Key Stage 2: English Reading

2018 national curriculum tests
Key stage 2
English reading
Reading answer booklet
First name
Middle name
Last name
Date of birth Day Month Year
School name
DfE number
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Instructions
Questions and answers

You have one hour to complete this test, answering the questions in the answer
booklet. Read one text and answer the questions about that text before moving
on to read the next text. There are three texts and three sets of questions.
In this booklet, there are different types of question for you to answer in different
ways. The space for your answer shows you what type of answer is needed.
Write your answer in the space provided. Do not write over any barcodes.
hort answers
S
Some questions are followed by a short line or box. This shows that you only
need to write a word or a few words in your answer.
everal line answers
S
Some questions are followed by a few lines. This gives you space to write more
words or a sentence or two.
onger answers
L
Some questions are followed by more answer lines. This shows that a longer,
more detailed answer is needed. You can write in full sentences if you want to.
elected answers
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For some questions you do not need to write anything at all and you should tick,
draw lines to or circle your answer. Read the instructions carefully so that you
know how to answer the question.
Marks
The number under each line at the side of the page tells you the number of marks
available for each question.
As this is a reading test, you must use the information in the texts to help you to
answer the questions. When a question includes a page reference, you should
refer to the text on that page to help you with your answer.
You have one hour to read the texts in the reading booklet and answer the
questions in this booklet.
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4 Look at page 4.
According to the text, what do pandas spend the majority of their

time doing?
1 mark
5 Number these facts about the life of the giant panda cub from 1 – 5 in
the order in which they happen.
The first one has been done for you.
A cub eats bamboo for the first time.
A cub leaves its mother.
A cub develops black spots.
A cub weighs 31 to 36 kilograms.
A cub weighs about the same as an apple. 1

1 mark
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6 Look at page 4.
According to the text, give one way that giant pandas are…
(a) similar to other bears.
1 mark
(b) different from other bears.
1 mark
7 Look at the section headed: Other interesting facts.
Complete the sentence below.
Recent studies show that…
Tick one.
giant pandas always spend most of their lives alone.
most giant pandas live in captivity.
giant pandas only live in the wild in China.
some giant pandas live in the same area. 1 mark
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8 Look at the section headed: Why are people concerned about the
giant panda?
Find and copy one word which shows that there are lots of things we
do not yet know about giant pandas.
1 mark
9 … cutting off a vital food supply.
What does the word vital mean in this sentence?
Tick one.
essential
available
useful
healthy
1 mark
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10 According to the text, why are giant pandas under threat of extinction?
Give two reasons.
1.
2. 2 marks
11 According to the text, how are people trying to help giant pandas survive?
1 mark
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12 Look at the section headed: What about the future?
Find and copy one word that shows that helping the giant panda is
not easy.
1 mark
13 Look at page 5.
What is one name that pandas have been called in the past because of
their fur?
1 mark
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14 Which statement is the best summary for the whole of page 5?
Tick one.
How the giant panda first got its name.
How charities raise money for giant pandas.
How people are working to save giant pandas.
How giant pandas’ territory is changing.

1 mark
15 Using information from the text, tick one box in each row to show whether
each statement is a fact or an opinion.
Fact Opinion
Giant pandas are fascinating animals.
Giant pandas’ main food in the wild is bamboo.
Giant panda cubs weigh about 150g

when born.
1 mark
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Questions 16 – 29 are about Grannie (page 6)
16 Find and copy one word from the first verse that shows that the poet’s
grannie made him feel safe when he was a boy.
1 mark
17 How did the poet’s grannie react when he behaved badly?
1 mark
18 The poet describes his grannie as standing mountainous between me and

my fear. This makes her sound big and powerful.
What other impressions do you get of his grannie in the same verse?
Give two impressions.
1.
2. 2 marks
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19 What was one effect of the poet getting injured in the war?
1 mark
20 Look at the verse beginning: Years later...
Find and copy a group of words that means the same as ‘took the
opportunity’.
1 mark
21 What does the poet ask his grannie to do?
1 mark
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22 She came. And I still vividly recall...
What do the words vividly recall mean?
2 marks
23 Explain what the poet finds weird about his grannie in the last verse.
2 marks
24 She hobbled through the ward to where I lay

