Checkpoint English 0844 — Paper 2 Mock (Fiction Reading + Narrative Writing)

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Checkpoint English 0844 — Paper 2 Mock (Fiction Reading + Narrative Writing)

Cambridge Primary Checkpoint English — Paper 2 (Fiction Reading & Writing)

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Section A: Reading — The Lizard and the Bike

Spend about 30 minutes on this section. Read the passage, then answer the questions.

Saturday

Let me make one thing clear: I did NOT want a pet lizard. When Mum asked what I wanted for my birthday, I told her — very clearly — a bike with proper gears. So of course she bought me a lizard called Spike, and gave the bike to my little sister, Priya, who is only six and already gets away with everything. Spike just stared at me from his tank, as still as a stone.

Priya is treated like royalty in our house. Last week she drew all over the kitchen wall with my best felt-tips, and Mum just laughed and called it ‘creative’. If I had done that, I would still be scrubbing the wall next year.

This morning my best friend Sam knocked for me at seven o’clock. Sam is as keen as mustard about everything, which is exhausting before breakfast. He wanted to show me his new football boots, even though it was raining cats and dogs outside. I told him I would rather watch paint dry, but he just grinned and dragged me out anyway. That is the thing about Sam: he never takes no for an answer, and somehow I always end up having fun.

1 Tick the TWO statements that we know are TRUE from the passage.

Section A: Reading — The Lizard and the Bike

Spend about 30 minutes on this section. Read the passage, then answer the questions.

Saturday

Let me make one thing clear: I did NOT want a pet lizard. When Mum asked what I wanted for my birthday, I told her — very clearly — a bike with proper gears. So of course she bought me a lizard called Spike, and gave the bike to my little sister, Priya, who is only six and already gets away with everything. Spike just stared at me from his tank, as still as a stone.

Priya is treated like royalty in our house. Last week she drew all over the kitchen wall with my best felt-tips, and Mum just laughed and called it ‘creative’. If I had done that, I would still be scrubbing the wall next year.

This morning my best friend Sam knocked for me at seven o’clock. Sam is as keen as mustard about everything, which is exhausting before breakfast. He wanted to show me his new football boots, even though it was raining cats and dogs outside. I told him I would rather watch paint dry, but he just grinned and dragged me out anyway. That is the thing about Sam: he never takes no for an answer, and somehow I always end up having fun.

2 How do the narrator’s parents treat Priya differently from the narrator? Support your answer with evidence from the passage.

Marks: 2 points

Section A: Reading — The Lizard and the Bike

Spend about 30 minutes on this section. Read the passage, then answer the questions.

Saturday

Let me make one thing clear: I did NOT want a pet lizard. When Mum asked what I wanted for my birthday, I told her — very clearly — a bike with proper gears. So of course she bought me a lizard called Spike, and gave the bike to my little sister, Priya, who is only six and already gets away with everything. Spike just stared at me from his tank, as still as a stone.

Priya is treated like royalty in our house. Last week she drew all over the kitchen wall with my best felt-tips, and Mum just laughed and called it ‘creative’. If I had done that, I would still be scrubbing the wall next year.

This morning my best friend Sam knocked for me at seven o’clock. Sam is as keen as mustard about everything, which is exhausting before breakfast. He wanted to show me his new football boots, even though it was raining cats and dogs outside. I told him I would rather watch paint dry, but he just grinned and dragged me out anyway. That is the thing about Sam: he never takes no for an answer, and somehow I always end up having fun.

3 The narrator writes that Spike was ‘as still as a stone’. What language technique is this?

Section A: Reading — The Lizard and the Bike

Spend about 30 minutes on this section. Read the passage, then answer the questions.

Saturday

Let me make one thing clear: I did NOT want a pet lizard. When Mum asked what I wanted for my birthday, I told her — very clearly — a bike with proper gears. So of course she bought me a lizard called Spike, and gave the bike to my little sister, Priya, who is only six and already gets away with everything. Spike just stared at me from his tank, as still as a stone.

