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Reading Comprehension Worksheets Grades 1 - 10

Use our free, printable reading comprehension passage exercises to improve your student's reading skills! Recognizing letters and words is an important first step in learning to read. However, it is only a first step; it is vital that students comprehend, or understand, what they are reading. They must be able to get the meaning of the text: What is the author telling the reader? This is reading comprehension, and it is an essential skill for success in school and in the real world. Below are our reading comprehension worksheets grouped by grade, that include passages and related questions. Click on the title to view the printable activities in each grade range, or to read the details of each worksheet. They are free for use in the home or in the classroom. Be sure to check out our spelling words  activities too!

1st Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets

This 36 week first grade worksheet program for reading comprehension provides grade-appropriate passages and related questions, and can be used for other grades as appropriate.

2nd Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets

This 36 week second grade worksheet program for reading comprehension provides passages and questions that are grade appropriate, but can be used with additional grades.

3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets

The 36 week third grade worksheet program for reading comprehension that we’ve organized here provides reading passages and activities designed for 3rd grade but can be used for other grades.

4th Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets

The 36 week fourth grade comprehension program that is included here provides reading passages and questions that are grade appropriate, but can be used with additional grades.

5th Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets

The 36 week fifth grade comprehension program provides passages and related questions that are grade appropriate, but can be used with additional grades.

6th Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets

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9th - 10th Grade Reading Comprehension Worksheets

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Critical Thinking Reading Comprehension Worksheets

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Short Story Reading Comprehension Worksheets

• Beginning Level
• Answers for this series are included at the end of each worksheet.
• "My Friend" - Low Beginning. 3 answer choices. 7 questions. 74 words.
• "My House" - Low Beginning. 3 answer choices. 7 questions. 92 words.
• "Time to..." - Low Beginning. 4 answer choices. 11 questions. 89 words.
• "My Family" - Low Beginning. 4 answer choices. 6 questions. 90 words.
• "Rainy Day" - Low Beginning. 4 answer choices. 5 questions. 78 words.
• "A Call to the Pool" - Low Beginning. 4 answer choices. 5 questions. 116 words.
• "The Singing Bird" - Low Beginning. 4 answer choices. 5 questions. 96 words.
• "Seeing Stars" - Low Beginning. 4 answer choices. 8 questions. 92 words.
• "I Fly" - Low Beginning. 4 answer choices. 4 questions. 113 words.
• "The Drive" - Mid Beginning. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 120 words.
• "Zach's Animals" - Mid Beginning. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 104 words.
• "Griffin's Talents" - Mid Beginning. 4 answer choices. 9 questions. 112 words.
• "A Happy Visitor" - Mid Beginning. 4 answer choices. 5 questions. 170 words.
• "An Adventure" - Mid Beginning. 4 answer choices. 5 questions. 177 words.
• "Running" - Mid Beginning. 4 answer choices. 5 questions. 148 words.
• "Paul Cooks" - Mid Beginning. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 112 words.
• "Bella Hides" - Mid Beginning. 4 answer choices. 8 questions. 135 words.
• "First Prize" - Mid Beginning. 4 answer choices. 8 questions. 155 words.
• "What Number?" - Mid Beginning. 4 answer choices. 12 questions. 154 words.
• "The Interview" - High Beginning. 4 answer choices. 9 questions. 205 words.
• "Julian's Work" - High Beginning. 4 answer choices. 12 questions. 194 words.
• "Talia's Special Day" - High Beginning. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 204 words.
• "One Hundred Dollars" - High Beginning. 4 answer choices. 13 questions. 273 words.
• "New Shoes for Maddy" - High Beginning. 4 answer choices. 11 questions. 223 words.
• "The 20" - High Beginning. 4 answer choices. 12 questions. 256 words.
• "Big City Noise" - High Beginning. 4 answer choices. 13 questions. 238 words.
• Intermediate Level
• "By the Water" - Low Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 9 questions. 225 words.
• "A Cold Day" - Low Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 14 questions. 286 words.
• "Vet Emergency!" - Low Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 247 words.
• "Late" - Low Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 14 questions. 284 words.
• "The Brenners" - Low Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 13 questions. 297 words.
• "Bullied" - Low Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 13 questions. 197 words.
• "The New School" - Low Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 14 questions. 286 words.
• "The Park" - Low Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 11 questions. 297 words.
• "Worth Working For" - Mid Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 280 words.
• "The Rent Man" - Mid Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 12 questions. 215 words.
• "Time with Grandpa" - Mid Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 9 questions. 237 words.
• "The Bus Driver" - Mid Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 15 questions. 294 words.
• "A Day Like No Other" - Mid Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 12 questions. 305 words.
• "A Mystery" - Mid Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 247 words.
• "Just One Touch" - Mid Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 15 questions. 326 words.
• "Wanga" - Mid Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 13 questions. 340 words.
• "Ana Finds an Apartment" - Mid Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 12 questions. 408 words.
• "Guermo's Surprise" - High Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 9 questions. 372 words .
• "Canopy of Nature" - High Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 8 questions. 332 words .
• "Blizzard in Birmingham" - High Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 319 words.
• "A Christmas in March" - High Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 385 words.
• "Bail" - High Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 301 words.
• "Clean Water Act" - High Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 632 words.
• "BB" - High Intermediate. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 511 words .
• Advanced Level
• "The Mini Problem" - Low Advanced. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 291 words .
• "Flower Power" - Low Advanced. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 368 words.
• "Seeing Clearly" - Low Advanced. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 284 words .
• "Accused" - Low Advanced. 4 answer choices. 12 questions. 285 words.
• "City Girl" - Low Advanced. 4 answer choices. 13 questions. 429 words.
• "Fried" - Mid Advanced. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 235 words.
• "Tattoo" - Mid Advanced. 4 answer choices. 11 questions. 350 words.
• "The Transfers" - Mid Advanced. 4 answer choices. 12 questions. 381 words.
• "Wild" - Mid Advanced. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 493 words.
• "Scorpion" - Low Advanced. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 333 words
• "Remains of a Marriage" - Mid Advanced. 4 answer choices. 11 questions. 345 words.
• "Museum Hours" - Mid Advanced. 4 answer choices. 10 questions. 179 words.
• "Seeing Through" - High Advanced. 5 answer choices. 10 questions. 326 words.
• "Ursula Pugh" - High Advanced. 5 answer choices. 8 questions. 324 words.
• "Dreams" - High Advanced. 4 answer choices. 12 questions. 357 words.
• "Tracks" - High Advanced. 5 answer choices. 11 questions. 531 words.
• "Love Train" - High Advanced. 5 answer choices. 12 questions. 646 words.
• "The Storm" - High Advanced. 4 answer choices. 12 questions. 407 words.

