1. Year 6 Reading Comprehension: A demonstration of the different types of question used to check understanding of reading.
Year 6 will be asked to show their comprehension of text they have read because they can…

2. give / explain the meaning of words in context

3. retrieve and record information / identify key details from fiction and non-fiction

4. summarise main ideas from more than one paragraph

5. make inferences from the text / explain and justify inferences with evidence from the text

6. predict what might happen from details stated and implied

7. identify / explain how information / narrative content is related and contributes to meaning as a whole

8. identify / explain how meaning is enhanced through choice of words and phrases

9. make comparisons within the text