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Poems, Stories and Authors practice for Years 1–6
English · Reading Comprehension · Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2. Understanding what you read: facts, clues, order and the writer’s choices.
What your child will learn
- Listen to and enjoy short poems, find rhyming words and discuss word meanings and favourite words.
- Recognise and join in with predictable phrases and repeated lines in rhymes and poems.
- Recognise some different forms of poetry — haiku, kenning, limerick, free verse, narrative poem and calligram — and discuss words that capture the reader’s imagination.
- Read a wider range of poetry, identify the conventions of poetic forms and compare poems and verses.
- Read a fable, identify its moral, theme and conventions, and order its events for retelling.
- Read a myth, explain what it sets out to explain, identify its theme and tell myths, fairy tales and fables apart.
Try some free poems, stories and authors questions
These are real BrightWorld questions. In the app, every question adapts to your child’s level and comes with hints and worked examples.
Question 1. Which word rhymes with “drop”?
Pitter, patter, on the pane, Here comes the silver rain. Splish and splash and drip and drop, Will the rain clouds ever stop?
Pitter, patter, on the pane, Here comes the silver rain. Splish and splash and drip and drop, Will the rain clouds ever stop?
- splash
- stop
- rain
Show the answer
stop
Question 2. When does this poem happen?
Moon is up and stars are bright, Teddy whispers soft goodnight. Close your eyes and dream of sheep, Count them as you fall asleep.
Moon is up and stars are bright, Teddy whispers soft goodnight. Close your eyes and dream of sheep, Count them as you fall asleep.
- at the beach
- at breakfast
- at bedtime
Show the answer
at bedtime
Question 3. Which word finishes the rhyme?
I saw a cat, Sitting on a…
I saw a cat, Sitting on a…
- chair
- dog
- mat
Show the answer
mat
How BrightWorld helps with poems, stories and authors
Children practise poems, stories and authors at Easy, Medium or Hard, in mixed quizzes, in the Answer Run game and inside story missions. If they get stuck, they get a hint and a worked example; if they’re flying, the questions get harder. Parents see how they’re doing in the parent area.
Practise poems, stories and authors in BrightWorld
BrightWorld starts at your child’s level with a quick, fun check, then adapts as they learn. No ads, no strangers, and you see what they’ve learned.
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BrightWorld starts at your child’s level with a quick, fun check, then adapts as they learn. No ads, no strangers, and you see what they’ve learned.
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