Alice in Wonderland: 11+ English Comprehension Study Pack (Dyslexia Friendly PDF)

Help your child build confident 11+ comprehension skills with a short, readable retelling of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, a focused study pack and a full answer guide. Suitable for 11+ English comprehension practice at home or in tutoring sessions.

WHAT'S INCLUDED (1 PDF, 7 A4 pages)

• Storybook (3 pages): a cover page plus 2 short chapters retelling Alice in Wonderland, with key vocabulary words in bold.

– Chapter I: Down the Rabbit Hole

– Chapter II: Madness and Queens

• Study Pack (2 pages): 5 tasks worth 22 marks in total, with marks shown for every question and space to write answers.

• Answer Guide (2 pages): a parent/tutor answer key with model answers and marks.

SKILLS PRACTISED

• Contextual vocabulary (5 marks): Peculiar, Irrepressible, Nonsensical, Cryptic, Irascible

• Evidence hunting, find and copy (3 marks)

• Deconstructing long sentences: finding the main subject and verb (4 marks)

• Literary device spotting: simile, personification, adjective choice (6 marks)

• Inference, reading between the lines (4 marks)

WHO IT'S FOR

• Children in Year 5 and Year 6 preparing for 11+ English comprehension

• Parents supporting 11+ preparation at home

• Tutors looking for a ready-to-print session resource

• Readers who find dense pages hard going: the layout is designed to be easier on the eye

HOW TO USE IT

1. Read the storybook together or independently.

2. Work through the study pack, looking back at the story to find evidence.

3. Mark it with the answer guide and talk through any tricky questions.

4. Use the 22-mark total to track progress across books.

DYSLEXIA-FRIENDLY LAYOUT

The pages are laid out to be easier to read: Verdana font, left-aligned text, 1.5 line spacing, a soft cream background and no italics. Writing lines are generously spaced (about 8 mm apart). All spelling is British English.

PRINTING TIPS

• Print on A4 paper.

• In your print settings, choose "Actual size" or "100%" (not "Fit to page") so the writing lines stay the right size.

• Print the Answer Guide separately so it stays with the adult.

LICENCE

For personal use by one family, or by one tutor with their own students. Please don't resell, share, upload or distribute the files, or pass them on to other families, schools or tutors. Thank you for respecting this.

ABOUT HOW THIS WAS MADE

These materials were created with the help of AI tools and then carefully checked, corrected and edited by us.

DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

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Please note: this is an independent resource and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any exam board or test provider.

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