About this worksheet
A Year 2 reading comprehension on the Apollo 11 mission, six pages with the answer key. The passage covers the Saturn V launch in July 1969, the four-day journey, the Eagle's landing among giant boulders and the first steps on 20 July. Eleven questions follow in three sections. Pupils retrieve facts, find the word roar, explain why the astronauts bounced like kangaroos and decide whether Neil Armstrong was brave. The key gives model answers for the longer questions. It is aligned to the England National Curriculum for history.
