Free Pushing and Pulling Forces – Science Reading Comprehension
Explore how pushes and pulls change the way objects move with this printable science reading comprehension lesson. Students use familiar examples such as riding a bicycle, moving a wagon and bringing a magnet near an iron nail to learn about forces. The resource includes comprehension questions, vocabulary practice, an answer key and a teacher lesson plan.

What’s Included

• A nonfiction passage introducing pushes, pulls, gravity, magnetism and weight.

• Nine multiple-choice questions covering reading comprehension, vocabulary in context and diagram interpretation.

• Diagrams that use arrows to represent and compare forces.

• A vocabulary activity matching seven words to their meanings, plus three sentence-writing prompts.

• An answer key and a teacher lesson plan to guide the reading and activities.

Skills Covered

• Explaining how a force can start, stop or change the direction of motion.

• Recognising gravity and magnetism as forces that can act without contact.

• Using arrow length to compare the size of forces.

• Finding details in a science passage and using context to work out word meanings.

Ways to Use

Start by asking students what they do to get a bicycle moving, slow it down and turn it. Then read the passage together, compare the arrows in the force diagrams and use the questions and vocabulary tasks to check understanding.