Reading Comprehension

Reading Comprehension Worksheets

These worksheets and homework assignments expand students' vocabulary through exploration of word roots, contextual cues, prefixes, and suffixes, and develop their comprehension by increasing their understanding of conceptual relationships while improving their ability to paraphrase

Conceptual Relationships

Following a discussion on and examples of conceptual relationships, students complete a number of tasks on causality, contradiction, and specificity.

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Conceptual Relationships Advanced

Provides additional practice at identifying conceptual relationships involving more sophisticated vocabulary, more complex syntax, and subtler differences in meaning.

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Leisure Time Language Input Homework Assignment

The answer to many parents' question: “how can I get my teenager to improve his/her language skills during free time at home?”.

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Paraphrases and Meanings

Two separate worksheets provide students with pairs of paraphrased sentences, requiring them to identify and discuss subtle differences in meaning.

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Using Context Clues Worksheets

Three worksheets give students practice at defining unknown lexicon by using clues from the semantic context, thereby increasing their willingness to make guesses at meanings.

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Word Roots Worksheets

Knowing word roots is one of the best ways to figure out the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary. These two separate worksheets familiarize students with common word roots.

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Prefixes and Suffixes Worksheet

This simple grammar worksheet provides students with practice adding chunks of meaning to known cores and familiarizes them with prefix and suffix use.

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Word Obfuscations Activity

A student favorite! Students expand their vocabulary and practice using a thesaurus through solving and creating word obfuscations of common idioms.

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Identifying Main Idea

Identifying a writer's or speaker's main ideas is central to good comprehension. This activity teaches students to determine intended messages.

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Reading Comprehension Worksheets Packet

A collection of all nine reading comprehension products covering vocabulary and semantics, including word roots, using context clues, and conceptual relationships.

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