A huge ready-to-use Novel Study Reading Comprehension Bundle for Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 English lessons. This bundle includes 10 complete novel comprehension resources, with 1000 reading comprehension questions and full answer keys included to save planning and marking time.

This bundle is ideal for teachers looking for printable comprehension resources for popular novels across KS2, UKS2 and Lower KS3. Each resource includes 100 comprehension questions across 10 reading sections, making them suitable for whole-class reading, guided reading, independent work, homework, cover lessons and novel study activities.

The questions support pupils as they build key reading skills including retrieval, inference, vocabulary, summarising, prediction, character analysis, theme, written responses and using evidence from the text.

What’s Included:

This bundle includes 10 novel comprehension resources:

Wonder
The Wild Robot
The City of Ember
Impossible Creatures
The Wild Robot Escapes
Because of Winn-Dixie
The Last Bear
Holes
Freak the Mighty
A Rover’s Story

Each novel resource includes:

100 reading comprehension questions
10 reading sections
Full answer key
Printable PDF format
Questions suitable for independent work, guided reading or whole-class reading

That’s 1000 total comprehension questions across the full bundle.

Skills Covered:

Retrieval
Inference
Vocabulary
Character analysis
Summarising
Prediction
Theme
Using evidence from the text
Written comprehension responses
Comparing characters and ideas
Explaining character choices
Understanding key events and plot development

Perfect For:

Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8
KS2, UKS2 and Lower KS3 English
Whole-class reading
Guided reading
Novel study work
Reading comprehension lessons
Independent reading tasks
Homework
Cover lessons
Intervention groups
Fast finishers

Why Teachers Love It:

This bundle saves hours of planning by giving you a large collection of ready-to-use novel study comprehension worksheets for engaging and popular books. The range of novels includes realistic fiction, adventure, fantasy, survival, STEM fiction, dystopian fiction and stories about friendship, courage, empathy and resilience.

The included answer keys make the resources easy to use for marking, small-group teaching, whole-class discussion or independent learning.

Please note: this is a reading comprehension bundle. It includes comprehension questions and answer keys, not a full scheme of work or full unit plan.

TES Subject / Age Range

Subject: English
Age Range: 7–13
Year Levels: Year 3–Year 8
Best Fit: KS2, UKS2, Lower KS3