Informational Passages Reading Comprehension Worksheets

In these reading comprehension worksheets, students are asked questions about information they have read about a specific topic. each passage reads similar to a newspaper of journal article, and provides interesting information about some aspect of history, nature, mechanics, science, art, and more. questions involve critical thinking with a focus on logic and inference..

• Answer Key - This answer key is available but still under development.
• "The Sun" - Low Beginning. 3 questions. Under 50 words.
• "Gas" - Low Beginning. 3 questions. Under 50 words.
• "Music" - Low Beginning. 4 questions. Under 50 words.
• "Birds" - Low Beginning. 4 questions. Under 50 words.
• "The Heart" - Low Beginning. 4 questions. Under 50 words.
• "The Butterfly" - Low Beginning. 5 questions. Under 50 words.
• "Pigs" - Low Beginning. 3 questions. Under 50 words.
• "The Brain" - Low Beginning. 3 questions. Under 50 words.
• "The Ocean" - Low Beginning. 7 questions. Under 100 words.
• "Trees" - Low Beginning. 4 questions. Under 100 words.
• "Alligators" - Low Beginning. 6 questions. Under 100 words.
• "The Blow-Dryer" - Low Beginning. 5 questions. Under 100 words.
• "Green Grass" - Low Beginning. 6 questions. Under 100 words.
• "Taste" - Low Beginning. 4 questions. Under 100 words.
• "Bees" - Mid Beginning. 10 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Frogs" - Mid Beginning. 10 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Beds" - Mid Beginning. 10 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Humans" - Mid Beginning. 10 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Fish" - Mid Beginning. 10 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Houses" - Mid Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Soda Pop" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Tea" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Ice Fishing" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Bears" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Flags" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Leonardo Da Vinci" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words..
• "Tennis" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Dogs" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Money" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Abraham Lincoln" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Corn" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Umbrellas" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Ben Franklin" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Cars" - High Beginning. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• Answer Key - This is the answer key for to the intermediate level informational passages.
• "Helicopters" - Low Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Yellowstone National Park" - Low Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Empress of the Blues" - Low Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 400 words.
• "The Cactus" - Low Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Space Exploration Voyagers 1 and 2" - Mid Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Television" - Mid Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Hibernation and Estivation" - Mid Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Marco Polo" - Mid Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Movie Ratings" - Mid Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Birdsongs" - Mid Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Counting" - Mid Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Easter Island" - High Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Mosquitoes" - High Intermediate. 12 questions. Under 700 words.
• "Fingerprints" - High Intermediate. 11 questions. Under 700 words.
• "Mother's Day" - High Intermediate. 10 questions. Under 700 words.
• "Europe" - High Intermediate. 12 questions. Under 700 words.
• Answer Key - This is the answer key for to the advanced level informational passages.
• "Chocolate" - Low Advanced. 10 questions. Under 600 words.
• "Houses Around the World" - Low Advanced. 10 questions. Under 700 words.
• "Cells" - Low Advanced. 10 questions. Under 700 words.
• "Soccer" - Low Advanced. 12 questions. Under 700 words.
• "Bathtubs" - Low Advanced. 12 questions. Under 700 words.
• "Pollution" - Low Advanced. 12 questions. Under 700 words.
• "Interstate Highways" - Low Advanced. 10 questions. Under 800 words.
• "The U.S. Census" - Low Advanced. 10 questions. Under 800 words.
• "Sleep" - Low Advanced. 11 questions. Under 800 words.
• "The U.S. Postal Service" - Mid Advanced. 11 questions. Under 800 words.
• "Chemical Elements" - Mid Advanced. 11 questions. Under 800 words.
• "Africa" - Mid Advanced. 11 questions. Under 1000 words.

Technical Reading Comprehension Worksheets

In these reading comprehension worksheets, students are asked questions about the meaning, significance, intention, structure, inference, and vocabulary used in each passage. each passage reads like an encyclopedic or technical journal article. answers for worksheets in this section can be found at the end of each individual worksheet..

• "Water" - Beginning level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 300 words.
• "Paper" - Beginning level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 300 words.
• "The Flu" - Beginning level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 400 words.
• "Nuts" - Beginning level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 400 words.
• "The Sun" - Beginning level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 400 words.
• "The White House" - Beginning level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 400 words.
• "Soap" - Intermediate level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 400 words.
• "Clocks" - Intermediate level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 400 words.
• "The Robin" - Intermediate level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 400 words.
• "Hybrid Vehicles" - Intermediate level. 4 questions with answers included. Under 500 words.
• "Photography" - Intermediate level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 500 words.
• "Biomimetics" - Intermediate level. 4 questions with answers included. Under 700 words.
• "The Great Debates" - Intermediate level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 400 words.
• "Salt" - Advanced level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 700 words.
• "Colony Collapse" - Advanced level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 600 words.
• "Columbian Exchange" - Advanced level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 700 words.
• "Ethanol" - Advanced level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 600 words.
• "Generations" - Advanced level. 3 questions with answers included. Under 600 words.
• "The Hubble Telescope" - Advanced level. 7 questions with answers included. Under 1000 words.
• "Intellegence Augmentation" - Advanced level. 5 questions with answers included. Under 1000 words.

Role Play Reading Comprehension Worksheets

In these reading comprehension worksheets, students can increase their understanding of colloquial and idiomatic expressions and get a feel for conversational english. they also allow several students to participate at the same time - which makes them really fun great for use in school or at home..

• Answer Key - This is the answer key to the role play worksheets.
• "What Time Is It?" - Beginning Level. 4 questions. Under 100 words.
• "How Are You?" - Beginning Level. 4 questions. Under 100 words.
• "Tie Your Shoes!" - Beginning Level. 4 questions. Under 100 words.
• "Where Are My Glasses?" - Beginning Level. 4 questions. Under 100 words.
• "A Cookie" - Beginning Level. 4 questions. Under 100 words.
• "Where Are My Keys?" - Beginning Level. 4 questions. Under 100 words.
• "City Life, Country Life" - Beginning Level. 10 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Flu Shot" - Intermediate Level. 5 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Vinegar" - Intermediate Level. 4 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Wait for Me!" - Intermediate Level. 8 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Glasses" - Intermediate Level. 8 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Hungry" - Advanced Level. 8 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Want to Know a Secret?" - Advanced Level. 8 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Milk and Aesthetics" - Advanced Level. 8 questions. Under 500 words.

