About this worksheet
A Year 3 history reading comprehension on the River Nile, for the Ancient Egypt depth study in the England National Curriculum. The text, The River of Life, runs to four paragraphs. It covers the flood season Akhet from July to October, the black silt left behind, the shaduf, papyrus reeds and boats on the river. It also quotes Herodotus calling Egypt "the gift of the Nile". Nine questions follow in three sections. They move from finding facts, to inference and word meaning, to a final question asking whether Egypt could have existed without the river. The answer key gives model answers for the longer questions.
