Y5 Reading Comprehension: Vikings

Year 5 reading comprehension: an original information text with 15 multiple-choice questions, KS2 reading domains and a full answer key. No prep needed.

Who Were the Vikings? – Fierce raiders, skilled shipbuilders, farmers, traders and storytellers: discover who the Vikings really were, from the raid on Lindisfarne in 793 to Jorvik, the Danelaw and the Viking words we still use today. A fact-checked information text for the Year 5 history topic.

What’s included (12-page PDF):

• Original information text (716 words) with numbered paragraphs, written for Year 5 readers
• Word bank of useful vocabulary
• Pupil question sheet: 15 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, 2h)
• 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 causes and evidence
• Summarising a paragraph
• Metaphor and descriptive language in non-fiction
• Why a section corrects a myth
• Comparing Vikings as raiders and settlers

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.