English Reading: Key Stage 1

2018 national curriculum tests
Key stage 1
English reading
Paper 1: reading prompt
and answer booklet
First name
Middle name
Last name
Total marks
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Contents
Little Cousin Clare Pages 4 – 11
Lunchbox: The Story of Your Food Pages 12 – 19
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Useful word
cousin
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Little Cousin Clare
When Bryn heard that his little cousin, Clare, was coming to visit, he
was very excited. He lived on a farm, a long way from the nearest
village, and he didn’t have any brothers or sisters.
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Practice questions
a What is the name of the boy who lived on the farm?
b How did he feel about his cousin visiting?
Tick one.
worried surprised
happy angry
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Bryn got out all his trucks and cars
and arranged them in a line. He
decided Clare could choose first
which to play with, although he
couldn’t help hoping it wouldn’t be
the big, blue one.
“I’m glad to see you’re tidying up,

Bryn,” said Dad. “Your room looks
much better now.”
1 Why did Bryn get out his toys?
Tick one.
He was deciding which one to play with.
He wanted to hide them from Clare.
He wanted to tidy them away.
He was getting them ready for Clare.

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2 What did Dad say looks much better now?
1 mark
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But Bryn hadn’t finished. He
started to sort out his books and
put all the ones about animals
together and all the ones about
trucks together. He wondered if
Clare would like different kinds
of books, as she was a girl, but
he couldn’t imagine anyone
not liking animals and trucks.
After all, his mother was always
driving big tractors on the farm.
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3 Which two topics did Bryn sort his books into?
1.
2.
1 mark
4 Who drives the tractor on the farm?
Tick one.
Bryn Bryn’s dad
Clare Bryn’s mum

1 mark
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Bryn was too excited to eat much breakfast the next day. He was
waiting for the sound of wheels in the driveway. When they came,
Bryn hid behind his mother and tried to peep around her legs for his
first sight of Clare. All he could see was a lady carrying something
wrapped up in a blanket.
“Bryn,” smiled his mother, “this is Aunt Jo.”
Aunt Jo bent down. “And this is your little cousin, Clare,” she said.
Bryn looked right into the face of a tiny, sleeping baby.
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5 ...tried to peep around her legs...
What does this tell you about Bryn?
Tick one.
He did not want to see his cousin.
He was angry about the visit.
He was nervous about meeting Clare.
He did not like his cousin Clare.

1 mark
6 Why was Bryn surprised when he met his cousin?
1 mark
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KS1 item template version 1
“Excuse me,” he said. “I just have to put some things away.”
“He’s been very tidy recently,” his mother told Aunt Jo. “He’s growing up
so fast.”
As Bryn put away his trucks and his books, he didn’t really feel bad that
Clare couldn’t play with them. It meant he had a little more time to have
the big, blue truck all to himself. He would lend her his big, blue bear
instead. After all, there’s nothing like a baby to make you feel much more
grown-up than you’ve ever been before.
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7 Why did Bryn put his toys away?
1 mark
8 What did Bryn decide to give Clare to play with?
1 mark
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9 Think about the whole story.
Put ticks in the table to show which of these are true and
which are false.
Sentence True False
Bryn liked to play with trucks.
Bryn’s mother worked on a farm.
Bryn lived in a village.

1 mark
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Useful words
wheat
grains
dough
yeast
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Lunchbox: The Story of Your Food
Do you take a lunchbox to school with you?
There are lots of different things you could
have in a lunchbox, such as sandwiches,
juice and fruit. Have you ever wondered
where your food and drink come from?

