Reading Comprehension worksheet · step 1 of 4
What are students practicing?
Context clues (figure out a word's meaning)Main idea (find the main idea of a passage)Inference (draw a conclusion from clues)Author's purpose (why the author wrote it)Text structure (how the passage is organized)Summarize (find the best summary of a passage)Theme (the lesson or message of a passage)Point of view (whose perspective tells the story)Shades of meaning (which precise word fits)Word parts → meaning (use a root or affix to figure out a word's meaning)Story elements (character, setting, problem, events, resolution)Fact or opinion (can the statement be checked?)Paired passages (same / different across two sources)Genre / type (literary vs informational — name the kind of writing)Multiple-meaning words (context picks which meaning)Figurative meaning (idioms, similes, metaphors — what it means)Reading passage + 5 questions (recall · inference · main idea · vocabulary · open-ended)