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g00050A0124 First name Middle name Last name Date of birthDay Month Year School name DfE number 2018 national curriculum tests Key stage 2 English reading Reading answer booklet

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Page 3 of 24 g00050A0324 Questions and answers You have one hour to complete this test, answering the questions in the a\ nswer 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. Short answers 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. Several line answers Some questions are followed by a few lines. This gives you space to write more words or a sentence or two. Longer answers 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. Selected answers For some questions you do not need to write anything at all and you shou\ ld 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. Instructions

Page 4 of 24 Questions 1 – 1 5 are about The Giant Panda Bear (pages 4 – 5) According to the text, approximately how many giant pandas currently live in the wild? 1 mark 1 KS2 item template version 1.1 R026289 – 28 September 2017 3:40 PM – Version 1 According to some scientists, how does giant pandas’ fur help them to survive in the wild? 1 mark 2 KS2 item template version 1.1 R026271 – 28 September 2017 3:42 PM – Version 2 Look at page 4. Pandas can grow up to 1.5 metres and weigh up to 150 kilograms. What else in the text tells us that giant pandas could be dangerous animals? 1 mark 3 KS2 item template version 1.1 R024186 – 28 September 2017 3:43 PM – Version 1 g00050A0424

Page 5 of 24 According to the text, approximately how many giant pandas currently live in the wild? 1 mark 1 KS2 item template version 1.1 R026289 – 28 September 2017 3:40 PM – Version 1 4 Look at page 4. According to the text, what do pandas spend the majority of their time doing? 1 mark KS2 item template version 2 R027321 – 28 September 2017 3:45 PM – Version 1 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 5 KS2 item template version 1.1 R024196 – 1 December 2017 3:17 PM – Version 1 Look at page 4. Pandas can grow up to 1.5 metres and weigh up to 150 kilograms. What else in the text tells us that giant pandas could be dangerous animals? 1 mark 3 KS2 item template version 1.1 R024186 – 28 September 2017 3:43 PM – Version 1 g00050A0524

Page 6 of 24 Look at page 4. According to the text, give one way that giant pandas are… (a) similar to other bears. (b) different from other bears. 1 mark 1 mark 6 KS2 item template version 1.1 R024189 – 1 December 2017 3:19 PM – Version 3 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 7 KS2 item template version 1.1 R024184 – 28 September 2017 3:14 PM – Version 2 g00050A0624

Page 7 of 24 … cutting off a vital food supply. What does the word vital mean in this sentence?Tick one. essential available useful healthy 1 mark 9 KS2 item template version 1.1 R024205 – 30 October 2017 12:12 PM – Version 1 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 KS2 item template version 2 R027323 – 30 October 2017 12:11 PM – Version 1 g00050A0724

Page 8 of 24 According to the text, why are giant pandas under threat of extinction? Give two reasons. 1. 2. 2 marks 10 KS2 item template version 1.1 R024199 – 28 September 2017 3:53 PM – Version 1 According to the text, how are people trying to help giant pandas survive? 11 1 mark KS2 item template version 1.1 R024203 – 28 September 2017 3:23 PM – Version 2 g00050A0824

Page 9 of 24 According to the text, why are giant pandas under threat of extinction? Give two reasons.1. 2. 2 marks 10 KS2 item template version 1.1 R024199 – 28 September 2017 3:53 PM – Version 1 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 12 KS2 item template version 1.1 R024194 – 1 December 2017 4:13 PM – Version 2 Look at page 5. What is one name that pandas have been called in the past because of their fur? 1 mark 13 KS2 item template version 1.1 R026272 – 28 September 2017 3:57 PM – Version 3 g00050A0924

Page 10 of 24 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 14 KS2 item template version 1.1 R026292 – 28 September 2017 3:59 PM – Version 3 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 15 KS2 item template version 1.1 R024210 – 28 September 2017 3:38 PM – Version 3 g00050A01024

Page 11 of 24 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 KS2 item template version 2 R026431 – 1 December 2017 3:35 PM – Version 1 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 KS2 item template version 2 R026432 – 29 September 2017 8:27 AM – Version 1 17 How did the poet’s grannie react when he behaved badly? 1 mark KS2 item template version 2 R026428 – 28 September 2017 4:09 PM – Version 1 Questions 16 – 2 9 are about Grannie (page 6) g00050A01124

Page 12 of 24 19 What was one effect of the poet getting injured in the war? 1 mark KS2 item template version 2 R026435 – 29 September 2017 8:51 AM – Version 1 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 KS2 item template version 2 R026438 – 29 September 2017 8:55 AM – Version 1 21 What does the poet ask his grannie to do? 1 mark KS2 item template version 2 R026437 – 29 September 2017 8:58 AM – Version 1 g00050A01224

Page 13 of 24 22 She came. And I still vividly recall... What do the words vividly recall mean? 2 marks KS2 item template version 2 R026439 – 29 September 2017 9:01 AM – Version 1 23 Explain what the poet finds weird about his grannie in the last verse. 2 marks KS2 item template version 2 R026440 – 29 September 2017 9:03 AM – Version 1 24 She hobbled through the ward to where I lay And drew quite close and, hesitating, peered. Why does she hesitate? 1 mark KS2 item template version 2 R026442 – 1 December 2017 3:36 PM – Version 1 g00050A01324

