About this worksheet
A five-page non-fiction reading check for Year 2 English with two short texts. Marvellous Minibeasts has subheadings, a caption and a 'Did you know?' fact box about a snail's thousands of teeth. The Mighty Castle pairs a text about the keep, the moat and the drawbridge with a diagram. Pupils answer 11 retrieval questions, including a True or False table and a two-mark question at the end. The answer key gives marks and accepted answers. Based on the England National Curriculum reading comprehension objectives.
