Pip the Robot Reading Comprehension
Year 2 reading comprehension about Pip the robot, lost in the garden grass. Pupils order four events and answer inference and prediction questions.
Year 2 Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Predicting what might happen next on the basis of what has been read so far, and discussing the sequence of events in books.
Year 2 English6 worksheets
Reading Comprehension worksheets to download
Inference Detective
Year 2 inference worksheet: The Missing Wellies story with 8 questions on retrieval, feelings and evidence. Answer key included.
Non-Fiction Retrieval Practice
Year 2 non-fiction reading worksheet with minibeast and castle texts, 11 retrieval questions, a True or False table and a marked answer key.
Predicting the Story
Predicting worksheet for Year 2: three short stories, five questions on sensible predictions and text clues, with example answers. Free to print.
Ordering Story Events
Year 2 fairy tale sorting worksheet: pupils sort 12 story events into beginning, middle and end, then add their own. Answer key included.
Favourite Words and Phrases in Poems
Year 2 poetry vocabulary worksheet on glimmer, breeze, whisper and enormous. Pupils define, draw, find synonyms and write a line.
Curriculum objectives covered
Reading - comprehension
“Discussing the sequence of events in books and how items of information are related”
Reading - comprehension
“Making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done”
Reading - comprehension
“Predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far”
Reading - comprehension
“Explain and discuss their understanding of books, poems and other material, both those that they listen to and those that they read for themselves.”
Reading - comprehension
“Answering and asking questions”
Reading - comprehension
“Being introduced to non-fiction books that are structured in different ways”
Reading - comprehension
“Drawing on what they already know or on background information and vocabulary provided by the teacher”
Reading - comprehension
“Becoming increasingly familiar with and retelling a wider range of stories, fairy stories and traditional tales”
Reading - comprehension
“Recognising simple recurring literary language in stories and poetry”
Reading - comprehension
“Discussing and clarifying the meanings of words, linking new meanings to known vocabulary”
Reading - comprehension
“Discussing their favourite words and phrases”
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