Academic Reading Comprehension Worksheets

In this academic reading practice worksheet, students read a brief article on the topic of European colonialism and practice a number of reading strategies that include guessing the meaning of a word from context, recognising main ideas, and scanning to locate and identify information. As a lead in, students discuss two questions related to the topic of ‘Commerce in the New World’. Students continue by matching advanced words from the article to their correct definition. Next, students read the article and use context clues in the text to choose the correct definition of the words and phrases shown. Then, students answer questions by choosing the best answer from three options. Students then move on to categorise statements as either true, false, or not given based on what is written in the text. After that, students match headings to the paragraphs in the article. In the final exercise, students write a short paragraph based on ideas in the text.