Science & Technology Articles: 8 Reading Comprehension Passages, Grade 7 + Answer Key

Looking for ready-to-print reading practice for Grade 7? This "Science and Technology Articles" pack bundles 8 short original texts, 7 articles and 1 how-to text, each paired with 5 questions that check what the reader really understood.

The passages: Training the Body's Defenders; Why Sunsets Turn Red; Eight Arms, Three Hearts; How Your Phone Knows Where You Are; Fighting Sound with Sound; How to Build a Model Water Filter; Let Teens Sleep In; Pushes and Pulls: How Bridges Stand.

Expect passages of 236 to 252 words, 245 on average, in Lora serif print for passages with Atkinson Hyperlegible for questions. Each of the 8 passages fills its own page, and its questions sit on the next page so the text never feels cramped.

Across the pack there are 40 questions: 32 multiple-choice items (four choices each) and 8 written-response items with lines for the answer. The skills covered are detail, vocabulary in context, main idea, text structure, cause and effect, author's purpose, claim and evidence and inference.

A peek at the questions - "Training the Body's Defenders" asks: In the third paragraph, the phrase “latch onto” most nearly means (answer D: attach firmly to). A written-response prompt from "Training the Body's Defenders": According to the passage, why do some vaccines require booster doses? Sample answer in the key: Boosters are needed because immune memory can fade over time, or because a germ changes, so the body needs a reminder to keep its protection strong.

Everything arrives as one ZIP: an 18-page worksheet PDF in US Letter and in A4 (separate folders). A 3-page answer key lists the correct letter and answer text for each multiple-choice item, a sample response for each written item, and the skill tag of every question. Extra pages include a contents page up front and a progress tracker with a skills self-check at the back.

Read together aloud, then let the child answer alone. Use it for a weekly reading routine, one passage per day. Use the tracker to see which skills need another round.

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