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Reading Comprehension
Read it. Find it. Answer it.
Short reading passages for Pre-K to Grade 12, each with two to five questions under it. Olly can read the passage aloud, and every answer shows the sentence that proves it.
- 140 passages
- 14 grades
- 28 free to try
Pick a grade
Two passages in every grade are free. Any grade is open to anyone: pick the one that feels right.
Early Pre-K and Kindergarten · picture answers, read aloud
Elementary Grades 1 to 5 · stories, facts and poems
Middle school Grades 6 to 8 · evidence, theme and argument
High school Grades 9 to 12 · classic texts and founding documents
How it works
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Read it
Read the passage yourself, or tap "Olly reads to me" and follow the words as they light up.
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Find it
Each question sends you back into the text. "Show me where" lights the sentence that has the answer.
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Answer it
Pick an answer and check it. Every choice explains itself, and finishing earns up to three stars.
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- Free Story Very short Ben Finds a Shell Ben is at the beach. What does he find?
- Free True facts Very short The Red Fire Truck A look at a big fire truck. What does it have, and what does it carry?
- Free Story About 150 words The Best Seat on the Bus Caleb saves the back seat of the bus for himself every day. Then, one rainy Monday, a new boy climbs on.
- Free Science About 150 words Inside a Volcano What is going on deep under a volcano? Follow melted rock on its long trip up to the sky.
- Free Story About 400 words The Stopwatch Tessa times every lap she runs. Then her coach takes the watches away and keeps only her own old stopwatch.
- Free History About 450 words The Race to the South Pole In 1911, two teams raced across Antarctica to reach the South Pole first. Their plans were very different, and so were their journeys home.
- Free Story About 500 words The Interpreter Marta has translated for her mother at banks and pharmacies. Her little brother's parent-teacher conference should be easy. It is not.
- Free Science About 500 words The Invisible World of Microbes They live in hot springs, in ice and all over your skin, yet nobody knew they existed until about 350 years ago. How did we find out about microbes?
