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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R024989 – 19 March 2015 9:58 AM – Version 2
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Why was the blackbird’s wife sad?
1 mark
2
R024990 – 7 February 2015 4:30 PM – Version 2
(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
R024992 – 15 February 2015 7:05 PM – Version 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
5
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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
R024996 – 20 March 2015 10:20 AM – Version 2
(page 7)
Find and copy two words that describe how scared the
king was.
1.
2.
8
1 mark
R024997 – 20 March 2015 10:22 AM – Version 3
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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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R025062 – 7 February 2015 4:20 PM – Version 2
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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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1 mark
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Why can plastics be dangerous when they melt?
1 mark
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R025064 – 7 February 2015 4:21 PM – Version 2
(page 8)
Give two problems with landfill sites.
1.
2.
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1 mark
R025066 – 7 February 2015 4:28 PM – Version 3
(page 9)
What are most plastics made from today?
Give two things.
1.
2.
1 mark
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R025077 – 21 April 2015 1:14 PM – Version 3
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What might plastics be made from in the future?
Give two things.
1.
2.
1 mark
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R025078 – 7 February 2015 4:27 PM – Version 3
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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
R025075 – 21 April 2015 1:22 PM – Version 2
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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.
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2 marks
R025072 – 8 June 2015 4:44 PM – Version 3
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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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