Reading practice
Read a passage, answer the questions
Short stories and nonfiction for each grade. Every question shows why the answer is right, so a miss turns into a lesson.
Practise by skill: main idea, inference, evidence and more →
Grade 2
- The Snail Race Story
- How Bees Make Honey Information
- Meet the Polar Bear Information
- Meet the Emperor Penguin Information
- Meet the Fennec Fox Information
- Meet the Monarch Butterfly Information
- Meet the Giant Panda Information
- Meet the Koala Information
- Meet the Hummingbird Information
- Meet the Komodo Dragon Information
- Meet the Chameleon Information
- Meet the Octopus Information
- Meet the Kangaroo Information
- Meet the Gorilla Information
- Meet the Salmon Information
- Meet the Giraffe Information
- Meet the Walrus Information
- Meet the Kiwi Information
- Meet the Bengal Tiger Information
- Meet the Moose Information
- Meet the Platypus Information
- Favorite Fruit in Room 12 Table
- Birds Counted At the Feeder Table
- How to Plant a Bean Seed How-to
- How to Measure Rainfall How-to
- How to Press a Flower How-to
- Your Heart Information
- Your Brain Information
Grade 3
- The Lighthouse Cat Story
- Why Leaves Change Color Information
- Meet the Camel Information
- Meet the Red-Eyed Tree Frog Information
- Meet the Humpback Whale Information
- Meet the Sea Otter Information
- Meet the Bald Eagle Information
- Meet the Great White Shark Information
- Meet the Beaver Information
- Meet the Arctic Fox Information
- Meet the African Elephant Information
- Meet the Snowy Owl Information
- Meet the Sea Turtle Information
- Meet the Roadrunner Information
- Meet the Honeybee Information
- Meet the Scorpion Information
- Meet the Sloth Information
- Meet the Springbok Information
- Meet the Hedgehog Information
- Meet the American Bison Information
- Animal Fact Table 3 Table
- Animal Fact Table 6 Table
- Animal Fact Table 9 Table
- Timeline: Marie Curie Timeline
- Timeline: Jane Goodall Timeline
- Timeline: Louis Pasteur Timeline
- Timeline: Srinivasa Ramanujan Timeline
- Timeline: Fiona Wood Timeline
- Mercury: the First Planet Information
- Jupiter: the Fifth Planet Information
- Planet Fact Table 3 Table
- Books Read By the Reading Club Table
- Tickets Sold For the School Play Table
- Bus Timetable 1 Timetable
- How to Make a Paper Airplane How-to
- How to Make a Simple Compass How-to
- How to Make a Shadow Clock How-to
- Five-Day Forecast: Calgary Table
- Five-Day Forecast: Denver Table
- Five-Day Forecast: Sydney Table
- Five-Day Forecast: Mumbai Table
- Your Lungs Information
- Your Skin Information
Grade 4
- The Broken Kite Story
- The Frog That Freezes Information
- How the Polar Bear Survives Information
- How the Emperor Penguin Survives Information
- How the Fennec Fox Survives Information
- How the Monarch Butterfly Survives Information
- How the Giant Panda Survives Information
- How the Koala Survives Information
- How the Hummingbird Survives Information
- How the Komodo Dragon Survives Information
- How the Chameleon Survives Information
- How the Octopus Survives Information
- How the Kangaroo Survives Information
- How the Gorilla Survives Information
- How the Salmon Survives Information
- How the Giraffe Survives Information
- How the Walrus Survives Information
- How the Kiwi Survives Information
- How the Bengal Tiger Survives Information
- How the Moose Survives Information
- How the Platypus Survives Information
- Two Ways to Survive: the Polar Bear and the Emperor Penguin Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Roadrunner and the Scorpion Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Great White Shark and the Octopus Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Giant Panda and the Koala Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Salmon and the Platypus Compare two texts
- Animal Fact Table 1 Table
- Animal Fact Table 4 Table
- Animal Fact Table 7 Table
- Timeline: George Washington Carver Timeline
- Timeline: Katherine Johnson Timeline
- Timeline: Wangari Maathai Timeline
- Timeline: Kalpana Chawla Timeline
- Timeline: Allan Cormack Timeline
- Venus: the Second Planet Information
- Saturn: the Sixth Planet Information
- Planet Fact Table 1 Table
- How Students Get to School Table
- Bus Timetable 2 Timetable
- Bus Timetable 6 Timetable
- How to Wash Your Hands How-to
- How to Make a Fruit Salad How-to
- Five-Day Forecast: Toronto Table
- Five-Day Forecast: London Table
- Five-Day Forecast: Auckland Table
- Your Skeleton Information
- Your Digestive System Information
- Countries of North America 1 Table
- Countries of Europe 2 Table
- Countries of South America 1 Table
- US States and Their Capitals 1 Table
