First reading comprehension

Read this story with your grown-up, then try to answer

the questions on the next sheet.

There once was a very clever girl called Lucy .

She wore a blue school uniform. Lucy loved school
because she had a very nice teacher.
Lucy’s teacher was called Mrs Book .

Mrs Book read Lucy’s class lots of books. She was

very good at reading stories. She made Lucy feel as
if she was in the book!

Lucy played with her school friends. She had two

best friends. Their names were Megan and
Ben .

When it was home time Lucy went home with her

dad in his blue car . At home Dad would
make dinner. Lucy’s favourite dinner was
pasta .
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 Answering questions
After reading the story fill in the boxes to tell us things
you know about Lucy. Ask your grown-up to help you
read the questions.

What is Lucy’s
favourite dinner? What is Lucy’s
teacher called?
How many best
friends does
Lucy have?

What are Lucy’s What colour is

best friends’ Lucy’s uniform?
names?

Who picks Lucy up from What is Lucy’s teacher

school? good at?
 Writing about the story
Now it’s time to think about what happened in the
story you read.

Can you finish the sentences below? You might want

to ask your grown-up to read the story again to
remind you.

Lucy went .

She wore a uniform.

Mrs Book read a .

Lucy played with .

picked her up at home time.

He picked her up in .

They went home and had .