And drew quite close and, hesitating, peered.
Why does she hesitate?
1 mark
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25 What is one thing that did not change about the grannie as she got older?
1 mark
26 Look at the last verse, beginning: She came.
Find and copy a group of words that shows that his grannie makes a
difference to the poet during her visit.
1 mark
27 The experience in the last line could best be described as…
Tick one.
amusing.
shocking.
puzzling.
comforting.
1 mark
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Questions 30 – 40 are about Albion’s Dream (pages 8 – 10)
30 Look at the first paragraph.
What suggests that the inside of the old farmhouse was not very well
looked after?
Give two things.
1.
2. 1 mark
31 Look at the first two paragraphs.
Which sentence below best describes the farmhouse?
Tick one.
It had always been a lifeless place.
No one ever went there by choice.
It seemed stuck in the past.
The outside was better looked after than the inside.

1 mark
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32 Look at page 9.
Find and copy one word which shows that Em Sharp was in charge of
the house.
1 mark
33 Look at the second paragraph on page 9.
Left to my own devices...
This means that Edward...
Tick one.
had lost something.
was confident with equipment.
had a good imagination.
was free to do what he wanted. 1 mark
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34 When Edward was exploring the bookcase, he noticed something in
the dark recesses of the shelf.
Which of the following words is closest in meaning to recesses?
Tick one.
wood
spaces
contents
design
1 mark
35 ...it dawned on me that the dice ought to belong to a game...
Which of the following is closest in meaning to dawned on me as it is

used here?
Tick one.
began to worry me
became clear to me
made me feel better
puzzled me
1 mark
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36 How do you know that the bookcase had not been moved for a
long time?
Give two ways.
1.
2. 1 mark
37 How can you tell that Edward was determined to find the game?
Give one piece of evidence that shows his determination.
1 mark
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38 Look at page 10.
What impressions do you get of Em Sharp at this point in the extract?
Give two impressions, using evidence from the text to support your answer.
Impression Evidence
3 marks
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39 In the last paragraph, Edward does not want to give the game to
Em Sharp.
Give two reasons why he does not want to part with it.
1.
2. 2 marks
40 Edward found a game. How can you tell that there was something strange
about the game?
Explain two ways, using evidence from the text to support your answer.
1.
2.
3 marks
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2018 national curriculum tests

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Questions and answers

According to the text, what do pandas spend the majority of their

The first one has been done for you.

A cub eats bamboo for the first time.

A cub leaves its mother.

A cub develops black spots.

A cub weighs 31 to 36 kilograms.

A cub weighs about the same as an apple. 1

(a) similar to other bears.

(b) different from other bears.

7 Look at the section headed: Other interesting facts.

Complete the sentence below.

Recent studies show that…

giant pandas always spend most of their lives alone.

most giant pandas live in captivity.

giant pandas only live in the wild in China.

some giant pandas live in the same area. 1 mark

9 … cutting off a vital food supply.

What does the word vital mean in this sentence?

Give two reasons.

How the giant panda first got its name.

How charities raise money for giant pandas.

How people are working to save giant pandas.

How giant pandas’ territory is changing.

Giant pandas are fascinating animals.

Giant pandas’ main food in the wild is bamboo.

Giant panda cubs weigh about 150g

17 How did the poet’s grannie react when he behaved badly?

18 The poet describes his grannie as standing mountainous between me and

Give two impressions.

20 Look at the verse beginning: Years later...

21 What does the poet ask his grannie to do?

What do the words vividly recall mean?

24 She hobbled through the ward to where I lay

Why does she hesitate?

26 Look at the last verse, beginning: She came.

27 The experience in the last line could best be described as…

30 Look at the first paragraph.

Give two things.

31 Look at the first two paragraphs.

Which sentence below best describes the farmhouse?

It had always been a lifeless place.

No one ever went there by choice.

It seemed stuck in the past.

The outside was better looked after than the inside.

33 Look at the second paragraph on page 9.

Left to my own devices...

This means that Edward...

had lost something.

was confident with equipment.

had a good imagination.

was free to do what he wanted. 1 mark

Which of the following words is closest in meaning to recesses?

35 ...it dawned on me that the dice ought to belong to a game...

Which of the following is closest in meaning to dawned on me as it is