Are you looking for online reading activities? Â How about interactive practice activities targeting specific reading skills? At ereadingworksheets.com you can complete ereading worksheets: online reading skill quizzes about such subjects as identifying figurative language, recognizing patterns of organization or text structure, comprehending texts, determining the author’s purpose, and more.
Valuable practice with reading skills will help prepare students to succeed on standardized tests and make students more well-rounded readers. Â These activities are 100% free. Please share them with your students or others on your blog, web page, or web site.
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Nonfiction Reading Tests
Here is a selection of online reading comprehension tests. These tests are based on nonfiction reading texts. The questions cover such reading skills as main idea, text structure, inferring, and (of course) comprehending.
Chess | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 1-4
TV | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 1-4
Metal Detectors | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 2-6
Tetris | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 2-6
Seat Belts | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 2-6
The Coliseum | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 2-6
The Pony Express | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 2-6
Wintertime | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 2-6
Y2K | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 3-7
Money | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 3-7
The Cobra Effect | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 3-7
Redwoods and Arms Races | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 3-7
Reading (That’s right, a reading passage about reading) | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 3-7
Black Friday | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 3-7
Hummingbirds | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 3-7
Mad Hatters| Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8
The Dodo | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8
The Bermuda Triangle | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8
Phishing | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8
Child Inventors| Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8
Diamonds | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8
Worst Game Ever? | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8
Carnivorous Plants | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8
Google | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8
Honey Badgers | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8
Hyperinflation | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8
Koko | Nonfiction Reading Test Ereading Worksheet
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8
The Streisand Effect | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 5-9
Mongooses | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 5-9
Trampolines | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 5-9
Garbage | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 5-9
Asian Carp | Nonfiction Reading Test Ereading Worksheet
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 5-9
Maginot Line | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 5-9
The Library of Alexandria | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 6-10
A Tale of Two Countries | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 6-10
Kevlar | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 7-11
Tigers | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 7-11
The Statue of Liberty | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 8-12
Submarines | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 8-12
Castles | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 9-13
Gutenberg | Nonfiction Reading Test
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 9-13
Short Stories with Questions
Here are 20 of my all-time favorite short stories available as online tests. Students read the texts, answer the multiple-choice questions, and respond to the long-response prompts. Students can print, save, or email their responses. They can even share their scores on Facebook, if the kids are still doing the Facebook. Warning: Some of these texts contain violence. Mature subjects and themes may be at hand as well. Read these texts for appropriateness before you assign them to students. Visit my page on short stories to find better descriptions and alternate file formats for these texts.
“That Spot” by Jack London | Online Reading Activity
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8
“The Wartime Sacrifices of Mr. Spugg” by Stephen Leacock | Online Reading Activity
Suggested Reading level for this test: Grade 4-8
“The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger” by L. Frank Baum | Online Reading Activity
