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General Questions for Reading

Reading question sheet with prompts for before reading, characters and setting, punctuation, and grammar and spelling, for use with any book students are reading.
Grades
Grades 2–5, Elementary
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated Oct 02, 2026

Subject
ELA, Reading
Topic
Reading, Questioning
Resource types
Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
Preparation
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About this resource

What's inside this resource

A skill that we are continually working on during reading instruction is comprehension. We know that some students will be able to read a text and immediately pull important details from the text, while other students will need more guided support to accurately find details. Being able to ask and answer questions about what they have read is a building block for increasing comprehension. This is a General Questions for Reading Printable that will help students build this comprehension. PDF format.

How to Use This Resource:

You can print a copy for each of your students. This is also a great printable to be printed, laminated and displayed on a bulletin board. It would also work inserted into a lesson to be projected on the smart board.

What You Get:

A 1-page PDF broken down into 4 sections:

1. Before you start (5 questions)

2. Character/setting questions (10 questions)

3. Punctuation questions (11 questions)

4. Grammar and spelling questions (11 questions)

I hope you enjoy!

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Make predictions about a book from its cover before reading
  • Describe characters and setting in a text
  • Notice how punctuation and spelling are used in a book

Skills covered

  • Asking and answering questions — using the prompts to discuss characters and setting in a chosen book

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