English KS2 2016

Year 6 Reading Assessment

Answer Booklet

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Middle Name

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Date of Birth Day Month Year

School Name

DfE Number
Year 6 Reading Assessment Non-Fiction
17
total marks

Questions 1 to 14 are about ‘Running’

1. According to the introduction, how many people in the UK are estimated to be going jogging at
least once a week?
1 mark

2. Look at the ‘Beginner’s Guide’

2 marks

Find and copy the information to complete this table with the correct amounts of time.

Activity/Stage Time to Spend

Gentle warm-up before each activity
Start by walking any amount that feels comfortable
Short running intervals to begin including
Cool down by walking or gently stretching

3. Look at the sentence: It is always a good idea to build your fitness gradually.
1 mark

What does the word gradually tell you?

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Year 6 Reading Assessment Non-Fiction 3

4. Look at the section ‘Staying Motivated’.

2 marks
Which of these ideas are suggested in the text to help with motivation? Tick four.

Set yourself regular targets Run once every week

Eat healthy food Keep a training log 

Run with a friend or group Mix up routes and distances

5. What does the guide suggest you might write in a running diary?
1 mark

6. Look at the section ‘Different Distances and Types’

1 mark

Draw lines to match up the headings with the correct explanations.

Safely on pavements or in events where

Track Running
roads are closed to all vehicle traffic.

Over open or rough terrain which may include

Road Running
grass, mud, woodlands, hills or water.

Cross Country Over specified distances

Running on an oval running track.

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Year 6 Reading Assessment Non-Fiction 4

7. Look at the sentence: ‘This could be running safely along pavements.’

1 mark
Why does the author use the word ‘safely’ in this section?

8. What is the distance given for a half marathon

1 mark

9. Look at the section ‘Specialist Gear and Gadgets’

1 mark

Explain why a good pair of running shoes are the most important equipment recommended
for running?




10. Identify one other item of equipment that the author suggests for ‘as your running advances’.
1 mark

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Year 6 Reading Assessment Non-Fiction 5

11. Look at the section ‘Running for Kids’

The author encourages children to ‘make your first rule to be running for fun’. 1 mark

What is the purpose of this statement?

Tick one

To encourage more competition

To ensure children enjoy themselves more than adults

To help children view running as an enjoyable activity

To add an extra rule to the list

12. Find and copy a word that means: providing satisfaction or offering a worthwhile experience:
1 mark

13. Based on the whole text, how does the author encourage people to take up running?
2 marks
Give two examples.

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Year 6 Reading Assessment Non-Fiction 6

14. What evidence is there to suggest that this text is aimed at people who are not already regular
runners or thinking of trying it for the first time? 1 marks

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Year 6 Reading Assessment Poetry
12
total marks

Questions 15 to 23 are about ‘Leisure’

15. Which three animals are mentioned in the poem?

1 mark


16. What is the meaning of the word ‘boughs’? Tick one.

1 mark

stars in the sky blades of grass

branches of a tree streams of water

17. Several lines start with the repeated phrase ‘No time’.
1 mark

What is the purpose of repeating these words?

18. What do you think the author means by ‘streams full of stars’?
1 mark

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Year 6 Reading Assessment Poetry 8

19. Find and copy a phrase which could mean ‘too occupied with worry’.
1 mark

20. Look at the line ‘No time to turn at Beauty’s glance’

1 mark

Why is a capital letter used for the word ‘Beauty’?

21. Draw lines to match these parts of the poem with their correct movement or actions:
1 mark

sheep and cows hide nuts in grass

squirrels dance and smile

Beauty stand and stare

22. In your own words, explain what message the poet is trying to give the reader.
3 marks

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Year 6 Reading Assessment Poetry 9

23. The title of the poem is ‘Leisure’. How does the word ‘leisure’ link to the theme of the poem? Use
evidence from the text to support your answer. 2 marks

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Year 6 Reading Assessment Fiction
21
total marks

Questions 24 to 37 are about the poem ‘The Dual World of Anders Arnfield’

24. Look at the paragraph beginning ‘Fuelled by rage…’

Find and copy two phrases which suggest the destruction of the landscape. 2 marks

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2. 

25. Look at the paragraph beginning ‘There was no doubt…’

1 mark

Find and copy a word which means ‘met unexpectedly’ or ‘been faced with’.

26. Which word is closest in meaning to ‘fathom’? Tick one.

1 mark

create understand

hear describe

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Year 6 Reading Assessment Fiction 11

27. Look at the paragraph beginning ‘Casting his mind back…’

1 mark
‘Some days he cursed the gift that his grandmother had given him: not the gift of the box though;
the gift she had passed down in some other way.’

What is meant by the word ‘gift’ in italics?

28. Tick to show which statements are true and which are false.
1 mark

Statement True False

Anders was angry about the destruction of the woodland.

Anders was hungry because he had no food.

The creature was both angry and hungry.

29. Number these events (1-5) from the story to order them chronologically.
The first one has been done for you. 1 mark

Anders created a tapping noise on the window to distract the creature

Anders was given a box by his grandma 1

Anders decided to put down his sword

Gunders Wood was destroyed

Anders came face to face with the Klingenot

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Year 6 Reading Assessment Fiction 12

30. Using evidence from the text, complete the table with phrases to describe each of these creatures
in the story. 2 marks

Creature Description

squib

belcher

31. Using evidence from two or more different paragraphs, describe the physical appearance of the
creature in the story known as a klingenot. 2 marks

32. Look at the paragraph beginning: ‘Previous visions flashed into his brain…’
1 mark

Find and copy one phrase which suggests the other creatures were not afraid of the presence of
the Klingenots.

33. Look at the paragraph beginning: ‘Turning tentatively to the right…’

1 mark

What does the word ‘tentatively’ suggest about the way Anders moved?

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Year 6 Reading Assessment Fiction 13

34. ‘Anders focused all his energy onto the misty window…’
1 mark
What was Anders trying to do?

35. Compare Anders’ feelings at the beginning of the extract with those at end. What is the difference
between the way he acts? Use evidence from the text to support your answer. 2 marks

36. Using evidence from the text, predict what has happened to the woods in the story and what
Anders might do next. 3 marks

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Year 6 Reading Assessment Fiction 14

37. How do you think Anders feels about his surroundings in the extract?
Give two feelings, with evidence from the text to support your answer. 2 marks

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