Dual Version Reading Comprehension Worksheets

In each of these reading comprehension worksheets, the same story is told, but with two versions: one that is basic, and one that is more advanced. this allows students to make direct comparisons between the advanced version to the more basic one, and makes for a powerful learning experience..

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• "An Overcast Day" - Beginning Level. 4 questions. Under 200 words.
• "Who Knows My Name?" - Beginning Level. 4 questions. Under 200 words.
• "A Call to the Pool" - Beginning Level. 6 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Oh No!" - Beginning Level. 8 questions. Under 300 words.
• "An Adventure" - Beginning Level. 6 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Happy Birthday" - Beginning Level. 4 questions. Under 400 words.
• "My Family" - Beginning Level. 8 questions. Under 300 words.
• "My Family" - Beginning Level. 5 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Driving Directions" - Beginning Level. 6 questions. Under 400 words.
• "A Happy Visitor" - Beginning Level. 7 questions. Under 300 words.
• "The Singing Bird" - Intermediate Level. 10 questions. Under 300 words.
• "Violet Makes a Cake" - Intermediate Level. 8 questions. Under 400 words.
• "A Visit to the Doctor" - Intermediate Level. 7 questions. Under 400 words.
• "Making Dinner" - Intermediate Level. 8 questions. Under 400 words.
• "The Market" - Intermediate Level. 10 questions. Under 500 words.
• "Maria Gets Her License" - Intermediate Level. 8 questions. Under 500 words.
• "A Paper for School" - Advanced Level. 7 questions. Under 300 words.
• "A Birthday Surprise" - Advanced Level. 7 questions. Under 600 words.
• "Getting a New Job" - Advanced Level. 8 questions. Under 600 words.
• "The Dinner Party" - Advanced Level. 9 questions. Under 600 words.

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In modern teaching, educators must ensure that their students have excellent reading comprehension skills. Because academics today are predominantly interdisciplinary, a student cannot master core content with anything less than excellent reading comprehension. This is a tall order for teachers.

Sometimes, teachers feel so overwhelmed by checkpoints that must be reached in core content areas that reading falls by the wayside. Don't let this happen. Instead, since reading goes hand-in-hand with every other topic of study, utilize resources for practicing reading comprehension within other subject areas so that your students get used to multitasking.

Reading Comprehension Worksheets

Exercises like the ones found on these free reading comprehension worksheets—complete with multiple-choice and essay questions—are perfect for growing reading comprehension skills. Before long, your students will be prepared for any standardized testing (like the SAT , PSAT , and GRE ) or real-world reading scenario.

These worksheets can stand in for homework, in-class handouts, or extended practice. However you choose to use them, get ready to see results in your students' reading.

The following worksheets focus specifically on finding the main idea , an important aspect of reading comprehension. You'll find worksheets filled with multiple-choice questions, where students will need to eliminate distractors to find the correct main idea, and open-ended questions, where students will need to compose the main idea themselves.

Each of the worksheets in this link features a story or nonfiction snippet that is followed by multiple-choice questions asking students to determine the meaning of a vocabulary word using context clues. Students must be able to discern the meaning of unfamiliar words to have strong comprehension. Match these exercises to your students based on their current ability levels until they are ready for more of a challenge. 

These inference-based worksheets will target your students' ability to read between the lines and reason with what they've read. When completing these exercises, students will study pictures and makes inferences about their meaning using evidence to support their conclusions. This crucial skill takes time to master, so have your students start practicing it now.

Author's Purpose and Tone

These worksheets present paragraphs followed by author's purpose questions similar to those on standardized tests. For each paragraph, students will need to select the choice that best represents the author's purpose for writing the passage, thinking beyond what is stated in the text to why the text was written.

Determining an author's purpose for writing something is a very different concept from identifying the main idea of a piece because it requires much more abstract thinking. Have your students use author's tone to guide their thinking.

• Author's Purpose Worksheet 1  
• Author's Purpose Worksheet 2 

Overall Reading Comprehension

This link will take you to a slew of reading comprehension worksheets that are centered around nonfiction passages. The passages range from 500 to over 2,000 words and content includes famous speeches, biographies, art, so you'll definitely be able to find what you need.

Use the worksheets and accompanying multiple-choice questions to test your students' overall comprehension, including their ability to find the main idea, assess the author's purpose, make inferences, understand vocabulary in context , and more!

• Inference: A Critical Assumption
• Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Worksheets
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• High School Vocabulary in Context Worksheets
• How to Assess and Teach Reading Comprehension
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• Understanding Vocabulary Words in Context
• How to Find the Main Idea
• How to Make an Inference in 5 Easy Steps
• Top 5 ACT Reading Strategies
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Students need to gain lots of practice working with nonfiction passages. This prepares them for more advanced course work. Here are some nonfiction reading passages, worksheets, and online practice activities to give students practice. I recommend using the online versions of the activities if you have access to technology in your classroom. It will save you some grading and these activities include questions formatted as extended response in addition to multiple choice. Students can print, save, or email their results. I think it's pretty cool. Just make sure you tell students to save their scores and responses for their own records, if you are using email delivery. Then they will always have a backup for record keeping.

These activities are sorted by grade level. I welcome comments and suggestions.

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This past year I have been wrapping up a project that has been quite the labor of love: Monthly Text Sets. The monthly text sets solve a list of problems I consistently ran into when teaching 4th Grade ELA. But first, what are the monthly text sets? The monthly text sets are a set of nonfiction passages based around one topic. Students use the passages/articles to write in response to reading. The text set includes an opinion or informational writing prompt and reading comprehension questions. This means that you can use ONE set of texts to teach both reading and writing. 

What does each monthly text set include? 

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• Comprehension Questions aligned to standards
• Writing Prompt for Opinion or Informational Text-based writing in response to reading
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Each text set includes 2 – 3 passages/articles (texts). They are nonfiction topics and the texts are differentiated for grades 3-5. The 4th and 5th grade articles sometimes remain the same, but the questions are different for each grade level. The questions follow the type of questions students might see on a state test such as the Florida State Assessment, and are aligned to the Common Core State Standards. Even if your state doesn’t exactly follow common core standards and they have their own, the questions are based on skills as well such as main idea, text structure, cause and effect, etc. 

