
Questions
2 comp · 3 refl · 5 opin
Language
English
Text commentaries English

Seven Seconds

Readings with comprehension, reflection, and opinion questions on ready-to-print worksheets.

When the audience began laughing, Mara counted to three and switched off the stage lights. In the darkness below her booth, Leo was still kneeling beside his open suitcase. His final line, the one they had rehearsed for…

Level
High school
Words
298 words
Questions
2 comp · 3 refl · 5 opin
Language
English
Text commentaries English

Outside the Frame

Readings with comprehension, reflection, and opinion questions on ready-to-print worksheets.

The photograph showed my grandmother standing beside a bicycle, one hand raised towards someone outside the frame. I chose it for the college exhibition because, unlike our formal family portraits, it seemed to catch he…

Level
High school
Words
280 words
Questions
2 comp · 3 refl · 5 opin
Language
English
Text commentaries English

The Wrong Bank

Readings with comprehension, reflection, and opinion questions on ready-to-print worksheets.

On Friday, Maya and Ben were getting ready for the school play. Maya sent a quick message: ‘Bring the blue box and meet me by the bank at four.’ Inside the box were the hats for the final scene. Maya meant the grassy b…

Level
Primary
Words
136 words
Questions
2 comp · 1 refl · 1 opin
Language
English
Text commentaries English

The Blocked Gate

Readings with comprehension, reflection, and opinion questions on ready-to-print worksheets.

On Monday morning, Priya and Sam pulled a trolley of seedlings towards the school garden. The gate would not open. During the night, strong wind had snapped a thick branch, and it was wedged between the gate and the gro…

Level
Primary
Words
130 words
Questions
2 comp · 1 refl · 1 opin
Language
English
Text commentaries English

The Blue Folder

Readings with comprehension, reflection, and opinion questions on ready-to-print worksheets.

On Tuesday, Maya’s class was preparing an exhibition in the school hall. She was pinning up maps while Leo finished some photographs in the computer room. At break, Leo received her message: “Please bring the blue fold…

Level
Secondary
Words
209 words
Questions
2 comp · 1 refl · 1 opin
Language
English
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