Comprehension KS2 Literacy. Improve your English comprehension skills with links to free to use resources. Teachers of key stage 2 pupils will find useful printed worksheets, interactive activities and quizzes. Parents wanting to help 8 to 11 year olds improve their comprehension skills will find plenty to interest them.
Flick's Adventure Interactive
Digger and the gang become trapped inside a haunted house. Answer the questions to help them escape.
How To Understand Texts Video
When you read a text, link together the facts and clues to see the bigger picture and understand what’s happening. This is called comprehension.
Idioms Interactive
An Idiom is a phrase or sentence in which the meaning of the whole sentence is different to the meaning of all the parts. Do you know what the real meanings are?
Sprat's Adventure Interactive
Digger and the gang spot the thieves in the museum.
The Skeleton Key Printable
Worksheet with a story followed by comprehension questions. American resource, may have spelling differences.
What Is Inference? Video
Some stories give clues which help you to work out, or infer, what’s really happening. For example, custard pies were stolen. The housekeeper looked nervous and her apron had a yellow stain. From this we can infer that the housekeeper stole the pies. It helps you to look beyond the obvious.