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8
“The Fir Tree” by Hans Christian Andersen | Online Reading Activity
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 4-8
“The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe | Online Reading Activity
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 5-9
“The Gift of Magi” by O. Henry | Online Reading Activity
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 5-9
“The Cat That Walked by Himself” by Rudyard Kipling | Online Reading Activity
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 5-9
“The Story of Keesh” by Jack London | Online Reading Activity
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 5-9
“The Nightingale and the Rose” by Oscar Wilde | Online Reading Activity
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 5-9
“The Lottery Ticket” by Anton P. Chekhov | Online Reading Activity
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 5-9
“The Ransom of Red Chief” by O. Henry | Online Reading Activity
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 5-9
“Gilray’s Flower-Pot” by J.M. Barrie | Online Reading Activity
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 6-10
“2 B R 0 2 B” by Kurt Vonnegut | Online Reading Activity
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 6-10
“A Mystery of Heroism” by Stephen Crane | Online Reading Activity
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 6-10
“The Hydrophobic Skunk” by Irvin S. Cobb | Online Reading Activity
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 6-10
“Mr. Brisher’s Treasure” by H. G. Wells | Online Reading Activity
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 6-10
“A Respectable Woman” by Kate Chopin | Online Reading Activity
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 7-11
“A Piece of Steak” by Jack London | Online Reading Activity
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 7-11
“The Son” by Hermann Hesse | Online Reading Activity
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 7-11
“Thrown Away” by Rudyard Kipling | Online Reading Activity
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 7-11
“Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale” by Mark Twain | Online Reading Activity
Suggested reading level for this text: Grade 8-12
Author’s Purpose Practice
Author’s Purpose Practice Test 1
Author’s Purpose Practice Test 2
Author’s Purpose Practice Test 3
Author’s Purpose Practice Test 4
Author’s Purpose Practice Test 5
Author’s Purpose Practice Test 6
Characterization Practice
Characterization Practice Test 1
Characterization Practice Test 2
Characterization Practice Test 3
Characterization Practice Test 4
Character Types Practice 1
Character Types Practice 2
Fact and Opinion
Fact and Opinion Practice Test 1
Fact and Opinion Practice Test 2
Fact and Opinion Practice Test 3
Fact and Opinion Practice Test 4
Fact and Opinion Practice Test 5
Fact and Opinion Practice Test 6
Figurative Language
Figurative Language Practice Test 1
Figurative Language Practice Test 2
Figurative Language Practice Test 3
Figurative Language Practice Test 4
Figurative Language Practice Test 5
Figurative Language Practice Test 6
Figurative Language Practice Test 7
Figurative Language Practice Test 8
Figurative Language Practice Test 9
Figurative Language Practice | Edgar Allan Poe
Figurative Language Practice | O. Henry
Figurative Language Practice | Shakespeare
Figurative Language Test 1
Figurative Language Test 2
Poetic Devices
Poetic Devices Practice Test 1
Poetic Devices Practice Test 2
Poetic Devices Practice Test 3
Figurative Language Poems
Figurative Language Poem 1:Sketch by Carl Sandburg
Figurative Language Poem 2:I Sing the Battle by Harry Kemp
Figurative Language Poem 3: from The Grave by Robert Blair
Figurative Language Poem 4: The Dawn’s Awakening! by Otto Leland Bohanan
Figurative Language Poem 5: Sleep by Annie Matheson
Figurative Language Poem 6: X and XXI by Emily Dickinson
Figurative Language Poem 7: A Lady by Amy Lowell
Figurative Language Poem 8: The Black Land by Joseph Warren Beach
Figurative Language Poem 9: Operating Room by John Reed
Personification
Personification Practice 1
Personification Practice 2
Personification Practice 3
Personification Practice 4
Personification Practice 5
Personification Practice 6
Personification Practice 7
Personification Practice 8
Personification Practice 9
Hyperbole and Understatement
Hyperbole and Understatement Practice 1
Hyperbole and Understatement Practice 2
Hyperbole and Understatement Practice 3
Hyperbole and Understatement Practice 4
Similes and Metaphors
Simile and Metaphor Practice 1
Simile and Metaphor Practice 2
Simile and Metaphor Practice 3
Simile and Metaphor Practice 4
Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia Practice 1
Onomatopoeia Practice 2
Onomatopoeia Practice 3
Idioms Practice
Idioms | Practice Test 1
Idioms | Practice Test 2
Idioms | Practice Test 3
Idioms | Practice Test 4
Genre Practice
Genre Practice 1
Genre Practice 2
Genre Practice 3
