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Reading comprehension: THE FOX AND THE CRANE

Reading comprehension: THE FOX AND THE CRANE

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Reading comprehension: THE FARMER AND THE SPARROW

Reading comprehension: THE FARMER AND THE SPARROW

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Reading comprehension: THE FARMER AND THE ANGEL

Reading comprehension: THE FARMER AND THE ANGEL

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Reading comprehension: THE DONKEY AND THE PAINTING

Reading comprehension: THE DONKEY AND THE PAINTING

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Reading comprehension: THE CAT AND THE MICE

Reading comprehension: THE CAT AND THE MICE

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Reading comprehension: THE BUNDLE OF STICKS

Reading comprehension: THE BUNDLE OF STICKS

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Year 5 Cloze test: the ship in the storm

Year 5 Cloze test: the ship in the storm

This is a passage from Swiss Family Robinson, a novel written in 1812 by Johann David Wyss. It is about a family that get shipwrecked and have to survive on a tropical island. It is written from the point of view of the father, William. Some of the words in the text are missing. Can you complete the text by filling in one missing letter per box?
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Year 5 Cloze test: the garden party

Year 5 Cloze test: the garden party

The Garden Party is a short story by Katherine Mansfield, written in 1922. Some of the words in the text are missing. Can you complete the text by filling in one missing letter per box?
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Year 5 Cloze test: meeting Miss Havisham

Year 5 Cloze test: meeting Miss Havisham

Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens about the life of boy called Pip. In this passage, he has gone to visit an old lady who was abandoned at the altar by the
man she was about to marry. Miss Havisham has spent the rest of her life indoors, still wearing her wedding dress. Some of the words in the text are missing. Can you complete the text by
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Reading comprehension: underwater parade

Reading comprehension: underwater parade

The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley is about a chimney-sweep called Tom who falls into a river and becomes a water baby. Read this passage and then answer the questions below.
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Reading comprehension: the ship wrecking

Reading comprehension: the ship wrecking

This is a passage from The Swiss Family Robinson, a classic novel about a family who get shipwrecked and have to survive on a tropical island. It is written from the point of view of the father, William. Read this passage and then answer the questions below.
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Reading comprehension: the garden party

Reading comprehension: the garden party

The Garden Party is a short story by Katherine Mansfield, written in 1922. This passage is about a family preparing for a party. Read the passage and then answer the questions below.
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Reading comprehension: shrinking to fit

Reading comprehension: shrinking to fit

In Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll a young girl falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world. Read this passage and then answer the questions below.
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Reading comprehension: new home

Reading comprehension: new home

Prelude is a short story by Katherine Mansfield, about a family who have moved into a new house. It was written in 1922. Read the passage and then answer the questions below.
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Reading comprehension: home to stay

Reading comprehension: home to stay

Anne of Green Gables is a classic Canadian story about an elderly brother and sister, Matthew and Marilla, who adopt an orphan girl called Anne. In this passage, Anne is about to leave home and Marilla is considering selling their farm after her brother’s death. Read the passage and then answer the questions below.
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Reading comprehension: going down the rabbit hole

Reading comprehension: going down the rabbit hole

Alice in Wonderland, written in 1865 by Lewis Carroll, is a story about a girl called Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world. Read the passage and then answer the questions below.
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Reading comprehension: foraging for food

Reading comprehension: foraging for food

This is an extract from Swiss Family Robinson, an 1812 novel about a family who are shipwrecked and have to survive on a tropical island. It is written from the point of view of the father, William. In this passage William and his oldest son, Fritz, are looking for food with their dog Turk. Read the passage and then answer the questions below.
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Reading comprehension: best friends

Reading comprehension: best friends

Anne of Green Gables, written in 1908 by Lucy Maud Montgomery, is the classic story of an orphan girl adopted by an elderly brother and sister. Read this passage about Anne making a new friend, Diana Barry, then answer the questions below.
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Year 4 Cloze test: time outdoors

Year 4 Cloze test: time outdoors

Little Women is an American novel written by Louisa May Alcott in 1868. It is about the lives of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. This passage is describes Laurie (their next-door neighbour) following them and finding them sitting outdoors. Look at the words at the bottom of the page. Can you work out where they should be inserted into the text?
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Year 4 Cloze test: Jo and Meg’s Christmas

Year 4 Cloze test: Jo and Meg’s Christmas

Little Women, an American novel written by Louisa May Alcott in 1868, is about the lives of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. This passage is about two of the girls waking on Christmas Day. Look at the words at the bottom of the page. Where do you think they should be inserted into the text?
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