THE PHYSICS QUESTION BANK · KS2 SATS AND 11+ ENGLISH
40 Reading Comprehension Papers: KS2 SATs and 11+
Forty original reading comprehension papers to print and complete with a pencil, from Year 3 right up to the 11+. Every text comes with questions laid out like real KS2 SATs and 11+ papers, and full answers for adults, so children work on paper while you do the marking.
40 texts · 2 mock papers · 225 pages · printable A4 PDF
What’s inside
- 40 original texts: 10 each for Years 3–4, Year 5, Year 6 SATs and 11+, with fiction, non-fiction and poetry at every level
- 2 full SATs-style mock papers: 60 minutes and 3 texts each, worth 45 and 48 marks
- Questions laid out like real papers: tick boxes, true/false tables, matching, sequencing, find and copy, and written answers worth 1, 2 or 3 marks
- Text and questions on separate pages: so children can lay them side by side, with numbered paragraphs and lines and a glossary box for tricky words
- Full answers for adults at the back: every mark explained, model answers for written questions, and the reading skill each question tests (for example “Inference (2d)”)
- Score record sheet and suggested timings for each level
£9.99 · 225-page printable A4 PDF, ready to download straight away
Ten texts at every level
Years 3–4
- The Secret in Grandad’s Shed
- Hedgehogs: Night-time Garden Visitors
- How Do Bees Make Honey?
- The Runaway Kite
- Snow Day
- Foxes in the City
- Market Day
- The Old Owl
- Where Is Biscuit?
- Your Amazing Heart
Year 5
- Switch Off and Look Up!
- The Last Penalty
- The Light on Gull Rock
- Mary Anning: The Girl Who Found Sea Dragons
- The Oak at the Crossroads
- Four Days of Fire: London, 1666
- How the Kingfisher Got Her Colours
- The Voice in the Egyptian Gallery
- Storm over Hawker’s Hill
- Step Into Spring: Walk to School Week
Year 6 SATs
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel: The Engineer Who Thought Big
- The Night the River Came
- Save Elmbrook Library!
- The Thirsty Machine
- Number Twelve (Mock paper 1)
- Make Room for Swifts! (Mock paper 1)
- The Tin Under Gran’s Bed (Mock paper 1)
- The Storm at Badger Wood (Mock paper 2)
- One Giant Leap: The First Moon Landing (Mock paper 2)
- What the Mountain Said (Mock paper 2)
11+
- Letter from the Wall
- The Stone That Spoke Three Ways
- Water Bears: The Toughest Tiny Animals
- The Causeway
- The Glasshouse
- The Secret Colours of Autumn
- Lost Property
- The Weaver and the North Wind
- Endurance: Shackleton’s Great Escape
- The Clockmaker’s Apprentice
Each mock paper is three Year 6 texts sat together in 60 minutes, like the real KS2 reading test.
Why paper first?
The SATs and most 11+ tests are sat with a pencil. Writing answers by hand builds the habits that win marks: going back to the text, choosing evidence and explaining it.
Who it’s for
- Parents: steady practice at home from Year 3, with answers that show you where the evidence is
- Tutors: ready-made texts at four levels, with every mark explained and the skill each question tests
- Teachers: printable practice and two SATs-style mock papers for your own class
How to use it
- Print single-sided. Each text starts on a new page and its questions start on another, so print them separately and lay them side by side.
- Read the whole text first, then answer in pencil, looking back at the text for every answer.
- Mark with the answers at the back. Go through them together and record the score on the score sheet.
Try 20 of the texts free online
20 of the texts in this pack are also free to try online, with instant marking. For step-by-step methods for every question type, see the skills guide.
Questions
What format is it?
One 225-page A4 PDF. You get a download link straight away and by email after checkout, which is handled securely by Payhip.
Can I use it with my class?
Yes. The pack is licensed for use with your own children or your own class. Please don’t share the file publicly.
How should I print it?
Print single-sided. Each text and its questions start on separate pages, so you can print them separately and the child can lay them side by side. Print as many copies as you need for your own children or class.
Which levels are included?
Four levels with 10 texts each: Years 3–4, Year 5, Year 6 SATs and 11+. Suggested timings run from about 20 minutes per text for Years 3–4 to about 30 minutes for Year 6 and 11+.
Are these past papers?
No. Every text and question is new and written for this pack, with questions laid out like real KS2 SATs and 11+ papers.
Practise on paper, the way the test is sat
40 texts · 2 mock papers · 225 pages · Year 3 to 11+
Independent resource: original texts and questions, not past papers, and not endorsed by any test provider.