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Prepare children for the most difficult aspects of their reading test with comprehension exercises that concentrate on developing the key skills of inference and deduction.Prepare children for the most difficult aspects of their reading test with comprehension exercises that concentrate on developing the key skills of inference and deduction.•Set questions that gradually progress pupils’ skills and deeper understanding of a text•Increase vocabulary and reading stamina with extracts from a rich variety of fiction and non-fiction texts•Evaluate your pupils’ responses and help them apply their skills to other texts with guidance from top literacy consultant Rachel ClarkeTexts included:The Gingerbread Man Anon.The Three Billy Goats Gruff Anon.The Lion and the Mouse: An Aesop Fable retold by Jackie Walter and Anni AxworthyThe Big Fib by Ros AsquithMog and the Granny by Judith KerrThe Hedgehog’s Balloon by Nick ButterworthFunnybones by Janet and Allan AhlbergLetter to Granny by Rachel ClarkeHow to Make Beans on Toast by Rachel ClarkeLifecycle of a Butterfly by Rachel ClarkeBig Cat Babies by Jonathan and Angela ScottRed Foxes: Nocturnal Predators by Rebecca RissmanI Had a Little Cat by Charles CausleyFive Little Owls Anon.Cats by Eleanor FarjeonThe Adventures of Odysseus by Geraldine McCaughreanHow Birds Got Bright Feathers: A Story from South America by Heather AmeryStone Soup Anon. adapted by Rachel ClarkeFlat Stanley by Jeff BrownGrace and Family by Mary HoffmanThe Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill TomlinsonCan You Believe It? by Rachel ClarkeThe Titanic by Anna ClaybourneDiary of a Farmer by Angela RoystonLifecycle of a Frog by Rachel ClarkeHow to Make Coconut Pyramids by Rachel ClarkeHow to Make Birdseed Cake by Rachel ClarkeReady, Steady – Moo! by June CrebbinThe Owl and the Pussy-Cat by Edward LearFrost on the Flower by Charles Causley