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LEVELS 3–5 En KEY STAGE 2 2007 English test Writing Test Shorter Task and Spelling Test First name ________________________________________________ Last name ________________________________________________ School ________________________________________________ Shorter task:Your teacher will read through this section with you. You will have 20 minutesto write your shorter piece of writing in this booklet. Spelling test:Your teacher will read through this section with you. For marker’s use only Writing Marks Shorter Task Sentence structure, punctuation and text organisation (4) Composition and effect (8) Shorter Task, total marks (12) Spelling Test (7) Shorter Task and Spelling Test, total marks (19) Spelling Test Number of correct words Marks 0 0 1–3 1 4–6 2 7– 9 3 10 –12 4 13 –15 5 16 –18 6 19 – 20 7 KS2_En_WritTestShort_275373.qxp 12/1/07 4:29 pm Page 1

2 It’s a Mystery A mystery story star ts with these words: Ali stood silently, looking at the door. With a slow creaking sound, it opened. Taking a deep breath, Ali walked inside … PLANNING Your task is to continue the opening of the mystery story, describing what it was like through the door. Think about • describing what it was like through the door (appearance, smell, sound, atmosphere) • how to create a feeling of mystery. Your task is to continue the beginning of the mystery story by describing what it was like through the door. KS2_En_WritTestShort_275373.qxp 12/1/07 4:29 pm Page 2

3 Ali stood silently, looking at the door. With a slow creaking sound, it opened. Taking a deep breath, Ali walked inside … Remember, you are writing the beginningof the story only, and the beginning describes what it was like through the door. KS2_En_WritTestShort_275373.qxp 12/1/07 4:29 pm Page 3

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5 Spelling Test Do not turn over this page until your teacher tells you to. KS2_En_WritTestShort_275373.qxp 12/1/07 4:29 pm Page 5

6 Reilly 1 2 3 6 5 4 The cat-flap clicked upward, letting in a draught of cold air. Framed within the opening appeared a black face with a white nose and chin, wide yellow eyes and a set of curving white . The face stayed where it was, the eyes the room. Bella, relaxed and sleepy in the armchair by the kitchen fire, turned her head at the sound. She jumped down from the chair and stood , ready to see off the . The stranger returned stare for stare. His glance had taken in the two saucers of cat-food, one still with untouched scraps, and the blue bowl crusted with a white ring where milk had stood for some time, left by cats who had had more than already. 7 8 KS2_En_WritTestShort_275373.qxp 12/1/07 4:29 pm Page 6

7 Total Spelling mark20 12 17 18 19 16 13 14 15 9 10 11 He looked at the warm glow of the gas fire, at the armchair and at the clean white coats of the two . This was a place where a cat could be comfortable, no about that. He was hungry. He came wholly into the room and the saucer . Bella circled round him, her fur . Before long Miss Betty Braithwaite’s medium- heels could be heard clop-clopping along the hall . The footsteps came nearer, the door-handle turned and she entered, a small woman with thick hair, once chestnut, now the colour of faded string, pinned off her face and neck. As the door opened, his tail drooped, his ears went back in fear and he cowered low to the floor. “It’s all right, puss,” she said. “I won’t hurt you.” He , reassured by the softness of her , and looked up into her face. KS2_En_WritTestShort_275373.qxp 12/1/07 4:29 pm Page 7

QCA/06/2796 (Pupil pack) © Qualifications and Curriculum Authority 2007QCA/06/2795 (Mark schemes pack) 275373 Spelling text adapted from Reilly by Mary Rayner, Gollancz, 1987. This extract has been incorporated into this test paper solely for the purposes of the examination in accordance with Section 32(3) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. No copyright clearance for any other use has been obtained or sought. KS2_En_WritTestShort_275373.qxp 12/1/07 4:29 pm Page 8