Grade 4 marks a crucial turning point in a child’s reading development, where the focus shifts from simply reading words to truly understanding and thinking about what they read.
Grade 4 reading comprehension worksheets
We have a section of reading comprehension worksheets for students to practice at the grade 4 level. We’ve recently added new worksheets and improved the current worksheets to provide students with more opportunities to build their reading skills.
Practice compare and contrast
Students read two short stories and are asked questions about how they are alike and how they differ.
The five w’s and how
Students are asked to identify the who, what, when, where, why and how in stories.
Main ideas worksheets
These worksheets ask students to identify the main ideas of texts.
Sequencing skills
Students read stories and then given exercises to put the stories in sequence.
Elements of a story
In these worksheets, students are asked to analyze the characters, setting and plot of stories.
Practice author’s purpose
Students analyze why an author wrote a specific text in these worksheets.
Point of view worksheets
The texts in these worksheets are written in the first, second or third person. Students are asked to identify the point of view for each text.
Making inferences
Students are asked to read, think about and interpret what they are reading in these worksheets.
Context clues practice
In these worksheets, students use hints and clues in the text to try to understand the meaning of new words.
Cause and effect in the real world
Students read non-fiction texts and asked questions related to cause and effect.
Fact vs. opinion worksheets
Understanding whether a statement is a fact or an opinion can be hard for students to decipher. In these worksheets students classify statements as either fact or opinion.
Prediction worksheets
These worksheets give students practice in thinking about what will happen next.
Figurative language
These exercises help students to focus on personification, similes and metaphors.
