Create personalized reading comprehension exercises in minutes

Transform Your Teaching
 with AI-Powered Worksheets

With ReadTheory’s Instant Worksheet Builder, you can create engaging, grade-appropriate worksheets tailored to your students in minutes. Spark curiosity, save time, and empower critical thinking with AI-powered tools designed for teachers like you.

The Journey of a Letter: From Paper to Email

Questions: 5

Grade: 5

Words: 68

Text

Text & Questions

Text, Questions & Answers

Long ago, people wrote messages on paper. They would fold the paper, put it in an envelope, and mail it. Sometimes it took days to reach its destination. Now, with technology, we can send email. We type a message on a device, press a button, and it's sent instantly! Both ways are important. Letters are special, and emails are quick. It's amazing to see how communication has changed!

Question 1

What is the traditional way people used to send messages?

By Email

By Telegram

By Smoke signals

By Carrier pigeon

By Writing on paper and mailing it

Explanation. According to the text, people long ago used to write messages on paper, fold it, put it in an envelope, and mail it.

Question 2

How has technology improved the way we send messages?

By making it slower

By making it more expensive

By making it more difficult

By making it instant

Explanation. The text says that with technology, we can send an email instantly.

By making it less accessible

Question 3

What is the benefit of sending a letter?

They are less personal

They are instant

They are special

Explanation. The text mentions that letters are special, possibly implying their personal and unique nature.

They are cheaper

They are common

Question 4

What is a benefit of sending an email?

They are expensive

They take days to reach

They are quick

Explanation. According to the text, emails are quick as we can send them instantly.

They are hard to write

They are not instant

Question 5

What is the central theme of the passage?

The history of paper

The invention of email

The disadvantages of technology

The importance of writing skills

The evolution of communication

Explanation. The passage discusses the changes in the way people communicate - from mailing letters to sending emails.

Expand full text

Hide full text

Did you like the experience?

Let’s create more interesting passages!

Generate another one!

Why Teachers Love
Instant Worksheet Builder?

Tailored Content  for Every Student

Craft worksheets with passages and multiple-choice questions customized to your chosen topic and grade level, ensuring relevance and engagement.

Save Hours 
of Prep Time

Our AI, Lexi, generates complete worksheets—passages, questions,  and answers—in minutes, freeing you to focus on teaching, not planning.

Standards-Aligned  Learning

Every worksheet is designed to boost reading comprehension and critical thinking, aligning seamlessly with State Standards to help your students shine.