
English: Paper 3 - Reading (2016 Sample) - SAT Key stage 2
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Section 1: Space Tourism
Why is space tourism impossible for most people?
Section 1: Space Tourism
How would you get from the spacecraft to the space hotel?
Section 1: Space Tourism
Look at page 4.
According to the text, which of these could you do on your space holiday?
Section 1: Space Tourism
How much did the first space tourist pay to go into space?
Section 1: Space Tourism
How can you tell that the International Space Station is very large?
Section 1: Space Tourism
How did Anousheh’s trip into space make history?
Section 1: Space Tourism
Look at the text box. Who has already had a holiday in space?
Complete the table about Anousheh’s trip into space.

Section 1: Space Tourism
Look at Anousheh’s blog entry for September 25th.
Find and copy a group of words that shows that Anousheh wrote her blog for others to read.
Section 1: Space Tourism
Look at Anousheh’s blog entry for September 27th.
Explain how Anousheh felt about being in space that day.
Section 1: Space Tourism
Match the events below to the year in which they happened
Section 1: Space Tourism
Group the statements as facts or opinions based on the text.
Tick the factual ones and leave the opinions.
Section 1: Space Tourism
… in a flash (page 6)
What does this tell you about the burning of rocks in space?
Section 1: Space Tourism
Find out when a meteor shower is due and arrange to go star spotting with an adult…
In this sentence, the word arrange is closest in meaning to…
Section 1: Space Tourism
How does the information on page 6 make it sound easy to be a star spotter?
Section 1: Space Tourism
Which of these should you do when spotting shooting stars?
Section 2: Giants
What does the ‘giant’ do to frighten the snail?
Section 2: Giants
What does the ‘giant’ do to frighten the frog?
Section 2: Giants
Gentle, and small, and frail.
True or False: The words above describe the encircled parts of the snail.

Section 2: Giants
Gentle, and small, and frail.
How do these words make the reader feel about the snail?
Section 2: Giants
How does the snail behave when it is afraid?
Section 2: Giants
Into your pitiful shell, so brittle and thin.
In this line, the word brittle is closest in meaning to...
Section 2: Giants
What do the words emerald scrap suggest about the frog.
Section 2: Giants
What is the tremendous monster?
Section 2: Giants
Just for the joy
Of watching you jump, scramble, tumble, fall
Find and copy a word from the poem that shows that the frog was frightened.
Section 2: Giants
What is the main message of the poem?
Section 3: The Lost World
Choose the correct option to complete each sentence below.
The story is told from the perspective of...
Section 3: The Lost World
Choose the correct option to complete each sentence below.
At the start of the extract, the men entered the forest...
Section 3: The Lost World
Choose the correct option to complete each sentence below.
There, they came to a patch where the stream was...
Section 3: The Lost World
Choose the correct option to complete each sentence below.
The ferns here were spaced...
Section 3: The Lost World
How far into the forest did the stream become a considerable bog?
Section 3: The Lost World
How does the first paragraph suggest that the characters are in a ‘lost world’?
Section 3: The Lost World
In the paragraph beginning, There were, as I say…Malone compares the iguanodons to different animals.
How do these comparisons help the reader understand what the iguanodons look like?
Section 3: The Lost World
The iguanodons are described as inoffensive brutes… Look at the paragraph beginning: I do not know how long… (page 8).
Support the idea by matching it to its proper evidence based on the text.
Section 3: The Lost World
Look at the paragraph beginning: I do not know how long…
The word unwieldy in this paragraph is closest in meaning to…
Section 3: The Lost World
Find and copy one word on page 9 that suggests Malone feels part of the team of explorers.
Section 3: The Lost World
How can you tell that Professor Summerlee is an expert on dinosaurs?
Section 3: The Lost World
Look at the paragraph beginning: I had the same feeling of mystery and danger around us.
Which of these are from words from the rest of the paragraph suggest danger?
Section 3: The Lost World
Using information from the text, analyze the statements and identify which ones are true.
Section 3: The Lost World
The mood of the characters changes throughout the extract. Which is the group of words on page 9 where Lord John’s mood changes?
Section 3: The Lost World
How does Lord John’s mood change?
Section 3: The Lost World
Based on what you have read, what does the last paragraph suggest might happen to the explorers next?
Match to evidence provided to the appropriate prediction.
Section 3: The Lost World
Based on what you have read, what does the last paragraph suggest might happen to the explorers next?