Collins Tests & Assessment - Year 2/P3 Reading Comprehension Progress Tests

Year 2: Spring Test 1 – Reading and answer booklet

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Class:

Date:

From Captain Scott: Journey to the South Pole

by Adrian Bradbury Captain Robert Falcon Scott was an explorer.

In June 1910, Scott and a team of men left Britain for Antarctica.

At that time, no one had ever reached the South Pole and Scott wanted to be the first.

Scott’s boat reached the Antarctic in January 1911.

1

When did Scott and his team leave Britain to go to Antarctica? _____________________________________ 1 mark

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Year 2: Spring Test 1 – Reading and answer booklet

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Scott wanted to be the first to …

 Tick one. reach Antarctica. leave Britain. become an explorer. reach the South Pole.

1 mark

Base camp Scott and his team set up a base camp. They had brought a wooden hut with them. The walls were packed with seaweed to keep out the wind and cold.

Even in the Antarctic summer, the temperature is only 2 degrees Celsius – just above freezing.

3

What did Scott and his men do to keep the wind and cold out of their hut? _____________________________________________________ 1 mark

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Year 2: Summer Test 1 – Reading and answer booklet

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From Mountain Mona

by Vivian French

Mona was a goat. She lived at the top of a mountain with her brother, her sister and her mother.

Her brother was good at jumping.

Her sister was good at leaping.

Her mother was good at climbing and scrambling.

Mona didn’t think she was good at ANYTHING … except growing flowers.

Mona grew big yellow sunflowers. She watched them grow … and she smiled.

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Year 2: Summer Test 1 – Reading and answer booklet

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Where did Mona live? __________________________________________________ 1 mark

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Draw four lines to match the goats to what they were good at.

Mona’s sister

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climbing and scrambling

Mona’s brother

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growing flowers

Mona’s mother

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jumping

Mona

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leaping 1 mark

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Year 2: Summer Test 1 – Mark scheme

Mark scheme for Summer Half Term Test 1 Qu.

Content domain

Requirement

Mark

Mountain Mona 1

1b

Award 1 mark for at the top of a mountain.

1

2

1b

Award 1 mark for all 4 answers correct: Mona’s sister – leaping Mona’s brother – jumping Mona’s mother – climbing and scrambling Mona – growing flowers.

1

3

1a, 1b

Award 1 mark for Ow/Ow!

1

4

1a, 1d

Award 1 mark for She was annoyed.

1

5

1a

Award 1 mark for glasses.

1

6

1d

Award 1 mark for so that he can chase her.

Also accept – because he thought that’s what goats should do.

1

7

1b, 1d

Award 1 mark each for Excuse me; please.

2

8

1a, 1d

Award 1 mark for Mona isn’t certain that he is a lion.

1

9

1d

Award 1 mark for because she can see.

Also accept that she is surprised to find that he is a lion.

1

10

1c

Award 1 mark for all answers correct.

1 = Mona made the lion angry.

2 = Mona tried on the lion’s spectacles.

3 = Mona jumped, leaped and climbed.

4 = Mona stood on her rock.

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Fox 11

1d

Award 1 mark for because it is dark/night.

1

12

1a

Award 1 mark for because black ink is very dark.

1

13

1d

Award 1 mark each for: the moonlight; the tip is white.

2

14

1d

Award 1 mark for because he is hungry; he needs to eat.

Also accept answers related to easy – e.g. he doesn’t want to work to hard; he’s hungry and wants to eat quickly.

1

15

1b, 1d

Award 1 mark each for: he smiles; he licks his lips.

2

16

1a, 1d

Award 1 mark for the fox ate him.

Award 1 mark for because he licks his lips; he walks away; he’s ready to sleep because he is not hungry any more.

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TOTAL MARKS

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