Grade 5 Children's Stories & Reading Worksheets

Stories and Comprehension Worksheets

Each children's story is followed by reading comprehension questions. Most questions are 'open ended' and focus on comprehension skills such as making inferences, drawing conclusions and understanding cause and effect. The passages vary in difficulty with some passages having more challenging vocabulary.

Grade 5 reading comprehension worksheet

After the Flood Fiction, 700 words

Alex and Amanda’s First Concert Fiction, 800 words

The Astronomy Project Fiction, 600 words

Best Friend Blues Fiction 560 words

"Bring your Pet Day" Disaster Fiction, 510 words

Curious about Careers: Engineering Non-fiction, 440 words

Curious about Careers: Teacher Non-fiction 540 words

Dinner Disaster Fiction, 860 words

Fairy Followers Fiction 790 words

Fossil Mystery Fiction, 535 words

The Goose Voyage Fiction, 650 words

Henry Ford Non-fiction, 390 words

Horses Non-fiction, 405 words

How to Care for a Pet Fish Non-fiction, 605 words

How to Make Animations Non-fiction, 520 words

Jump Around Fiction, 500 words

Mystery of the Broken Pie Fiction, 840 words

Space Based Astronomy Non-fiction, 360 words

The Best Vacation Ever Fiction, 560 words

Finders Keepers Fiction, 730 words

What Police and Detectives Do Non-fiction, 720 words

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