2nd Edition: The Rather Serious Book of Comprehension Passages

Twenty six comprehension passages with a guide for teachers. Passages graduated by grade level.

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Simple to use as an eBook for tuition & easy to print for a classroom of students.

This text is a resource for teachers, tutors and parents looking to engage learners with purposeful reading practice. This book has been tested over many years with real life students. The teacher's guide will support the teacher to develop competency and confidence in reading comprehension.

Question types

- Literal
- Inference
- Vocabulary
- Reorganisation
- Reflective
- Application
- Evaluation
- Narrative

This is the second edition. Updates on the first edition include:

- Some questions were removed
- Some answers were revised
- Explanations of answers added
- Grade level and readability calculated
- Order of passages was updated

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