You can see examples of the question types below. Each grade level is included. I kept it this way so that even if you teach another grade level, you can differentiate for your students if needed. Don’t forget to grab this  free shark text set before you go! Click here or on any of the images. 

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You will also get a link that gives you access to the Standards Alignment Google Sheet. This way you can keep track of which standards each text set is covering. If you wanted to cover a specific skill, you have an easy way to track and access which standards are covered in which text set. 

The writing portion includes a prompt in which students will write using both texts to respond. The prompt for this text set is an informational writing prompt:

Write an essay in which you explain the importance of sharks in the ocean ecosystem. 

If you are familiar with my writing units, then you know that boxes and bullets are the standard around here. I have a lot of thoughts about that, but the gist is that they are so simple and provide a consistent structure for your students. Each text set includes a boxes and bullets graphic organizer for students and a teacher example to model or guide your students. Depending on where you are in your writing instruction, you can also have students do this in their notebook.

Writing paper is also included for a final published piece. Depending on how long you have and/or if you are in test-prep mode, you may choose to have students write a rough draft on notebook paper or in their writing notebook and then write a final copy on the publishing paper. Then, display in your classroom or hallway for the world to see all of your students’ amazing writing! 

The plan and example essay includes 2-3 body paragraphs. So your students will be writing 4 – 5 paragraph essays. Depending on which you prefer to have your students write, you’ll just add/remove a body paragraph.

• Paragraph 1: Introduction
• Paragraph 2: Body Paragraph 1
• Paragraph 3: Body Paragraph 2
• Paragraph 4: Conclusion

There is also an editable teacher plan and essay available as a PowerPoint and Google doc so that you can edit and adapt the essay to your needs.

You might also use a Google Doc/PowerPoint to write the essay with your students and use the example as a guide. 

What are the topics for each month? 

One of my favorite parts about these text sets is that they have a monthly theme. HOWEVER, most topics can be used at any point in the year. Some topics are month-specific such as “Martin Luther King, Jr. Day” in January and “The Benefits of Bees” in April (it mentions Earth Day), but you can definitely fit these into to your current curriculum. And I have to tell you that even though all 12 months have been released, we’re still creating these each month. 

• January:   MLK Day (Opinion Writing Prompt)  → Read the blog post here.
• February: Equality in Education: Mary McLeod Bethune and Thurgood Marshall (Informational Writing Prompt)
• March: Ants: Perk or Pest? (Opinion Writing Prompt)
• April: The Benefits of Bees (Informational Writing Prompt)
• May: Save the Sea Turtles (Informational Writing Prompt)
• June: Shark Shenanigans (Informational Writing Prompt) Grab this one for FREE here or at the end of this post.
• July:  Hurricanes (Informational Writing Prompt)
• August: Video Games: Helpful or Harmful? (Opinion Writing Prompt)
• September: Homework: Helpful or Harmful? (Opinion Writing Prompt)
• October: Bats: Benefit or Bother? (Opinion Writing Prompt)
• November: Paid to Play: Should College Athletes be Paid? (Opinion Writing Prompt)
• December: Polar Bear Problems (Informational Writing Prompt)

WHY use monthly text sets? 

Let’s talk about WHY you might want to use text sets in your classroom. While teaching 4th grade in a self-contained classroom, I consistently felt like we were giving our students too many texts to grapple with. At any point in time, we juggled some (and sometimes ALL ) of the following texts: 

• Read Aloud (chapter book)
• Read Aloud (picture book)
• Writing Mentor Text (picture book)
• Reading Text Sets (passages as part of a center or independent practice)
• Guided Reading Text (small groups)
• Shared Reading Text (textbook used in whole groups or small groups)

        (This is  JUST  for Reading)

• Writing Text Sets for test prep or writing in response to reading (In 4th and 5th Grade, this was ALLLLL the time.)
• Science Textbook
• Social Studies Text

When you list it out like that, it’s a LOT of texts. And they all serve a purpose. And they’re all important.  But we continuously ran into problems. 

❌We couldn’t fit them all in. (Shocking, right?)

❌We felt behind or overwhelmed because we were trying to do too much and unable to get in #allthethings.

❌Science and social studies were not getting the time they deserved. And honestly, I don’t think the future of our world can afford to not make science and social studies a priority.

The bottom line is we were trying to use TOO. MANY. TEXTS. One big issue that I began to see is that we treated the texts that we were using for writing as if we didn’t have to actually read them. As if we didn’t have to read them closely, dissect, analyze, and synthesize to produce a clear and concise essay with a controlling idea, supporting details, voice, etc. And, of course, in a way that did not copy the text. You and I both know that’s a lot to ask of a 4th grader (or 3rd grader or 5th grader or quite frankly – an adult.)

There had to be a better way.  So I decided to ELIMINATE or INTEGRATE.

✅Eliminate  the texts that we didn’t  need to use, that didn’t support other content area standards or that didn’t offer high-engaging content or just weren’t the best quality of texts in the first place. If my students weren’t interested in it and it didn’t align to other content area standards – I needed to find better texts. 

✅ Integrate  Science and Social Studies into our ELA curriculum.

How do the monthly text sets fit into this? 

Each monthly text set can be used for both Reading and Writing. The topic of each text set is either high-engaging or supports Social Studies/Science standards. It may not directly align with science or social studies standards, but topics support those areas. For example, many of the animal topics discuss life cycles and roles in the ecosystem.  

HOW do I teach writing using the text sets? 

If you’re looking for more support in  teaching writing, then you may be interested in the complete writing units . Both the  informational and opinion writing unit include daily lesson plans, PowerPoints that help you navigate writing workshop. 

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You have reached this interesting post as you might be among those who have asked the following questions: what are some best short passages with questions? short passage with questions and answers? printable comprehension worksheets? reading passages pdf? printable comprehension worksheets? short reading comprehension passages? printable reading comprehension worksheet? if so, then you have come to the right place.

As a whole, reading comprehension texts and exercises give ESL or English language learners and students the tools and strategies to acquire new knowledge, through discrimination, visual perception, logical analysis, and recognition.

These short passages with questions will help boost students’ basic reading comprehension skills such as activating prior knowledge and expanding vocabulary knowledge as well.