Genre Practice 4
Genre Practice 5
Genre Practice 6
Genre Practice 7
Genre Practice 8
Genre Practice 9
Genre Practice 10
Inferences Practice
Making Inferences Practice 1
Making Inferences Practice 2
Making Inferences Practice 3
Making Inferences Practice 4
Making Inferences Practice 5
Irony Practice
Irony Practice 1
Irony Practice 2
Irony Practice 3
Main Idea Practice
Main Idea Practice 1
Main Idea Practice 2
Main Idea Practice 3
Main Idea Practice 4
Main Idea Practice 5
Mood Practice
Mood Practice 1
Mood Practice 2
Mood Practice 3
Predictions
Making Predictions Practice 1
Making Predictions Practice 2
Making Predictions Practice 3
Making Predictions Practice 4
Point of View Practice
Point of View Test 1 (10 questions)
Point of View Test 2 (10 questions)
Point of View Test 3 (10 questions)
Point of View Test 4 (20 questions)
Point of View Test 5 (20 questions)
Point of View Test 6 (20 questions)
Point of View Test 7 (20 questions)
Point of View Test 8 (20 questions)
Point of View Test 9 (20 questions)
Point of View Test 10 (20 questions)
Final Point of View Test (40 questions)
Setting Practice
Setting Test 1
Setting Test 2
Setting Test 3
Summary Practice
Story Structure Practice
Story Structure Practice Test 1 – “The Breakaway”
Story Structure Practice Test 2 – “When Gertrude Grew Great”
Story Structure Practice Test 3 – “The Phone Call”
Story Structure Practice Test 4 – “Unto Others”
Story Structure Practice Test 5 – “Blood is Thicker”
Text Structure Practice
Text Structure Practice 1
Text Structure Practice 2
Text Structure Practice 3
Text Structure Practice 4
Text Structure Practice 5
Theme
Theme Practice 1
Theme Practice 2
Theme Practice 3
Theme Practice 4
Theme Practice 5
Tone
Tone Practice 1
Tone Practice 2
Tone Practice 3
Tone Practice 4
Tone Practice 5
Types of Conflict
Types of Conflict Practice 1
Types of Conflict Practice 2
Types of Conflict Practice 3
Types of Conflict Practice 4
Nouns
Nouns and Superheroes
Singular, Plural, and Possessive Nouns
Concrete and Abstract Nouns
Common and Proper Nouns 1
Common and Proper Nouns 2
Common and Proper Nouns and Pronouns
Singular, Plural, and Possessive Nouns 1
Singular, Plural, and Possessive Nouns 2
Noun Types Practice 1
Noun Types Practice 2
Nouns Test
Capitalization
Capitalization Practice 1
Capitalization Practice 2
Capitalization Practice 3
Capitalization Test
Contractions
Contractions Practice 1
Contractions Practice 2
Contractions Practice 3
Double Negatives
Double Negatives Practice 1
Double Negatives Practice 2
Double Negatives Practice 3
Homophones
Homophone Practice 1
Homophone Practice 2
Homophone Practice 3
Verbs
Action Verbs and Verbs of Being with Pirates
Verb Phrases with Horses
Verb Conjugation, Tense, and Aspect on the Farm
Verbs Test with Insects
Subjects, Predicates, and Objects
Simple Subjects and Predicates Practice 1
Simple Subjects and Predicates Practice 2
Simple Subjects and Predicates Practice 3
Subjects, Predicates, and Objects with Skaters!
Subjects, Predicates, and Objects with Pirates!
Subjects, Predicates, and Objects with the Pretty Princess
Subjects, Predicates, and Objects Practice 1
Subjects, Predicates, and Objects Practice 2
Clauses
End Marks
Practice with End Marks 1
Practice with End Marks 2
Commas or Semicolons
Comma or Semicolon 1
Comma or Semicolon 2
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/ September 1, 2021How do I find the scores to the online work my students have done?
Mr. Morton
/ September 1, 2021Hello.
The students have to turn their scores into you.
So, they can email their scores or print them as PDF.
I recommend that you require them to keep records of their work, as sometimes they claim delivery errors, and I keep no records of any work they do.
So, the only way to ensure that there is no delivery errors is to require them keep records of their work.
They can do this by printing their scores or emailing themselves a score sheet.
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Mr. Morton
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You can send them a link to any assignment.
They can email you their scores and responses as PDF files after the test.
They can also print and save them.
But, make sure you have them back up their scores to their own devices.
Otherwise, if a mailing error occurs, their scores will be lost forever.
I don’t save student data.
Best wishes!
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Mr. Morton
/ May 18, 2020No, I don’t receive or store any of the data.
It is merely processed into emails and PDFs and then discarded.
So I can’t see or recover any student responses, nor can I deliver their scores to you in any faster way.
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Mr. Morton
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I restored the text.
https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/short-stories/the-gift-of-magi/
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Mr. Morton
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