- US States and Their Capitals 3 Table
- US States and Their Capitals 5 Table
- Provinces of Canada and Their Capitals 1 Table
Grade 5
- The Science Fair Switch Story
- Where Does Ocean Plastic Come From? Information
- How the Camel Survives Information
- How the Red-Eyed Tree Frog Survives Information
- How the Humpback Whale Survives Information
- How the Sea Otter Survives Information
- How the Bald Eagle Survives Information
- How the Great White Shark Survives Information
- How the Beaver Survives Information
- How the Arctic Fox Survives Information
- How the African Elephant Survives Information
- How the Snowy Owl Survives Information
- How the Sea Turtle Survives Information
- How the Roadrunner Survives Information
- How the Honeybee Survives Information
- How the Scorpion Survives Information
- How the Sloth Survives Information
- How the Springbok Survives Information
- How the Hedgehog Survives Information
- How the American Bison Survives Information
- Two Ways to Survive: the Arctic Fox and the Snowy Owl Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Red-Eyed Tree Frog and the Chameleon Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Monarch Butterfly and the Komodo Dragon Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Hummingbird and the Kiwi Compare two texts
- Animal Fact Table 2 Table
- Animal Fact Table 5 Table
- Animal Fact Table 8 Table
- Marie Curie: a Life in Science Biography
- Timeline: Ada Lovelace Timeline
- Jane Goodall: a Life in Science Biography
- Thomas Edison: a Life in Science Biography
- Timeline: Thomas Edison Timeline
- Louis Pasteur: a Life in Science Biography
- Isaac Newton: a Life in Science Biography
- Timeline: Isaac Newton Timeline
- Frederick Banting: a Life in Science Biography
- Timeline: Frederick Banting Timeline
- Fiona Wood: a Life in Science Biography
- Kathleen Lonsdale: a Life in Science Biography
- Timeline: Kathleen Lonsdale Timeline
- Earth: the Third Planet Information
- Uranus: the Seventh Planet Information
- Planet Fact Table 2 Table
- Favorite Fruit in Room 12 Table
- How Students Get to School Table
- Tickets Sold For the School Play Table
- Bus Timetable 3 Timetable
- How to Make a Bird Feeder from a Pine Cone How-to
- Five-Day Forecast: Chicago Table
- Five-Day Forecast: Dublin Table
- Five-Day Forecast: Cape Town Table
- Your Muscles Information
- Your Teeth Information
- Countries of South America 2 Table
- Countries of Africa 1 Table
- US States and Their Capitals 2 Table
- US States and Their Capitals 4 Table
- US States and Their Capitals 6 Table
- Provinces of Canada and Their Capitals 2 Table
Grade 6
- Built For Survival: the Polar Bear Information
- Built For Survival: the Red-Eyed Tree Frog Information
- Built For Survival: the Monarch Butterfly Information
- Built For Survival: the Bald Eagle Information
- Built For Survival: the Hummingbird Information
- Built For Survival: the Arctic Fox Information
- Built For Survival: the Octopus Information
- Built For Survival: the Sea Turtle Information
- Built For Survival: the Salmon Information
- Built For Survival: the Scorpion Information
- Built For Survival: the Kiwi Information
- Built For Survival: the Hedgehog Information
- Built For Survival: the Platypus Information
- Two Ways to Survive: the Walrus and the Moose Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Gorilla and the Sloth Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the African Elephant and the Kangaroo Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Bengal Tiger and the Hedgehog Compare two texts
- George Washington Carver: a Life in Science Biography
- Alexander Graham Bell: a Life in Science Biography
- Timeline: Alexander Graham Bell Timeline
- Katherine Johnson: a Life in Science Biography
- Mae Jemison: a Life in Science Biography
- Timeline: Mae Jemison Timeline
- Wangari Maathai: a Life in Science Biography
- Ernest Rutherford: a Life in Science Biography
- Timeline: Ernest Rutherford Timeline
- Kalpana Chawla: a Life in Science Biography
- Mary Anning: a Life in Science Biography
- Timeline: Mary Anning Timeline
- Allan Cormack: a Life in Science Biography
- Mars: the Fourth Planet Information
- Neptune: the Eighth Planet Information
- Books Read By the Reading Club Table
- Birds Counted At the Feeder Table
- Bus Timetable 4 Timetable
- Countries of Asia 2 Table
- Countries of Europe 1 Table
- Countries of Oceania 1 Table
- Chemical Elements 1–6 Table
- Chemical Elements 19–24 Table
Grade 7
- Built For Survival: the Camel Information
- Built For Survival: the Fennec Fox Information
- Built For Survival: the Sea Otter Information
- Built For Survival: the Koala Information
- Built For Survival: the Beaver Information