This article compiles some good free ESL Printable reading comprehension worksheets pdf that will surely help boost and sharpen the learners’ reading comprehension skills. We have designed these free ESL comprehension passages so that they can be printed as worksheets and used for fluency practice, small group practice, whole group discussions, or homework.

1. Short Passages with Questions

Esl reading comprehension worksheets pdf.

A train stops at a station. A young man wants to come out, but it is raining. A boy is standing under a big umbrella. The young man says to the boy:

“Can you go and get us two hamburgers, one for you and one for me? Here are two dollars.”

“Great!” says the boy and he goes to buy hamburgers.

After some time, the boy is back. He is eating a hamburger.

“Where is my hamburger?” asks the young man.

“Oh, there is only one hamburger left. So I’m eating mine. Here is your dollar. “

Reading Comprehension Questions: Read the passage then answer the questions

• A. At a station
• B. Under a big umbrella
• C. On the train
• A. An Umbrella
• B. Hamburgers
• A. No he doesn’t
• B. Yes he does
• C . No he does
• A Yes he isn’t
• B Yes, he is
• C. No, I’m not

2. Free Reading Comprehension Passages Pdf

Esl reading comprehension exercise.

If you go into the forest with friends, stay with them. If you don’t, you may get lost. If you do get lost, this is what you should do.

Sit down and stay where you are. Don’t try to find your friends. Let them find you. You can help them to find you by staying in one place.

There is another way to help your friends or other people to find you. Give them a signal: shouting or whistling three times. Stop. Then shout or whistle three times again. Any signal given three times is a call for help.

Keep on shouting or whistling, always three times together. When people hear you, they will give two shouts or two whistles. When a signal is given twice, it is an answer to a call for help.

If you don’t think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a small room with branches. What should you do if you get hungry or need drinking water? You would have to leave your little branch room to look for something to eat and drink. Don’t just walk away. Pick up small brunches and drop them as you walk so that you can find your way back. The most important thing to do when you are lost: stay in one place.

Are the following statements true or false:

• If you get lost in the forest, you should walk everywhere to find your friends as soon as possible.
• You can keep on shouting or whistling always three times together for help.
• When you hear two shouts or whistles, you know that people will come to help you.
• You can’t go anywhere even when you feel thirsty or hungry.
• You can find your way back to your branch room easily without leaving any branches as you walk.

answer key: 1:F 2:T. 3:T 4:F 5:F 

3. Short Passage with Questions and Answers

Esl reading comprehension stories.

It was a sunny day and I walked back home after school. When I stood in front of the door, I was shocked to find that the key had disappeared from my pocket. It was a disaster for me because I only had one key and my parents were gone for several days.

I walked around the community, hoping to find the lost key. But I couldn’t find it. I called my mum and she told me to go to my aunt’s home. My aunt lives in another building in our community. I was sad, but I had no choice.

The next morning, when I was going to school, I saw something shining in the window of the security hut. It was my key. “Unbelievable!” I was quite surprised as I held the key in my hands.

“Is that yours, kid?” the old guard asked.

“Yeah. I lost it yesterday. Who sent this?” I replied.

The old man said, “I don’t know. Someone picked it up last night.”

To pick up a key from the ground and take it to the security hut is not something special, but it meant so much to me. I cannot express my thanks to the person who found my key. But I can pass on his or her kindness by following his or her steps to help others.

• A. the writer probably lived near the school
• B. the writer probably came from a rich family
• C. the writer’s parents were teachers
• D. the writer’s aunt worked in the school
• A. His teacher.
• B. His mother.
• C. His father.
• D. The guard.
• A. he would get his key the next day
• B. someone would help him look for his key
• C. he would hardly get his key anymore
• D. he could look for his key the next day
• A. The writer’s aunt didn’t live with him.
• B. The guard was a young man.
• C. The writer knew where the key was lost.
• D. The writer knew who had picked up his key.

answer key: ABCA

4. Reading Comprehension Worksheets Adults

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Can plants eat people? Probably not, but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big. And they can eat small animals. One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap.

The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of a book. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs. If a fly touches one of the hairs, the leaf closes quickly. The fly cannot get out. In about half an hour, the leaf presses the fly until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the fly. Slowly, the plant eats the fly.

Why do plants do it? Most plants get what they need from the sun, the air, and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It doesn’t have all these important things, especially nitrogen. Insect meat has a lot of nitrogen, so some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea!

• A. most parts of the world
• B. some parts of Africa
• C. dry parts of the United States
• D. wet parts of England
• A. all plants can eat people
• B. all plants can eat animals
• C. some plants can eat people
• D. some plants can eat animals
• A. plants are dangerous to animals
• B. animals are dangerous to plants
• C. plants want to get what they need from animal meat
• D. plants want to protect themselves against animals

　　answer key: ACDC

5. Easy Reading Comprehension Worksheets

Reading comprehension for esl students.

Mrs. Miller is an American doctor. She is now in Chile. She works in a children’s hospital in Santiago. She likes the children and she likes to work for children.

She works hard in the daytime and learns Spanish in the evening school. She also learns Spanish from Chilean doctors and her Chilean friends.

Now she can speak some Spanish. She can read and write some Spanish, too. She says it’s easy to learn Spanish well.

Mr. Miller, her husband is a teacher. He teaches English in the No.5 Middle School. He works from Monday to Friday. He teaches 3 classes every day.

• A. an English teacher
• B. an American teacher
• C. an American doctor
• A. in a hospital
• B. in a middle school
• C. in Argentina
• A. five days
• B. six days
• C. three days

6. ESL Beginning Reading Comprehension

Esl reading comprehension pdf.

A boy was one day walking in a field when he saw a sheep coming toward him. The poor animal came running up quite close to him. She then went on a few steps, at the same time, turning around and looking up at the boy’s face, and bleating loudly.

The boy had never seen a sheep act in this way before and wanted to find out what the sheep wanted, he began to follow her across the field.

On and on she went, every now and then turning round to see if the boy was coming. At last, she led the way to a place where there was a running stream and a deep pool of water.

As soon as he came to this spot, the boy saw a little lamb struggling in the water. It had fallen over the bank into the pool below and trying to get out.

The poor mother sheep must have known that she needed help to save her little one. By leaning over the bank, the boy found that he could just reach the lamb.

He caught hold of it and lifted it up on the bank. The mother sheep seemed greatly pleased to have her lamb again beside her.