Practice questions
c Find and copy two things you could have in your lunchbox.
1.
2.
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d Which words mean the same as wondered?
Tick one.
thought about stared at
picked up eaten from
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Bread
A farmer plants seeds in spring. By summer,
they have grown into tall, waving wheat with
fat, ripe grains at the tip of every stalk.
The farmer cuts the wheat with a giant machine

called a combine harvester. Then the farmer
sends the grains to a flour mill.
The miller grinds the grains of wheat into flour

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10 What do the seeds grow into?
1 mark
11 The miller grinds the grains to make them into...
Tick one.
seeds. wheat.
flour. dough.
1 mark
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12 What takes the flour to the bakery?
Tick one.
The...
farmer miller
trucks combine harvester

1 mark
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The baker mixes the flour with water,
sugar and yeast, turns it into soft,
squashy dough and bakes it in a very
hot oven.
Out come fresh loaves of bread,

ready to send to the shops.
13 Write two words that tell you what the dough feels like.
1.
2.
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14 Where are the fresh loaves of bread sent to?
1 mark
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Apple juice
In spring, the apple trees in the orchard
are full of flowers. In summer, tiny apple
buds grow from each flower stalk. The
buds keep growing and, by autumn, the
trees are full of ripe, sweet fruit ready to
be picked.
Machines cut down the apples, or groups

of pickers reach into the trees and fill their
boxes with fruit.
15 When are the apples ready to be picked?
Tick one.
spring autumn
summer winter
1 mark
16 Find and copy one word that makes the apples sound tasty.
1 mark
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At the juice factory, sorters throw out any
bad or spoilt apples.
Then a machine washes the rest and

mashes them in a milling machine (pips,
skin and all). A huge press squeezes the
mash until all its juice runs out.
A heater warms up the juice to kill off any

germs and it is poured into cartons.
17 Where do the sorters work?
1 mark
18 Find and copy one word that means the same as ‘rotten’.
1 mark
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19 What does the apple press do?
Tick one.
cleans the apple juice
squeezes out the juice
gets rid of all the germs
washes the apples

1 mark
20 Look at the section about apple juice.
Number the sentences below from 1 to 4 to show the order

they happen.
The first one has been done for you.
The machines cut down the apples.
The apples are washed and cleaned.
The fruit grows from apple buds. 1
The juice is poured into cartons.

1 mark
End of test
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2018 key stage 1 English reading
Paper 1: reading prompt and answer booklet
Print version product code: STA/18/7960/p ISBN: 978-1-78644-450-9
Electronic PDF version product code: STA/18/7960/e ISBN: 978-1-78644-630-5
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2018 national curriculum tests

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Little Cousin Clare Pages 4 – 11

Lunchbox: The Story of Your Food Pages 12 – 19

R027168 – 26 September 2017 9:23 AM – Version 1

a What is the name of the boy who lived on the farm?

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b How did he feel about his cousin visiting?

“I’m glad to see you’re tidying up,

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1 Why did Bryn get out his toys?

He was deciding which one to play with.

He wanted to hide them from Clare.

He wanted to tidy them away.

He was getting them ready for Clare.

2 What did Dad say looks much better now?

3 Which two topics did Bryn sort his books into?

R028206 – 26 September 2017 9:36 AM – Version 1

4 Who drives the tractor on the farm?

Bryn Bryn’s dad

Clare Bryn’s mum

“Bryn,” smiled his mother, “this is Aunt Jo.”

Bryn looked right into the face of a tiny, sleeping baby.

5 ...tried to peep around her legs...

What does this tell you about Bryn?

He did not want to see his cousin.

He was angry about the visit.

He was nervous about meeting Clare.

He did not like his cousin Clare.

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6 Why was Bryn surprised when he met his cousin?

7 Why did Bryn put his toys away?

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8 What did Bryn decide to give Clare to play with?

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9 Think about the whole story.

Sentence True False

Bryn liked to play with trucks.

Bryn’s mother worked on a farm.

Bryn lived in a village.

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d Which words mean the same as wondered?

thought about stared at

picked up eaten from

The farmer cuts the wheat with a giant machine

The miller grinds the grains of wheat into flour

10 What do the seeds grow into?

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11 The miller grinds the grains to make them into...

12 What takes the flour to the bakery?

trucks combine harvester

Out come fresh loaves of bread,

R025690 – 26 September 2017 9:57 AM – Version 2

14 Where are the fresh loaves of bread sent to?

Machines cut down the apples, or groups

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15 When are the apples ready to be picked?

Then a machine washes the rest and

A heater warms up the juice to kill off any

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17 Where do the sorters work?

19 What does the apple press do?

cleans the apple juice