Y4 Reading Comprehension: Attenborough

Year 4 reading comprehension: an original biography with 10 multiple-choice questions, KS2 reading domains and a full answer key. No prep needed.

David Attenborough: A Life Exploring Nature – From a curious boy with a bedroom museum of fossils to the world’s best-loved nature broadcaster, discover how Sir David Attenborough has spent his life helping people to understand and protect the natural world. A fact-checked biography with clear subheadings.

What’s included (10-page PDF):

• Original biography (574 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:

• Retrieval of facts and dates
• Vocabulary in context
• Inference about a real person’s life and work
• Cause and effect
• How a biography is organised
• Effect of the writer’s opening
• Main idea of a biography

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.