Year 5 Reading Comprehension Quiz
Read an original story about a school market stall and answer literal, inferential and vocabulary questions.
In this quiz you'll practise:
- Locate details stated directly in a story
- Infer characters' feelings and motives from evidence
- Work out the meaning of words and figurative language from context
- Identify the theme of a narrative
Check each answer as you go. If you're not sure, you'll get a hint and another try. Every question has an explanation.
About this Year 5 reading comprehension quiz
This free Year 5 reading comprehension quiz gives students an original short story about a boy running a stall at his school market, followed by questions that build the reading skills in the Australian Curriculum for Year 5 English. Students locate details in the text, make inferences about characters' feelings and motives, work out the meaning of words and figurative phrases from context, and identify the theme of the story. Each question includes an explanation that points to the evidence in the text, helping students learn how to justify their answers rather than just guess.
Reading original passages and answering literal, inferential and vocabulary questions.
- Curriculum
- Australian Curriculum v9.0 — English, Year 5
- Questions
- 10 · about 8 minutes
- Written by
- Success Tutoring Curriculum Team