Year 5 English Comprehension: The Adventure of the Lost Treasure

The Story

Once upon a time, in a small village by the sea, lived a boy named Max. Max was adventurous and loved to explore. One sunny morning, he found an old map in his attic. The map had strange drawings and a big red X marked on it.

“Could this be a treasure map?” Max wondered, his heart racing with excitement. He decided he must follow the map to find the treasure. He packed his backpack with a sandwich, a bottle of water, and a flashlight. Then, he set off on his journey.

Max followed the map through the village, past the old oak tree, and towards the sandy beach. The waves crashed against the shore, and seagulls flew overhead. He looked at the map again. It showed a big rock shaped like a turtle. Max searched until he found the rock. It was enormous and covered in seaweed.

“Now, where to next?” he thought. The map had an arrow pointing north. Max climbed up the hill behind the turtle rock. As he reached the top, he saw a cave. The entrance was dark and spooky, but Max was brave. He took a deep breath and walked inside.

Inside the cave, the walls sparkled with crystals. Max switched on his flashlight and saw glittering stones everywhere. But he kept going, hoping to find the treasure. Deeper into the cave, he heard a strange noise. It sounded like whispers.

“Who’s there?” Max called out. To his surprise, a friendly pirate appeared! The pirate wore a tattered hat and had a big smile on his face.

“Ahoy there, young adventurer! Are you looking for treasure?” the pirate asked.

“Yes! I found this map!” Max replied, showing the pirate the old paper.

The pirate chuckled. “This map leads to the greatest treasure of all!” He pointed to a chest in the corner of the cave. Max rushed over and opened it. Inside, he found not gold or jewels, but books, maps, and scrolls filled with stories and knowledge.

“These are the true treasures!” the pirate said. “They teach us about the world and help us grow.”

Max realised the pirate was right. He grabbed a book and thanked the pirate. With his heart full of joy, Max returned home, knowing that the greatest adventures come from learning.

From that day on, Max became a storyteller, sharing his adventures and the tales he found in the books. He inspired other children in his village to explore, read, and seek their own treasures in life.

Questions to Check Understanding

1. Who is the main character in the story?
2. What did Max find in his attic?
3. What did the map have marked on it?
4. What did Max pack in his backpack?
5. What shaped rock did Max find?
6. What did Max discover when he entered the cave?
7. Who did Max meet in the cave?
8. What was inside the treasure chest?
9. Why did Max feel joy at the end of the story?
10. What did Max decide to become after his adventure?
11. Why was the pirate friendly?
12. What lesson did Max learn from the adventure?
13. How did the pirate describe the treasure?
14. What did the books and scrolls help Max to do?
15. Where did Max’s adventure take place?
16. What did the pirate wear?
17. What did Max hear when he was deep inside the cave?
18. Did Max find gold or jewels in the treasure chest?
19. How did the villagers change after Max’s adventure?
20. What did Max do with the stories he found?

Questions to Check Vocabulary

1. What does “adventurous” mean?
2. What is a “map”?
3. What does “explore” mean?
4. What does “treasure” mean?
5. What does “sparkle” mean?
6. What does “cave” refer to?
7. What is a “pirate”?
8. What does “glittering” mean?
9. What does “knowledge” mean?
10. What does “journey” mean?
11. What is a “sandwich”?
12. What does “enormous” mean?
13. What does “whispers” mean?
14. What does “chuckle” mean?
15. What is a “scroll”?
16. What does “heart racing” mean?
17. What does “tattered” mean?
18. What does “sparkling” mean?
19. What does “true” mean in the context of treasure?
20. What does it mean to “inspire”?