- Built For Survival: the Chameleon Information
- Built For Survival: the Snowy Owl Information
- Built For Survival: the Gorilla Information
- Built For Survival: the Honeybee Information
- Built For Survival: the Walrus Information
- Built For Survival: the Springbok Information
- Built For Survival: the Moose Information
- Two Ways to Survive: the Camel and the Fennec Fox Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Humpback Whale and the Sea Otter Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Honeybee and the Giraffe Compare two texts
- Two Ways to Survive: the Bald Eagle and the Beaver Compare two texts
- Marie Curie: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Ada Lovelace: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Jane Goodall: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Thomas Edison: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Louis Pasteur: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Isaac Newton: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Srinivasa Ramanujan: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Frederick Banting: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Fiona Wood: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Kathleen Lonsdale: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Bus Timetable 5 Timetable
- Chemical Elements 7–12 Table
- Chemical Elements 25–30 Table
Grade 8
- Built For Survival: the Emperor Penguin Information
- Built For Survival: the Humpback Whale Information
- Built For Survival: the Giant Panda Information
- Built For Survival: the Great White Shark Information
- Built For Survival: the Komodo Dragon Information
- Built For Survival: the African Elephant Information
- Built For Survival: the Kangaroo Information
- Built For Survival: the Roadrunner Information
- Built For Survival: the Giraffe Information
- Built For Survival: the Sloth Information
- Built For Survival: the Bengal Tiger Information
- Built For Survival: the American Bison Information
- George Washington Carver: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Alexander Graham Bell: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Katherine Johnson: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Mae Jemison: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Wangari Maathai: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Ernest Rutherford: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Kalpana Chawla: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Mary Anning: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Allan Cormack: How One Life Changed the World Biography
- Chemical Elements 13–18 Table
Grade 9
- Marie Curie: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Ada Lovelace: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Jane Goodall: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Thomas Edison: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Louis Pasteur: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Isaac Newton: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Srinivasa Ramanujan: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Frederick Banting: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Fiona Wood: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Kathleen Lonsdale: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
Grade 10
- George Washington Carver: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Alexander Graham Bell: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Katherine Johnson: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Mae Jemison: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Wangari Maathai: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Ernest Rutherford: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Kalpana Chawla: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Mary Anning: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
- Allan Cormack: More Than a Flash of Genius Biography
Questions
Are the reading passages free?
Yes. Every passage and its questions are free, with no sign-up.
What reading skills do the questions cover?
Main idea, details, inference, evidence, vocabulary in context, sequence, cause and effect, compare and contrast, theme, character, author’s purpose, text structure, and reading tables and timelines.
How is my child scored?
Each grade has a reading score from 0 to 100 that every passage at that grade moves. Wrong answers show the right one and why, so a miss turns into a lesson.
Can I print a passage?
Yes. Every passage prints as a worksheet with its questions.
Is the spelling right for my country?
Passages switch to UK, Canadian, Australian and other spellings for visitors from those editions.