Reading comprehension practice
Noggli writes a short story at your child's level, then asks a few questions about it: what happened, how a character felt, and why. Answers are typed, and feedback is kind and specific.
The Gate at Low Tide
Tam reached the harbour gate just as the bell rang twice. The path beyond was still wet, and small crabs hurried across it toward the rocks. Gran had said never to cross until the third bell. It was tempting to run. Instead, Tam sat on the wall, counted the gulls, and waited.
Why did Tam wait instead of running across?
A good answer: Gran had said not to cross until the third bell, and the bell had only rung twice.
In the game your child types their own answer and gets kind, specific feedback. Passages are written for their level.
What your child practises
- Year 3retrieve and record information from a short text
- Year 4infer characters' feelings and motives, with evidence
- Year 5summarise the main ideas of a paragraph
- Year 6explain how language and structure contribute to meaning
What the questions practise
Year 3 questions retrieve information from the text. Year 4 adds inference: how a character feels and how we know. Year 5 asks for the main idea of a paragraph, and Year 6 asks how the writer's choice of words creates an effect. These match the reading skills in the KS2 SATs reading paper.
How the passages are made
Each passage is written by AI for your child's level, checked against simple rules, and paired with model answers. Your child's typed answer is marked kindly: a nearly right answer gets a nudge towards the evidence, not a cross.
Helping at home
- Ask "how do you know?" and look for the words in the text together.
- Read aloud to each other, swapping every page or paragraph.
- For inference, talk about what a character does as well as what they say.
Made for children who worry about getting it wrong
A clue, not a cross
A wrong answer gets a clue and another go. A second miss shows how it works, step by step.
No clock
Nothing counts down. Confidence first, speed follows on its own.
The right level
After a few questions Noggli knows where your child is, and every question after that adapts.
Related practice
Questions parents ask
What is reading comprehension?
Understanding what you read: finding information, working out what is meant but not said (inference), summarising, and explaining the writer's choices.
How is reading comprehension tested in Year 6?
The KS2 SATs reading paper has three texts and a mix of retrieval, inference, vocabulary and summary questions, answered in a booklet.
Is the reading practice free?
Yes. Free accounts get a set number of AI-written passages each day, which is plenty for regular practice.
Practise this every day, at the right level
Noggli works out where your child is in every topic and adjusts each question to suit. Free, with no timers, no scores and no child accounts.