Year 4 reading comprehension: an original information text with 10 multiple-choice questions, KS2 reading domains and a full answer key. No prep needed.
Life in Roman Britain – Straight roads, busy towns, steaming bath houses, villas with heated floors and a wall that stretched right across the country: discover how the Romans changed life in Britain. A fact-checked information text that links perfectly to the Year 4 history topic.
What’s included (10-page PDF):
- Original information text (604 words) with numbered paragraphs, written for Year 4 readers
- Word bank of useful vocabulary
- Pupil question sheet: 10 multiple-choice questions (A–E), with no answers showing
- Quick-mark answer grid with every question tagged to its KS2 reading content domain (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2f, 2g)
- Full teacher answer key explaining why each answer is right and why every other option is wrong
Skills covered:
- Retrieving facts and dates
- Vocabulary in context
- Inference about why things were done
- Cause and effect
- How subheadings organise information
- Effect of the writer’s word choice
- Main idea
Ideal for: guided reading, whole-class reading lessons, reading assessment, homework, intervention groups, tutoring and cover lessons.
Questions build from straightforward retrieval to inference and language, so the pack works for a range of readers. British English throughout.
Written by Word Harbour Reading. Original text, created for educational use.
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Year 4 reading comprehension bundle: 10 original texts with 100 multiple-choice questions, KS2 reading domains and full answer keys. No prep needed. **Year 4 Non-Fiction Comprehension Bundle** brings together 10 Word Harbour Reading packs (biographies, information texts, newspaper reports, persuasive writing, instructions) for Year 4 pupils. Each pack has an original text written for Year 4 readers and 10 multiple-choice questions that build from retrieval to inference and language. **Texts included:** - **Biographies:** David Attenborough: A Life Exploring Nature; Mary Anning: The Girl Who Found Sea Dragons - **Information texts:** Hedgehogs: Garden Visitors; Life in Roman Britain - **Newspaper reports:** Drumroll, Please! School Band Wins Seaside Contest; Slow and Steady: Runaway Tortoise Found Safe - **Persuasive writing:** Let Us Play Outside When It Rains!; Why Our School Needs a Reading Dog - **Instructions:** How to Make Salt Dough Decorations; How to Make a Paper Boat **Every pack contains (PDF):** - An original text with numbered paragraphs or lines and a word bank - A pupil question sheet with 10 multiple-choice questions (A–E), with no answers showing - A quick-mark answer grid, with every question tagged to its KS2 reading content domain (2a–2h) - A full teacher answer key explaining why each answer is right and why every other option is wrong **Why this bundle?** A focused set of biography, information, news, persuasion and instructions, perfect for a unit of work or a half-term of guided reading. Buying the bundle costs much less than buying the packs one by one. **Ideal for:** guided reading, whole-class reading lessons, reading assessment, homework, intervention groups, tutoring and cover lessons. British English throughout. *Written by Word Harbour Reading. Original texts, created for educational use.*
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Year 4 Reading Comprehension Mega Bundle
Year 4 reading comprehension bundle: 18 original texts with 180 multiple-choice questions, KS2 reading domains and full answer keys. No prep needed. **Year 4 Reading Comprehension Mega Bundle** brings together 18 Word Harbour Reading packs (stories, descriptive writing, playscripts, poems and song lyrics, biographies, information texts, newspaper reports, persuasive writing, instructions) for Year 4 pupils. Each pack has an original text written for Year 4 readers and 10 multiple-choice questions that build from retrieval to inference and language. **Texts included:** - **Stories:** Granddad’s Secret Recipe; The Night the Lights Went Out - **Descriptive writing:** The Seaside at Dawn; The Snowy Woodland - **Playscripts:** Planning the Surprise Party; The Class Pet Weekend - **Poems and song lyrics:** Song of the Harbour; The Winter Fox - **Biographies:** David Attenborough: A Life Exploring Nature; Mary Anning: The Girl Who Found Sea Dragons - **Information texts:** Hedgehogs: Garden Visitors; Life in Roman Britain - **Newspaper reports:** Drumroll, Please! School Band Wins Seaside Contest; Slow and Steady: Runaway Tortoise Found Safe - **Persuasive writing:** Let Us Play Outside When It Rains!; Why Our School Needs a Reading Dog - **Instructions:** How to Make Salt Dough Decorations; How to Make a Paper Boat **Every pack contains (PDF):** - An original text with numbered paragraphs or lines and a word bank - A pupil question sheet with 10 multiple-choice questions (A–E), with no answers showing - A quick-mark answer grid, with every question tagged to its KS2 reading content domain (2a–2h) - A full teacher answer key explaining why each answer is right and why every other option is wrong **Why this bundle?** A whole year of varied reading practice in one place, covering every major text type in the KS2 curriculum. Buying the bundle costs much less than buying the packs one by one. **Ideal for:** guided reading, whole-class reading lessons, reading assessment, homework, intervention groups, tutoring and cover lessons. British English throughout. *Written by Word Harbour Reading. Original texts, created for educational use.*
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