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Reading for Comprehension on the GED
Young scholars preparing for the GED test practice the components of reading for comprehension. Students complete a practice test activity and use a calculator to score the practice test.
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Enhancing Listening Comprehension
Students develop, discuss and practice listening skills in English, focusing on prediction activities and strategies for coping with difficult listening situations.
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Listening Comprehension - Newspaper Articles
Students demonstrate understanding of main points of the Deseret News article, and identify the verb(s) of each phrase to aid in listening comprehension.
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Comprehension! The Key That Opens our Minds
Students examine the comprehension strategy of story-grammar. They discuss the strategy and read a variety of texts. Students practice using the story-grammar strategy while reading passages from the texts. They answer questions about...
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Reading Comprehension Practice: Nonfiction Text
Students practice their reading comprehension. In this reading comprehension lesson, students read or listen to a nonfiction article about meditation. This lesson includes discussion questions and comprehension questions.
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Jacob the Great
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students read a 1 page passage titled Jacob the Great and complete comprehension, inferential, and story element questions about it. Students complete 22 multiple choice questions.
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Test Your Reading Skills- Reading Comprehension 6 – How Much Money Do They Have?
In this reading comprehension worksheet, 6th graders read sequential sentences in order to determine the amount of money each of the named people has. They must use addition and subtraction along with the reading comprehension skills to...
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Melbourne - Reading Comprehension Podcards Worksheet
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a one page passage about Melbourne, Australia. They complete approximately 30 fill in the blank questions dealing with the passage. Students also identify seven synonyms. The...
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Reading Comprehension 7 – When’s Your Birthday?- Test Your Reading Skills
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read 10 clues in order to determine the birth date of the person named in the sentence. They write the answers on blank lines below the clues.
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The Dirt We Depend On; How Soil Was Formed Reading Comprehension Worksheet
In this soil formation reading comprehension worksheet, learners read a 2 page non-fiction article. They answer 19 questions including fill in the blank, multiple choice, and true or false about weathering of the Earth as soil is renewed.
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Reading Comprehension: 1984
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students answer questions based on chapters 1-12 of '1984'. Question type varies from matching, true / false, fill in the blank and multiple choice.
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Virginia: Reading Comprehension
In this Virginia reading comprehension activity, students read a multiple-page selection regarding the state and then respond to 10 true or false questions.
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Easter: Reading Comprehension
In this Easter comprehension activity, students read 5 short paragraphs about Easter, then answer a set of 8 multiple choice questions. Worksheet labeled ESL, but not exclusive.
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Daniel Webster- Reading Comprehension Selection
In this Daniel Webster reading comprehension worksheet, students reading a 2 page biography about Daniel Webster. They answer 12 fill in the blank questions based on the reading.
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"A Bright Moon Last Night" Comprehension Activity
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students color a picture and read a sentence about it, then answer questions about the sentence read and practice tracing the word "night."
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Rivers Cloze Activity
In this cloze activity worksheet, students use their reading comprehension skills to fill in the 16 blanks in a 1-page reading selection about rivers. A word bank in provided.
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The Solar System Cloze Activity
For this cloze activity worksheet, students use their reading comprehension skills to fill in 22 blanks in a 1-page reading selection regarding the solar system. A word bank is provided.
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Insects Cloze Activity
In this cloze activity instructional activity, students use their reading comprehension skills to fill in the blank in an insect reading selection. A word bank with the 9 correct words is provided.
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Practicing Silent Reading
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students are instructed to read a book with their family, note the title and author, then reread the story silently. Next, students answer 3 questions about the story. Worksheet is designed to be...
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ESL News Article Comprehension
In this ESL reading comprehension worksheet, students read or listen to an article, then complete a variety of warm up and before/after reading activities. Homework suggestions are also given.
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Olympics Reading Comprehension
For this Olympics reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short passage about the Olympics, then answer a set of 4 related questions. Page has links to answers and additional activities.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Request Strategy
Model for readers how to develop effective questions with a request strategy for questioning. Text-explicit, text-implicit, and experiential based questions are the focus. Step-by-step instructions are included for the strategy that...
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Cyrano do Bergerac Anticipation Guide
Introduce Cyrano de Bergerac with an anticipation guide that asks class members to rate a series of qualities that they look for in a friend. Groups then share their responses and present the class with the quality that provided the most...
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Guided Imagery: Preparation for Chapter 5 of The Catcher in the Rye
A guided imagery exercise about a favorite person prepares class members for the introduction of Holden Caulfield's brother, in chapter five of J.D. Salinger's famous novel. This focus on Allie emphasizes for readers his importance to...