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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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Year 4 Cloze test: Beth’s dolls

Year 4 Cloze test: Beth’s dolls

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 about the sister called Beth and how she cares for her dolls. Look at the words at the bottom of the page and see if you can work out where they should be inserted into the text.
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Reading comprehension: The party

Reading comprehension: The party

Little Women is an American novel written by Louisa May Alcott in 1868, about the lives of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. Read this passage is about the girls going to a party and then answer the questions below.
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Reading comprehension: the no-presents Christmas

Reading comprehension: the no-presents Christmas

Little Women is an American novel by Louisa May Alcott about the lives of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. In this passage the girls discuss their plans for Christmas. Read the passage and then answer the questions below.
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Reading comprehension: the dolls’ hospital

Reading comprehension: the dolls’ hospital

Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women, a novel about four sisters growing up during the American Civil War, in 1868. This passage is about Beth, the second youngest of the family. Read the passage and then answer the questions below.
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Reading comprehension: the disastrous lunch

Reading comprehension: the disastrous lunch

Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott, is a novel about the lives of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. In this passage one of the sisters, Jo, is cooking a meal for her friends and family. Read the passage and then answer the questions below.
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Reading comprehension: Jo and Aunt March

Reading comprehension: Jo and Aunt March

Little Women is a novel about the lives of four sisters (the Marches) growing up in the 1860s, during the American Civil War. In this passage one of the sisters, Jo, has found employment caring for an old aunt. Read the passage and then answer the questions below.
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Reading comprehension: neighbours

Reading comprehension: neighbours

Little Women is an American novel written by Louisa May Alcott in 1868. It is about the lives of four sisters (the Marches) growing up during the American Civil War. In this passage one of the March sisters, Jo, is visiting her neighbour, Laurie. Read the passage and then answer the questions below.
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Reading comprehension: friends in high places

Reading comprehension: friends in high places

Little Women is a classic novel about the lives of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. In this passage Meg, the eldest, has made friends with Annie from the rich Moffat family. Read this passage and then answer the questions below.
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Reading comprehension: Christmas morning

In this passage from Little Women, an American novel written in 1868, the four March sisters (Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy) wake up on Christmas morning. Their father is away fighting in the American Civil War and their Christmas is very different to all previous ones. Read the passage then answer the questions below.
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Reading comprehension: an afternoon outing

Reading comprehension: an afternoon outing

In this passage from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott the March sisters’ friend and neighbour, Laurie, sees the girls going off to sit in the sun and follows them. Read the passage then answer the questions below.
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Reading comprehension: Amy and Aunt March

Reading comprehension: Amy and Aunt March

Little Women is an American novel about the lives of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War in the 1860s. In this passage the youngest sister, Amy, is working as a carer to her aunt (a job previously done by her older sister, Jo). Read this passage and then answer the questions below.
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Year 1 Cloze test: the talking tree

Year 1 Cloze test: the talking tree

Look at the words at the bottom of the page. Can you work out where they should go in the text?
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Year 1 Cloze test: the boastful man

Year 1 Cloze test: the boastful man

Look at the words at the bottom of the page. Can you work out where they should go in the text?
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Year 1 Cloze test: market visit

Year 1 Cloze test: market visit

Look at the words at the bottom of the page. Can you work out where they should go in the text?
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Reading comprehension: THE YOUNG CRAB AND HIS MOTHER

Reading comprehension: THE YOUNG CRAB AND HIS MOTHER

Reading this short story about a clever young crab, then answer the questions below.
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Reading comprehension: THE WOLF AND HIS SHADOW

Reading comprehension: THE WOLF AND HIS SHADOW

Read this story about a foolish wolf, then see if you can answer the questions below.
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