
English: Paper 3 - Reading (2023) - SAT Key stage 2
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Look at the first paragraph.
How can you tell Priya was feeling nervous?
Look at page 4.
Why did Priya find it surprising to hear two vehicles drive by?
What made Priya realize that one of the vehicles was not a car?
Look at the paragraph beginning: The sound died away... to the paragraph ending: ...the other side of the valley.
Put the following locations in the order in which Priya thought she heard the vehicles travel.
Look at page 4.
What made Priya decide to take a look outside the tent?
Look at the last paragraph on page 4.
How can you tell that the moonlight was very bright?
Look at the top of page 5.
Then it hit her.
What is it?
She wriggled back inside the tent...
What does this tell you about how Priya got inside the tent?
"Youâd better not be making this up."
Why does Abby say this to Priya?
Look at page 5.
Which one piece of evidence that shows Abby was shocked by what she saw.
Look at the end of the extract.
Why was Abby worried?
Using information from the text, select the true statements.
Look at the first two paragraphs.
In which American state is the Congress Avenue Bridge found?
Look at the first two paragraphs.
Why is Bat Fest held in the summer?
The bridge is described as a hotspot by the interviewer and Harriet.
What does the word hotspot mean when the interviewer uses it in her question?
What does the word hotspot mean when Harriet uses it in her answer?
Look at Harriet's answer to the question: This ordinary bridge is popular with bats. What makes it such a hotspot?
The Congress Avenue Bridge attracts bats to Austin.
What else attracts bats to Texas?
Look at Harrietâs answer beginning: Itâs actually very appropriate...Â
Find and write one word that is closest in meaning to âeatâ.
Look at Harrietâs answer to the question: Have there always been so many bats here?
Find and write one word which means âa group of bats living togetherâ.
Look at Harrietâs answer to the question: Have there always been so many bats here?
According to Harriet, why did some people in Austin dislike bats?
Look at Harrietâs answer to the question: There are millions of bats in Texas â how can they need protecting?
Harriet describes bats as vulnerable.
Which of the following is closest in meaning to vulnerable?
According to Harriet, why does living in large groups make bats vulnerable?
Look at Harrietâs answer to the question: What benefits could bats possibly bring to humans?
Which of the following tell you that Harriet thinks insects are pests?
Match the amount with the fact.
Look at page 7.
Using information from the text, say whether each statement is true or false.
Is there anything I can do to support bats in my area?
This question shows that the interviewer...
Tick two reasons why Harriet Lopez is a good person to interview about bats.
What positive messages does Harriet want readers to understand about bats?
Match the statement with the evidence
After Innis heard the wolf howl for the first time, he pressed on.
What does pressed on mean in the text?
How far from home was Innis when he heard the first wolf howl?
âThe Barrensâ was the name for...
Look at page 8.
What two things made it hard for Innis to trust his own senses when he was looking for the wolf?
Look at page 8.
How can you tell that Innis was familiar with the area?
Look at the paragraph beginning:Â The howl pierced the darkening sky... to the paragraph ending: ...no wolves on Nin.
Innis was worried by the two wolf howls.
Which pieces of evidence that shows he was worried after the first wolf howl.
Look at the paragraph beginning: The howl pierced the darkening sky... to the paragraph ending: ...no wolves on Nin.
Innis was worried by the two wolf howls.
Which pieces of evidence that shows he was worried after the second wolf howl.
Innis heard a wolf howl several times.
How can you tell that the wolf was moving all the time?
It was the unmistakable silhouette of a wolf.
Which of the following is closest in meaning to unmistakable?
âPut the following events in the order in which they happened to Innis.
Innis did not know the boy.
Why else might Innis have been surprised to see the boy?
Pick two reasons.
The first words Innis said to the boy were: âWhere are you going?â
Why did Innis want to know where the boy was going?
Look at the paragraph beginning: Innis sat up... to the end of the text. Innis meets the boy.
What do you learn about the boyâs personality?
Match the statement to the evidence.