• A. was asking for help
• B. acted in a strange way
• C. had no lams around her
• D. was old and lonely
• A. thank the boy for his kindness
• B. enjoy the handsome boy
• C. make sure the boy’s following
• D. show her lamb was in danger.
• A. helpless
• D. less fun
• A. a deep water pool
• B. a narrow river
• C. a spot for sheep to play in
• D. running water around the field
• A. unbelievable
• B. educational
• C. full of knowledge

answer key: BCCBB

7. Reading Comprehension Worksheets with Questions

Esl reading comprehension.

My family is not very large. There are only three cats. I’m a white cat. People call me Snow-white. My husband is a black cat. People call him Captain Black.

We have a beautiful daughter her name is Lily. She is a black and white cat. She’s only two years old. We live a happy life.

From now on, we will work harder to catch the mice. We must let people live a happy life in this house.

• C: black and white
• C: daughter
• A: catch the mice
• B: catch people
• C: eat good food

8. Reading Comprehension Worksheets with Answers

Esl beginners reading comprehension.

A man was walking through a forest. He had a few caps in his hands. In the forest, there were a lot of monkeys. The day was hot, so he decided to have a rest under a tree. He put one cap on his head and lay down to sleep.

When he woke up, he couldn’t find his caps.

“Where are my caps?” he cried and looked up. He saw some monkeys in the trees. Each had a cap on its head.

“Give me hack my caps!” shouted the man to the monkeys. But the monkeys didn’t understand him. They only jumped, laughed, and danced.

“How can I get back my caps?” he thought hard. In the end, he had an idea. He took off his cap and threw it on the ground. The little animals did the same thing.

Happily, the man picked up all the caps and went on his way.

• A. to the forest
• B. through the forest
• C. to a village
• D. through the city
• A. he was hungry
• B.he was tired
• C. the day was hot
• D.he was ill
• A. he found his caps were gone
• B. he saw a fox
• C. he had a fever
• D. he found many monkeys
• A. Because the monkeys wanted to laugh at him.
• B. Because the monkeys wanted to wear the caps
• C. Because the monkeys didn’t understand him.
• D. Because the monkeys didn’t hear what he shouted.
• B. surprised

9. Reading Comprehension Exercises with Answers Pdf

Comprehension reading worksheets.

Lilly was a little cat. She was short. Giro was a giraffe. He was tall. One day they played in the garden. In the garden, there were many fruit trees. Lilly looked at the apples in the tree

“Do you want to eat the apples in the tree, Lilly?” asked Giro.

“Yes, but I’m short. I can’t pick them,” answered Lilly.

“Let me help you. I’m much taller than you,” said Giro.

“OK,” said Lilly.

Then Giro picked the apples in the trees and threw them to Lilly. And Lilly put the apples into the basket.

“Don’t pick too many apples. Now the basket is full,” said Lilly. “Shall we eat them now?”

“No, Lilly. The apples are dirty. Go and wash them first,” said Giro.

Are these statements True or False?

1. Lilly and Giro were in the garden

2. Lilly wanted to have the pears in the trees.

3. Giro was tall, he could pick the apples.

4. Lilly carried the apples to her home.

5. They ate the apples before they wash them.

10. Easy Reading Comprehension Worksheets

Esl reading passages.

A little boy, Max, is walking home by moonlight. He feels another little boy is coming behind him. The boy stops a minute to listen, looks here and there, and then he says to himself: Max, run quickly.

He runs quickly and gets to Mr. Jones’s garden. He still feels a boy is running after him. Max runs home quickly. He goes in and closes the door. He turns on the light. He looks out of the window and doesn’t see anybody.

But he knows that the little boy always comes back after him when he goes out in the evening by moonlight. Can you guess what is it? It’s a shadow.

Short Passages with Questions: Read the passage then answer the questions

• A. there is another boy behind him all the time
• B. there is a little thing behind him only at night by moonlight
• C. no one coming with him at night
• A. It is dark and there is light.
• B. There is a boy coming at night.
• C. It is dark at night.
• A. is angry with Max
• B. hurts Max at night
• C. doesn’t hurt Max at all

11. Free Printable Reading Comprehension Worksheets

Free worksheets for reading comprehension.

One day, a boy had a fight with one of his classmates. Then he went to his 1_______ and told him his story angrily. “He is really bad,” the boy said, “and I 2______ him.”

The grandfather said, “ 3_________ me tell you a story. When I was a boy, I too, sometimes hated others for what they did. …..”

As the boy 4________ carefully, the grandfather went on, “There are always two tigers inside my heart. One is 5__________ and kind. He gets on well 6__________ everything around him.

But 7__________ is bad and unfriendly. Even the smallest thing will make him angry. He fights with everyone all the time, and for no reason. He can’t think carefully 8_________ he always hates others. It is difficult to live with these two tigers inside my heart. They both try to control me. ”

The boy looked into his grandfather’s 9__________ and asked, “ 10________ tiger always controls you, Grandfather?”

The old man said slowly and seriously, “The one that I feed. I always feed the good and kind tiger, so I never hate others and seldom get angry now. ”

Short Passages with Questions and Answers: Read the passage then fill in the blanks with the appropriate words

1. A. mother            B. father               C. teacher             D. grandfather

2. A. love                  B. hate                 C. know               D. enjoy       

3. A. Make                B. Help                C. Let                   D. Ask 

4. A. saw                  B. felt              C. talked             D. listened 

5. A. good                B. bad                  C. lazy                  D. quiet      

6. A. at                      B. on                    C. with                  D. about 

7. A. other                B. others                  C. another             D. the other          

8. A. because            B.though              C.before                D. but

9. A. eyes                 B. ears                 C. nose                   D. mouth     

10. A. Who                 B. Which               C. Where                D. When     

answer key: DBCDA   CDAAB 

12. Reading Comprehension for Adults Free Worksheets

Printable reading passages.

Mr. Silver works on a farm. He and his wife grow a lot of plants and they have some cows. Every day they work hard from morning to night. One day, Mr. Silver says to his wife Let’s go to Portsmouth next Sunday. We can have a good lunch there and then we can go to the cinema.

His wife is very happy when she hears this, because they always eat a lot, and she doesn’t like cooking three times a day.

They go to Portsmouth by train and walk about for an hour. At 12 o’clock, they want to have lunch. In front of one restaurant, they see a notice. It says, Lunch: 12:30 to 2:30 1.5 pounds.

“Well, that’s good.” Mrs. Silver says We can eat for two hours for 1.5 pounds here! This is the place for us.

• D. Both A and C
• A. Mr. Silver
• B. Mrs. Silver
• C. Neither A nor B
• D. Both A and B
• A. two hours
• B. three hours
• C. one hour
• D. four hours
• D. restaurant

13. Reading Comprehension Pdf

Reading comprehension passages with questions and answers pdf.

An artist was coming home by train one day. He hadn’t much money but was very kind. He gave his last few coins to a beggar, but he saw another one and forgot that he didn’t have any money in his pockets.

He asked the man if he liked to have lunch with him, and the beggar, of course, agreed. So they went into a small restaurant and had a good meal.

In the end, the artist could not pay the bill, and the beggar had to do so. The artist felt very sorry for it, so he said to the beggar, “Come home with me in a taxi, my friend. And I’ll give you the money for our lunch.”

“Oh, no!” the beggar answered quickly. “I had to pay for your lunch, but I’m not going to pay for your taxi home!”

1. What kind of man was the artist?

2. What did he do to the first beggar?

3. What did the artist forget when he invited another beggar to have lunch with him?

4. Who paid for the meal?

5. What did the artist want to do at last?

6. Why didn’t the beggar go home with the artist?

• 1. The artist is a kind man.
• 2. He gave his last few coins to the first beggar.
• 3. He forgot that he had no money then.
• 4. The beggar paid for the bill.
• 5. He wanted to return the beggar the money when he got home.
• 6. Because he wouldn’t pay for the taxi

14. Printable Reading Comprehension

Reading comprehension exercises with answers pdf.

All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help people to keep 1______, happy and to live 2_____.

People play different games in winter and summer. 3_____ is good for swimming. And in winter people often go skating. Some sports are very 4______ and people everywhere like them.

For example, football is very popular. Most people, men, 5______ boys and girls, like to watch football games. They often talk about this kind of sport.

6__________ and jumping began long, long ago. But basketball and volleyball are rather 7_________. People began to play them not long ago. And people are 8_______ new sports or games all the time. Water skiing is one of 9_________.

People 10_______ different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often become friends.

1 .A. health            B. busy        C. healthy        D. lazy

2. A. long             B. longer       C. happy         D. happily

3. A. Winter          B. Summer     C. Autumn        D. Spring

4. A. boring     B. difficult            C. expensive      D. interesting

5. A. woman    B. women       C. old            D. young

6. A. Run         B. Runs             C. Running       D. To run

7. A. new         B. interesting          C. popular        D. old

8. A. start             B. play          C. playing        D. starting

9. A. oldest        B. newest              C. The oldest     D. the newest

10. A. in              B. of                  C. from          D.at

answer key: CBBDB CACDC  

15. ESL Reading Worksheets

The sun is always shining. But it can only shine on one side of the earth at one time. When the sun is shining on one side of the earth, it is the night on the other side.

At night, you can see the stars. The stars are in the sky all day. But the light from the sun is so bright that you can’t see them. When night comes, there is no light, and the stars are bright enough to see.

The stars look very small. But some of them are even bigger than the sun. They look small because they are so far away from you. Big things look much smaller when they are far away. The sun is closer to the earth than other stars, so it looks bigger.

• When it is night, the sun ________ .

A. doesn’t shine

B. shines for a short time

C. disappears

D. shines on the other side of the earth

2. We can’t see the stars in the sky in the daytime because ________.

A. there are no stars there

B. the stars are much smaller than the sun

C. the bright light from the sun makes them not seen

D. the stars come out only at night

3. The stars look small because ________ .

A. they are far away

B. they are small　

C. they have no light

D. they are in the sky

4. Small things may look ________ when they are close.

D. far away

5. The sun looks bigger than other stars because ________.

A. it’s bigger

B. it’s far away in the sky

C. it gives much bright light

D. it’s closer to the earth than other stars

answer key: DCAAD 

16. Reading and Comprehension Worksheets

Many students around the world are learning English. Some of these students are small children. Others are teenagers. Many are adults. Some learn at school, others study by themselves.

A few learn the English language over the radio, on television, or in films. One must work hard to learn another language. Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question.

Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own language and maths and English. Some people learn English because it is useful for their work.

Many people often learn English for their higher studies, because at college or university some of their books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspaper and magazines in English.

• Many students around the world are learning English, aren’t they? ____.

A. No, they aren’t

B. No, they are

C. Yes, they are

D. Yes, they aren’t

2. If one wants to learn another language well, he must ____.

A. learn at school

B. study by himself

C. work hard

D. study hard

3. The sentence “It is difficult to answer that question” means ____.

A. that question is not difficult to answer            

B. that question is difficult to answer it

C. it is difficultly to answer that question            

D. it is hard to answer that question

4. “Their own language” means ____.

D. Japanese

answer key: CCDAB

17. Printable Reading Comprehensions

Everyone likes living in a clean and comforting environment. If the environment is bad, it will affect our body, and make us not feel well.

Sometimes we may be terribly ill. At that time we don’t want to work, and we have to stay in bed and rest at home. So the environment is very important to us.

It’s germs that make us ill. There are germs everywhere, They are very small and you can’t see them with your own eyes, but you can see them with a microscope. They are very small and there may be hundreds of them on a very small thing.

Germs can always be found in dirty water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope, we shall see them in it. Germs can also be found in air and dust. If you cut your finger, some of the dust from the floor may go into it, and you will have pain in it. Sometimes the germs will go into all of your body, and you will have pain everywhere.

To keep us healthy, we should try our best to make our environment become cleaner and tidier. This needs us to act together.

1.The writer tell us that________.

A. we like working when we are ill                  

B. germs can’t live in the water.

C. we can’t feel ill if the environment is bad.      

D. we feel well when the environment is good.

2.Germs are________.

A. very small things that you can’t see with your eyes.

B. the things that don’t affect people.      

C. the things that you can find with your eyes.

D. the things that are very big.

3. Where can germs be found? They can be found_________.

A. on the small thing

B. in air and dust

C. only in dirty water

D. everywhere

4. How will you feel if germs go into the finger that is cut?

A. I will feel nothing.

B. I won’t mind.

C. I will feel tense.

D. I will feel painful.

5. From the passage we know that________.

A. environment doesn’t affect our life    

B. we don’t need to improve our environment

C. germs may make us ill                      

D. if the environment is better, germs will be more.

answer key: DADDC

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I Thought the Bragg Case Against Trump Was a Legal Embarrassment. Now I Think It’s a Historic Mistake.

