Reading Comprehension Level 1: Short Texts
Printable beginner reading comprehension pack: short animal stories, describe-and-colour characters and sentence-to-picture matching. For early readers and SEN.
What’s included (17 printable A4 pages)
Animal stories (5 pages) – Toby the Dog, Luna the Cat, Rita the Turtle, Bruno the Rabbit and Nico the Little Bird, each with picture-based questions
"Read and colour" character pages (5 pages) – read the sentences and colour each child’s hair, clothes and shoes correctly
Sentence-and-picture matching (7 pages) – read a sentence and colour the right picture
How to use it
Guided reading groups, literacy centres and homework
Read together, answer orally, then colour or circle
Picture clues help early and struggling readers succeed
Skills covered
Reading short texts, answering questions with pictures, following instructions, colour words and descriptive vocabulary, sentence-to-picture comprehension.
Perfect for
Ages 2-8, including special educational needs (SEN), autism support, early years and inclusion classrooms.
Translated and adapted into English for English-speaking classrooms.












