Year 5 reading comprehension: an original descriptive text with 15 multiple-choice questions, KS2 reading domains and a full answer key. No prep needed.

Inside the Old Clock Tower – Climb a dark spiral staircase with Uncle Ravi to the heart of Ashbury’s ancient clock, then step out onto the balcony as the great bell strikes twelve. A rich descriptive text that moves from eerie to awe-struck, packed with similes, metaphors, personification and onomatopoeia.

What’s included (12-page PDF):

• Original descriptive text (730 words) with numbered paragraphs, written for Year 5 readers
• Word bank of useful vocabulary
• Pupil question sheet: 15 multiple-choice questions (A–E), with no answers showing
• Quick-mark answer grid with every question tagged to its KS2 reading content domain (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2f, 2g, 2h)
• Full teacher answer key explaining why each answer is right and why every other option is wrong

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Skills covered:

• Retrieval
• Vocabulary in context
• Inference about the narrator’s feelings
• Summarising a paragraph
• Similes, personification and onomatopoeia
• Comparing two settings
• How the mood changes through the text

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Ideal for: guided reading, whole-class reading lessons, reading assessment, homework, intervention groups, tutoring and cover lessons.

Questions build from straightforward retrieval to inference and language, so the pack works for a range of readers. British English throughout.

Written by Word Harbour Reading. Original text, created for educational use.