Page 14 of 24 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 KS2 item template version 2 R026445 – 1 December 2017 3:38 PM – Version 1 27 The experience in the last line could best be described as… Tick one. amusing. shocking. puzzling. comforting. 1 mark KS2 item template version 2 R026443 – 30 October 2017 12:32 PM – Version 1 25 What is one thing that did not change about the grannie as she got older? 1 mark KS2 item template version 2 R026449 – 30 October 2017 12:31 PM – Version 1 g00050A01424

Page 15 of 24 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 KS2 item template version 2 R026445 – 1 December 2017 3:38 PM – Version 1 29 The poet describes different stages of his life. Tick the two verses that are mainly about the poet’s adult life. Verse 1 Verse 2 Verse 3 Verse 4 1 mark KS2 item template version 2 R026447 – 30 October 2017 12:34 PM – Version 1 28 Number the following sentences from 1 – 5 to show the order in which they happen in the poem. The first one has been done for you. The poet arrives in France. The poet lives with his grannie. 1 The poet is injured. The poet’s grannie visits him. The poet writes to his grannie. 1 mark KS2 item template version 2 R026452 – 1 December 2017 3:51 PM – Version 1 25 What is one thing that did not change about the grannie as she got older? 1 mark KS2 item template version 2 R026449 – 30 October 2017 12:31 PM – Version 1 g00050A01524

Page 16 of 24 30 KS2 item template version 1.2 R026967 – 30 October 2017 12:35 PM – Version 1 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 KS2 item template version 1.2 R026990 – 30 October 2017 12:35 PM – Version 1 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 Questions 30 – 4 0 are about Albion’s Dream (pages 8 – 10) g00050A01624

Page 17 of 24 32 Look at page 9. Find and copy one word which shows that Em Sharp was in charge of the house. 1 mark R028170 – 30 October 2017 12:36 PM – Version 1 KS2 item arithmetic template version 2.1 (2017) 33 KS2 item template version 1.2 R026982 – 30 October 2017 12:46 PM – Version 1 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 g00050A01724

Page 18 of 24 34 KS2 item template version 1.2 R026983 – 1 December 2017 3:55 PM – Version 1 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 KS2 item template version 1.2 R026988 – 30 October 2017 12:47 PM – Version 1 ...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 g00050A01824

Page 19 of 24 34 KS2 item template version 1.2 R026983 – 1 December 2017 3:55 PM – Version 1 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 KS2 item template version 1.2 R026988 – 30 October 2017 12:47 PM – Version 1 ...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 36 KS2 item template version 1.2 R026964 – 30 October 2017 12:48 PM – Version 1 How do you know that the bookcase had not been moved for a long time? Give two ways. 1. 2. 1 mark 37 KS2 item template version 1.2 R026968 – 30 October 2017 12:49 PM – Version 1 How can you tell that Edward was determined to find the game? Give one piece of evidence that shows his determination. 1 mark g00050A01924

Page 20 of 24 38 KS2 item template version 1.2 R026974 – 29 September 2017 9:53 AM – Version 1 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 g00050A02024

Page 21 of 24 39 KS2 item template version 1.2 R026970 – 29 September 2017 9:59 AM – Version 1 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 38 KS2 item template version 1.2 R026974 – 29 September 2017 9:53 AM – Version 1 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 40 KS2 item template version 1.2 R026963 – 29 September 2017 9:58 AM – Version 1 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 g00050A02124

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2018 key stage 2 English reading Reading answer booklet Print version product code: STA/18/7967/p ISBN: 978-1-78644-408-0 Electronic PDF version product code: STA/18/7967/e ISBN: 978-1-78644-640-4 For more copies Additional printed copies of this booklet are not available. It can be downloaded from www.gov.uk/government/publications. © Crown copyright 2018 Re-use of Crown copyright in test materials Subject to the exceptions listed below, the test materials on this website are Crown copyright and you may re-use them (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium in accordance with the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 which can be found on the National Archives website and accessed via the following link: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence. When you use this information under the Open Government Licence v3.0, you should include the following attribution: ‘Co\ ntains material developed by the Standards and Testing Agency for 2018 national curriculum assessments and licensed unde\ r Open Government Licence v3.0’ and where possible provide a link to the licence. Exceptions – third-party copyright content in test materials You must obtain permission from the relevant copyright owners, as listed in the ‘2018 key stage 2 tests copyright report’, for re-use of any third-party copyright content which we have identi ed in the test materia\ ls, as listed below. Alternatively, you should remove the unlicensed third-party copyright content and/or replace it with appropriately licensed material. Third-party content Grannie: Taken from The Works 4, edited by Pie Corbett and Gaby Morgan, Macmillan Children’s Books, 2005. Author: Vernon Scannell. Albion’s Dream: Taken from Albion’s Dream, Faber & Faber, 1992. Author: Roger Norman. If you have any queries regarding these test materials, contact the national curriculum assessments h\ elpline on 0300 303 3013 or email assessments@education.gov.uk. g00050A02424