
English: Paper 3 - Reading (2024) - SAT Key stage 2
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Section 1: Streaky and Squeaky
According to the text, Madagascar is well known for its range of weird and wonderful wildlife.
This suggestsâŚ
Section 1: Streaky and Squeaky
Read the paragraph below. Find and copy one word that means the same as âmetâ.
They are not hedgehogs, birds or bumblebees, even if they look like a confused hodgepodge of these animals. You have encountered a family of lowland streaked tenrecs. They are one of many species of tenrecs living in Madagascar.
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The text tells us that streaked tenrecs are social animals. Which of the below is not given in the text.
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Why are beetle larvae suitable food for streaked tenrecs?
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Match each paragraph to its main content
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Look at the sections: What do tenrecs eat?
Which part of their body do tenrecs use to encourage worms?
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Look at the section What is stridulation?
Which part of their body do they use to make sounds?
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Look at page 5. When do streaked tenrecs communicate using stridulation?
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The text uses other animals to help describe streaked tenrecs.
Match each feature to the animal that it is compared with.
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Look at the section: What issues are streaked tenrecs facing?
What serious problems are streaked tenrecs facing?
Tick 2 problems.Â
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Why are streaked tenrecs important to the rainforest?
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According to the text, why are streaked tenrecs rarely kept in zoos?
Choose one reason.
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How are zoos trying to help streaked tenrecs?
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Look at the entire text.
Using information from the text, group the statement to indicate whether it is true or false.
Section 2: The Girl who Walked on Air
Her friend Ned was the first person to see Louie walk the tightrope.
Why did she choose Ned?
Section 2: The Girl who Walked on Air
Ned thought that it was just one big prank when Louie wanted to climb onto the tightrope.
Why did Ned think Louie was joking?
Section 2: The Girl who Walked on Air
Look at page 6.
Tick two things Louie had to do before walking the tightrope.
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What was Ned doing every day while Louie practised?
Section 2: The Girl who Walked on Air
How do you know that Louie had thought about tightrope walking for a long time?
Section 2: The Girl who Walked on Air
Read the paragraph beginning: âHelp me up,â I said... to the paragraph ending: ...feel wonderfully light.
Arrange the statements to show the order that Louie got onto the rope.
Section 2: The Girl who Walked on Air
Look at page 7.
Louie said to Ned, âNow step back and watch.â
What two things does this show about Louie? Tick two.
Section 2: The Girl who Walked on Air
Look at page 7.
Tick two pieces of evidence that tightrope walking is difficult.
Section 2: The Girl who Walked on Air
Read the paragraph beginning: Arms out to the sideâŚ
How can you tell from the text that Louie was feeling more confident on the rope at this point in the story?
Choose the correct three options
Section 2: The Girl who Walked on Air
Look at page 8.
The flames were there inside me.
How did Louie feel at this point?
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Focus, Louie.
Who said this and how?
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How can you tell that Louie enjoyed performing to an audience?
Section 2: The Girl who Walked on Air
Look at the whole text.
Tick three pieces of evidence that show Ned was nervous about Louieâs tightrope walking.
Section 2: The Girl who Walked on Air
Match Louieâs feelings to the moment that she felt them.
Section 3: The Leopard
Read the first paragraph, beginning: I first saw the leopardâŚ
Ruskin noticed several signs that the leopard was nearby before he actually saw it.
Tick two signs that the leopard was nearby.
Section 3: The Leopard
âŚhe must have sensed my presenceâŚ
What does sensed my presence mean?
Section 3: The Leopard
...he melted into the shadowsâŚ
What does the word melted mean in this sentence?
Section 3: The Leopard
Read the paragraph beginning: He was not looking toward meâŚ
What did Ruskin think the leopard had been doing before he noticed it?
Section 3: The Leopard
Read the paragraph beginning: The leopard, like other membersâŚ
In the weeks after he first saw it, what sign did Ruskin have that the leopard was still in the area?
Section 3: The Leopard
Look at page 11.
Find and write down one word that shows the hunters made Ruskin uncomfortable.
Section 3: The Leopard
Look at page 11.
How did the hunters know that there was a leopard in the forest?
Tick two ways.
Section 3: The Leopard
Read the paragraph beginning: One dayâŚ
What made Ruskin suspect that the leopard was inside the cave?
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Look at page 11.
Using information from the text, group each statement in the appropriate box to show whether it is true or false.
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Read the paragraph beginning: I paused⌠to the paragraph ending: âŚignoring me altogether.
Group each statement based on whether it reflects something Ruskin knew or something Ruskin imagined.
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Read the paragraph beginning: Perhaps I had madeâŚ
I did not venture any further...
Which of the following is closest in meaning to venture in this sentence?
Tick one.
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Ruskinâs personality made him different from the hunters he met in the forest.
Explain two ways in which his personality made him different from them,using evidence from the text to support each answer.
Tick the two correct statements.