Questions to Check Grammar

1. Identify the subject of the sentence: “Max found an old map.”
2. What verb is used in the sentence: “Max packed his backpack”?
3. Change “Max is adventurous” to the past tense.
4. Which word in the sentence is an adjective? “The big rock was covered in seaweed.”
5. Rewrite the sentence: “The pirate smiled” using a different verb.
6. What type of sentence is: “Max was brave”?
7. Change “He took a deep breath” to the plural.
8. Identify the pronoun in the sentence: “He found a treasure.”
9. What is the correct past tense of “find”?
10. Create a question from the statement, “Max found an old map.”
11. Identify the conjunction in the sentence: “Max was adventurous and loved to explore.”
12. Rewrite this sentence in the negative: “Max found the treasure.”
13. What part of speech is “treasure” in: “The treasure was shiny.”?
14. Identify the preposition in: “Max ran to the cave.”
15. Change “The boy is happy” to a future tense.
16. What is the plural of “book”?
17. Identify the past tense verb in this sentence: “Max climbed up the hill.”
18. Create a compound sentence using “Max” and “treasure.”
19. What is the subject of the sentence: “The pirate helped Max”?
20. Identify the verb in the sentence: “Max learned a lesson.”

Questions to Check Punctuation

1. Where does the full stop go in the sentence: “Max was brave”?
2. Is there a comma needed in: “Max packed a sandwich a bottle of water and a flashlight”?
3. Where should the question mark go: “Did Max find the treasure”?
4. Add an apostrophe to show possession in: “The pirate hat was old”.
5. Where do you put the capital letter: “max found a map”?
6. How do you punctuate this sentence: “The cave was dark and spooky”?
7. Where should the exclamation mark go: “Max found a treasure”?
8. Do we need a comma in: “Max was adventurous and he loved to explore”?
9. Where should the quotation marks be in: Max said I found the map?
10. Where do you put the full stop in: “The treasure was books maps and scrolls”?
11. Add the correct punctuation to this sentence: “Who is there said Max”.
12. Where do you put the colon in: “Max packed the following items a sandwich water and a flashlight”?
13. How do you punctuate this sentence: “Max was excited he could not wait to explore”?
14. Where does the comma go: “After the cave Max was happy”?
15. Where do you put the full stop in: “The pirate was friendly”?
16. How do you punctuate this question: “Max found an old map”?
17. Where should the apostrophe go in: “The pirates treasure”?
18. Where do you put the comma in: “Max jumped up and down with joy”?
19. Add the correct punctuation: “What will I find next Max wondered”.
20. Where should the full stop go: “Max became a storyteller”.

Answers

Answers for Understanding

1. Max
2. An old map
3. A big red X
4. A sandwich, a bottle of water, and a flashlight
5. A rock shaped like a turtle
6. Crystals sparkling
7. A friendly pirate
8. Books, maps, and scrolls
9. He learned about the value of knowledge
10. A storyteller
11. Because he was kind
12. The importance of learning
13. The greatest treasure of all
14. Help him learn
15. In a village by the sea
16. A tattered hat
17. Strange noises
18. No
19. They were inspired to explore
20. He shared his stories.

Answers for Vocabulary

1. Someone who likes to try new things
2. A paper that shows directions
3. To travel around to learn about places
4. Something very valuable
5. To shine brightly
6. A hollow place in the ground
7. A person who robs at sea
8. Shining with light
9. Information and skills
10. A trip
11. Food made with bread
12. Very large
13. Soft sounds
14. To laugh quietly
15. A rolled paper with writing
16. To feel excited
17. Torn or worn out
18. Shining with light
19. Real or genuine
20. To encourage someone.

Answers for Grammar

1. Max
2. Found
3. Max was adventurous
4. Big
5. The pirate grinned
6. Simple sentence
7. They took deep breaths
8. He
9. Found
10. Did Max find an old map?
11. And
12. Max did not find the treasure
13. Noun
14. To
15. The boy will be happy
16. Books
17. Climbed
18. Max found treasure, and he was happy.
19. The pirate
20. Learned.

Answers for Punctuation

1. After “brave”
2. Yes, after “sandwich”
3. At the end of the sentence
4. In “pirate’s”
5. Max
6. At the end of the sentence
7. After “treasure”
8. Yes, before “and”
9. “Who is there?” said Max.
10. At the end of the sentence
11. “Who is there?” said Max.
12. After “following items”
13. Max was excited; he could not wait to explore.
14. After “cave”
15. At the end of the sentence
16. Did Max find an old map?
17. In “pirate’s”
18. After “jumped”
19. “What will I find next?” Max wondered.
20. At the end of the sentence.