Turn any passage into a reading comprehension quiz
Writing comprehension questions by hand is slow, and questions from a generic bank rarely match the text your students actually read. The fix is a quiz drawn straight from your passage — so it checks whether they understood this text, at the level you teach.
Why questions should come from the passage
Comprehension is about the text in front of them
A comprehension check is meant to show whether students followed a specific passage — the main idea, the details, what a word meant in context, what can be inferred. Generic questions can’t do that, because they don’t know your text.
Hand-writing them eats your prep time
Good comprehension questions take real time to write — re-reading the passage, spreading questions across literal and inferential understanding, drafting plausible wrong answers. For a single reading, that’s often 20–30 minutes you don’t have.
You need to see who missed what
A score out of ten doesn’t tell you whether the class missed the main idea or one tricky inference. Question-by-question results do — and that’s what tells you what to revisit.
How to make one in under a minute
- 1. Paste or upload the passage
Any reading — a coursebook text, an article, a story extract, a text-based PDF.
- 2. Set the level and length
Choose difficulty (A1 to advanced) and how many questions, so it fits your class.
- 3. Generate and review
You get comprehension questions drawn from the passage in about 10 seconds. Edit any of them before class.
- 4. Share one link
Students join by link or 6-digit code on any device — no accounts. You watch results come in live.
Who it’s for
Any teacher who runs reading checks — but especially:
- ESL and language teachers checking comprehension of a passage in the target language, or in the students’ own language for beginners.
- Literacy and English teachers turning a story extract or article into a quick understanding check.
- Subject teachers — history, science, social studies — quizzing a reading from the textbook they already use.
- Tutors who need a fast, no-setup check students can take on their own phone.
How LessonCue fits this
Paste your passage and LessonCue builds comprehension questions straight from it — in the passage’s language or one you choose, at the difficulty you set. Students join with one link, no accounts, and you see exactly which questions the class missed so you know what to reteach.
Free to start, and Pro is priced for your region (from $3.90/mo) with no lock-in.
Make a comprehension quiz from your passageFrequently asked questions
How do I make a reading comprehension quiz from a passage?
Paste the passage or upload the text, and LessonCue writes comprehension questions drawn directly from it — usually in about 10 seconds. Every question is about that passage, so it checks understanding rather than general knowledge. You can review and edit before class.
Is it free?
Yes. The free plan lets you generate comprehension quizzes from your own texts with no credit card. Pro (priced for your region, from $3.90/mo) removes the quiz limit and adds follow-up quizzes and manual editing.
Can it work with a passage in another language?
Yes. Paste a passage in Spanish, French, Arabic, Vietnamese — any language — and the questions come out in that language. You can also choose the quiz language, which is useful for beginner classes.
Can I set the difficulty for different levels?
Yes. Set the difficulty so the same passage produces gentler questions for a beginner group or more inferential ones for an advanced class, and choose how many questions you want.
What question types does it use?
Multiple choice and true/false for comprehension checks, plus fill-in-the-blank for vocabulary in context. Students answer on any device by joining with a link or code — no accounts.