Y4 Reading Comprehension: Mary Anning

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

Mary Anning: The Girl Who Found Sea Dragons – Discover how a girl from a poor family in Lyme Regis found fossils so amazing that they changed what scientists knew about the history of the Earth, even though she was often given no credit. A fact-checked biography with clear subheadings.

What’s included (10-page PDF):

• Original biography (572 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 choices
• Order of events
• How subheadings help the reader
• Effect of the writer’s word choice
• 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.