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Reading Passages, Questions & Answers - Fifth Grade
Below you’ll find 5th grade reading comprehension passages along with questions and answers and vocabulary activities. These printable 5th grade practice activities are helpful for struggling readers or students who just need extra comprehension practice!
This story tells about Alice, a young English girl. One day when she is bored she follows a talking white rabbit down a hole. There she finds a magical world of interesting characters. Alice has trouble staying her normal size. She often become very large or very small. As this…
There are billions of telephones in the world today. They have been around for a long time. In fact, not a single person on Earth today was alive when the telephone was first invented. The word telephone is even older than the device. It comes from the ancient Greek words…
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March are the main characters in the book Little Women. These sisters are growing up during the Civil War. In this passage, Meg, the oldest, has grown up and is marrying John Brooke. Meg’s father, Mr. March, is a minister and preforms the ceremony at…
Lewis Carroll’s Alice Adventures in Wonderland is the story of a young girl, Alice, who finds a very strange world full of very strange characters. This passage is a song that is sung by the Mock Turtle as it dances with the Gryphon. They dance “The Lobster Quadrille,” a dance…
Peter Pan is the story of a boy who would not grow up. He lives in a faraway world called Neverland. Peter can fly. He often goes into London to look for adventures. In this passage, Peter, with his friend Tinker Bell the fairy, has entered the bedroom of the…
One of the most famous scenes from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is this tea party. Alice, who has stumbled into a very strange land, joins the Mad Hatter, the March Hare and the Dormouse for an odd tea party. ————————————– There was a table set out under a…
Peter Pan is the story of three English children, Wendy, John, and Michael Darling. They meet the amazing Peter Pan, a boy who lives in magical Neverland. In this passage, the reader is introduced to Nana, the Darling children’s nurse and nanny, who happens to be a dog. —————————- Mrs.…
Treasure Island is an adventure story about a boy named Jim Hawkins who discovers a treasure map and sets out to find the treasure. In this passage, Jim is on the island where the treasure is supposed to be hidden. He is running away from the pirates that have captured…
As the story of Peter Pan continues, Wendy Darling and her younger brothers, John and Michael, have gone with the magical boy Peter Pan to his home in Neverland. There they meet Peter’s friends, the Lost Boys. Wendy becomes the pretend mother to all of the boys. Life in Neverland…
In the story, Tom Egerton and Bertie Fellows are students at an English boarding school. Both have to stay at school over the Christmas holiday. Tom’s parents are in India, which is too far for him to go for the holiday. Bertie’s sister is sick, so he cannot go home…