By Jed Handelsman Shugerman

Mr. Shugerman is a law professor at Boston University.

About a year ago, when Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, indicted former President Donald Trump, I was critical of the case and called it an embarrassment. I thought an array of legal problems would and should lead to long delays in federal courts.

After listening to Monday’s opening statement by prosecutors, I still think the district attorney has made a historic mistake. Their vague allegation about “a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election” has me more concerned than ever about their unprecedented use of state law and their persistent avoidance of specifying an election crime or a valid theory of fraud.

To recap: Mr. Trump is accused in the case of falsifying business records. Those are misdemeanor charges. To elevate it to a criminal case, Mr. Bragg and his team have pointed to potential violations of federal election law and state tax fraud. They also cite state election law, but state statutory definitions of “public office” seem to limit those statutes to state and local races.

Both the misdemeanor and felony charges require that the defendant made the false record with “intent to defraud.” A year ago, I wondered how entirely internal business records (the daily ledger, pay stubs and invoices) could be the basis of any fraud if they are not shared with anyone outside the business. I suggested that the real fraud was Mr. Trump’s filing an (allegedly) false report to the Federal Election Commission, and that only federal prosecutors had jurisdiction over that filing.

A recent conversation with Jeffrey Cohen, a friend, Boston College law professor and former prosecutor, made me think that the case could turn out to be more legitimate than I had originally thought. The reason has to do with those allegedly falsified business records: Most of them were entered in early 2017, generally before Mr. Trump filed his Federal Election Commission report that summer. Mr. Trump may have foreseen an investigation into his campaign, leading to its financial records. He may have falsely recorded these internal records before the F.E.C. filing as consciously part of the same fraud: to create a consistent paper trail and to hide intent to violate federal election laws, or defraud the F.E.C.

In short: It’s not the crime; it’s the cover-up.

Looking at the case in this way might address concerns about state jurisdiction. In this scenario, Mr. Trump arguably intended to deceive state investigators, too. State investigators could find these inconsistencies and alert federal agencies. Prosecutors could argue that New York State agencies have an interest in detecting conspiracies to defraud federal entities; they might also have a plausible answer to significant questions about whether New York State has jurisdiction or whether this stretch of a state business filing law is pre-empted by federal law.

However, this explanation is a novel interpretation with many significant legal problems. And none of the Manhattan district attorney’s filings or today’s opening statement even hint at this approach.

Instead of a theory of defrauding state regulators, Mr. Bragg has adopted a weak theory of “election interference,” and Justice Juan Merchan described the case , in his summary of it during jury selection, as an allegation of falsifying business records “to conceal an agreement with others to unlawfully influence the 2016 election.”

As a reality check: It is legal for a candidate to pay for a nondisclosure agreement. Hush money is unseemly, but it is legal. The election law scholar Richard Hasen rightly observed , “Calling it election interference actually cheapens the term and undermines the deadly serious charges in the real election interference cases.”

In Monday’s opening argument, the prosecutor Matthew Colangelo still evaded specifics about what was illegal about influencing an election, but then he claimed , “It was election fraud, pure and simple.” None of the relevant state or federal statutes refer to filing violations as fraud. Calling it “election fraud” is a legal and strategic mistake, exaggerating the case and setting up the jury with high expectations that the prosecutors cannot meet.

The most accurate description of this criminal case is a federal campaign finance filing violation. Without a federal violation (which the state election statute is tethered to), Mr. Bragg cannot upgrade the misdemeanor counts into felonies. Moreover, it is unclear how this case would even fulfill the misdemeanor requirement of “intent to defraud” without the federal crime.

In stretching jurisdiction and trying a federal crime in state court, the Manhattan district attorney is now pushing untested legal interpretations and applications. I see three red flags raising concerns about selective prosecution upon appeal.

First, I could find no previous case of any state prosecutor relying on the Federal Election Campaign Act either as a direct crime or a predicate crime. Whether state prosecutors have avoided doing so as a matter of law, norms or lack of expertise, this novel attempt is a sign of overreach.

Second, Mr. Trump’s lawyers argued that the New York statute requires that the predicate (underlying) crime must also be a New York crime, not a crime in another jurisdiction. The district attorney responded with judicial precedents only about other criminal statutes, not the statute in this case. In the end, the prosecutors could not cite a single judicial interpretation of this particular statute supporting their use of the statute (a plea deal and a single jury instruction do not count).

Third, no New York precedent has allowed an interpretation of defrauding the general public. Legal experts have noted that such a broad “election interference” theory is unprecedented, and a conviction based on it may not survive a state appeal.

Mr. Trump’s legal team also undercut itself for its decisions in the past year: His lawyers essentially put all of their eggs in the meritless basket of seeking to move the trial to federal court, instead of seeking a federal injunction to stop the trial entirely. If they had raised the issues of selective or vindictive prosecution and a mix of jurisdictional, pre-emption and constitutional claims, they could have delayed the trial past Election Day, even if they lost at each federal stage.

Another reason a federal crime has wound up in state court is that President Biden’s Justice Department bent over backward not to reopen this valid case or appoint a special counsel. Mr. Trump has tried to blame Mr. Biden for this prosecution as the real “election interference.” The Biden administration’s extra restraint belies this allegation and deserves more credit.

Eight years after the alleged crime itself, it is reasonable to ask if this is more about Manhattan politics than New York law. This case should serve as a cautionary tale about broader prosecutorial abuses in America — and promote bipartisan reforms of our partisan prosecutorial system.

Nevertheless, prosecutors should have some latitude to develop their case during trial, and maybe they will be more careful and precise about the underlying crime, fraud and the jurisdictional questions. Mr. Trump has received sufficient notice of the charges, and he can raise his arguments on appeal. One important principle of “ our Federalism ,” in the Supreme Court’s terms, is abstention , that federal courts should generally allow state trials to proceed first and wait to hear challenges later.

This case is still an embarrassment, in terms of prosecutorial ethics and apparent selectivity. Nevertheless, each side should have its day in court. If convicted, Mr. Trump can fight many other days — and perhaps win — in appellate courts. But if Monday’s opening is a preview of exaggerated allegations, imprecise legal theories and persistently unaddressed problems, the prosecutors might not win a conviction at all.

Jed Handelsman Shugerman (@jedshug) is a law professor at Boston University.

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