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English reading Paper 2: reading answer booklet

National curriculum tests

Key stage 1

First name

Middle name

Last name

Total marks

SAMPLE BOOKLET Published July 2015 This sample test indicates how the national curriculum will be assessed from 2016. Further information is available on GOV.UK at www.gov.uk/sta.

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Questions 1 – 8 are about The Blackbird and his Wife (pages 4 – 7)

(page 4)

Why did the king want to have the blackbirds?

1 mark

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Why was the blackbird’s wife sad?

1 mark

2

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(page 5)

The king treated the animals badly.

a) What had the king done to the fox?

b) What had the king done to the ants?

4

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What instrument did the blackbird play on the way to

the palace?

1 mark

3

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For years he’s drained me and dirtied me.

What does the word drained mean?

Tick one.

filled up with water

stirred up the water

emptied out the water

worn out the water

1 mark

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The blackbird said: “You and I are at war.”

How do you know that the king was not worried by this?

1 mark

6

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(pages 6 – 7)

Draw lines to match these characters to the help they gave

the blackbird.

fox frightened the king

ants scared the chickens

river terrified the elephants

7

1 mark

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Find and copy two words that describe how scared the

king was.

1.

2.

8

1 mark

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Questions 9 – 18 are about Plastics and the Environment (pages 8 – 9)

(page 8)

When were plastics first made?

1 mark

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Tick two good points about plastics.

Plastics can be…

Tick two.

nice to smell.

any shape.

grown.

eaten.

many colours.

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Why can plastics be dangerous when they melt?

1 mark

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(page 8)

Give two problems with landfill sites.

1.

2.

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1 mark

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(page 9)

What are most plastics made from today?

Give two things.

1.

2.

1 mark

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What might plastics be made from in the future?

Give two things.

1.

2.

1 mark

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(page 9)

Look at the section headed: Re-use

Find and copy the word that means the same as “given away”.

1 mark

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Look at the section headed: Recycle

Give one thing that can be made from recycled plastics.

1 mark

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Draw lines to match the words below to their meaning.

words meanings

Re-useuse the same thing

more than once

Reduceturn an object into

something else

Recycleuse less of

something

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1 mark

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(pages 8 – 9)

Put ticks in the table to show which sentences are true and

which are false.

One has been done for you.

The information says that… True False

recycling is a good way to get rid of

unwanted plastics. ✓

we should use more things made of plastic.

today we use plastics a lot.

plastic is hard to get rid of.

plastics rot.

18

2 marks

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Sample key stage 1 English reading answer booklet 2 Electronic PDF version product code: STA/15/7312/e ISBN: 978-1-78315-730-3

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