Are you looking for some in-depth questions to use with The Last Wild by Piers Torday? This resource is great for providing a range of questions targeted at chapter 16 of this fascinating story about a young boy living in a world where animals no longer exist.

This reading comprehension activity for the last wild has questions covering each content domain along with some focused questions to prompt more in-depth written answers. This worksheet is intended to be used alongside chapter 16 of the published text The Last Wild by Piers Torday.

National Curriculum Objectives:

• English Year 5 & Year 6: Maintain positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what is read.
• English Year 5 & Year 6: Understand what they read by exploring the meaning of words in context; drawing inferences and justifying inferences with evidence; predicting what might happen from details stated and implied; summarising the main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph and identifying key details that support the main ideas; and identifying how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning.
• English Year 5 & Year 6: Evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader.