Our KS1 reading comprehension worksheets help pupils in Year 1 and Year 2 develop the reading skills they need to become confident, independent readers. Covering a wide range of engaging fiction, non-fiction and poetry texts, these resources support pupils as they build fluency, vocabulary and understanding.
Each reading comprehension includes carefully written questions that develop key comprehension skills including retrieval, inference, prediction and vocabulary. The resources are ideal for guided reading, whole-class reading lessons, independent practice, interventions and homework.
Whether you’re looking for Year 1 reading comprehension worksheets or Year 2 comprehension activities, you’ll find engaging topics that support the National Curriculum while helping pupils develop a lifelong love of reading.
These KS1 reading comprehension worksheets form part of our complete Reading Comprehension collection. Browse all of our reading comprehension resources for primary schools.
Our KS1 reading comprehension worksheets provide regular opportunities for pupils to develop the essential reading skills introduced in Key Stage 1. Using engaging fiction, non-fiction and poetry texts, children learn to retrieve information, answer simple inference questions, develop vocabulary and discuss what they have read with increasing confidence.
These reading comprehension worksheets are suitable for guided reading sessions, whole-class reading lessons, independent practice, interventions, morning work and homework. The varied topics help keep pupils engaged while giving regular opportunities to develop comprehension skills throughout the school year.
The collection includes reading comprehensions based on animals, history, significant people, seasonal events, equality and diversity and other engaging curriculum themes, helping pupils apply their reading skills across a variety of text types.
Once pupils are ready for more challenging texts, explore our KS2 Reading Comprehension Worksheets for Years 3 to 6.