Priya is treated like royalty in our house. Last week she drew all over the kitchen wall with my best felt-tips, and Mum just laughed and called it ‘creative’. If I had done that, I would still be scrubbing the wall next year.

This morning my best friend Sam knocked for me at seven o’clock. Sam is as keen as mustard about everything, which is exhausting before breakfast. He wanted to show me his new football boots, even though it was raining cats and dogs outside. I told him I would rather watch paint dry, but he just grinned and dragged me out anyway. That is the thing about Sam: he never takes no for an answer, and somehow I always end up having fun.

4 The narrator says it was “raining cats and dogs”. Explain what this phrase means.

Marks: 1 points

Section A: Reading — The Lizard and the Bike

Spend about 30 minutes on this section. Read the passage, then answer the questions.

Saturday

Let me make one thing clear: I did NOT want a pet lizard. When Mum asked what I wanted for my birthday, I told her — very clearly — a bike with proper gears. So of course she bought me a lizard called Spike, and gave the bike to my little sister, Priya, who is only six and already gets away with everything. Spike just stared at me from his tank, as still as a stone.

Priya is treated like royalty in our house. Last week she drew all over the kitchen wall with my best felt-tips, and Mum just laughed and called it ‘creative’. If I had done that, I would still be scrubbing the wall next year.

This morning my best friend Sam knocked for me at seven o’clock. Sam is as keen as mustard about everything, which is exhausting before breakfast. He wanted to show me his new football boots, even though it was raining cats and dogs outside. I told him I would rather watch paint dry, but he just grinned and dragged me out anyway. That is the thing about Sam: he never takes no for an answer, and somehow I always end up having fun.

5 From the evidence in this passage, which genre do you think the story is?

Section A: Reading — The Lizard and the Bike

Spend about 30 minutes on this section. Read the passage, then answer the questions.

Saturday

Let me make one thing clear: I did NOT want a pet lizard. When Mum asked what I wanted for my birthday, I told her — very clearly — a bike with proper gears. So of course she bought me a lizard called Spike, and gave the bike to my little sister, Priya, who is only six and already gets away with everything. Spike just stared at me from his tank, as still as a stone.

Priya is treated like royalty in our house. Last week she drew all over the kitchen wall with my best felt-tips, and Mum just laughed and called it ‘creative’. If I had done that, I would still be scrubbing the wall next year.

This morning my best friend Sam knocked for me at seven o’clock. Sam is as keen as mustard about everything, which is exhausting before breakfast. He wanted to show me his new football boots, even though it was raining cats and dogs outside. I told him I would rather watch paint dry, but he just grinned and dragged me out anyway. That is the thing about Sam: he never takes no for an answer, and somehow I always end up having fun.

6 Tick TWO features of realistic fiction.

Section A: Reading — The Lizard and the Bike

Spend about 30 minutes on this section. Read the passage, then answer the questions.

Saturday

Let me make one thing clear: I did NOT want a pet lizard. When Mum asked what I wanted for my birthday, I told her — very clearly — a bike with proper gears. So of course she bought me a lizard called Spike, and gave the bike to my little sister, Priya, who is only six and already gets away with everything. Spike just stared at me from his tank, as still as a stone.

Priya is treated like royalty in our house. Last week she drew all over the kitchen wall with my best felt-tips, and Mum just laughed and called it ‘creative’. If I had done that, I would still be scrubbing the wall next year.

This morning my best friend Sam knocked for me at seven o’clock. Sam is as keen as mustard about everything, which is exhausting before breakfast. He wanted to show me his new football boots, even though it was raining cats and dogs outside. I told him I would rather watch paint dry, but he just grinned and dragged me out anyway. That is the thing about Sam: he never takes no for an answer, and somehow I always end up having fun.

7 The narrator says Sam “never takes no for an answer”. What does this tell you about Sam?

Marks: 1 points

Section A: Reading — The Lizard and the Bike

Spend about 30 minutes on this section. Read the passage, then answer the questions.

Saturday

Let me make one thing clear: I did NOT want a pet lizard. When Mum asked what I wanted for my birthday, I told her — very clearly — a bike with proper gears. So of course she bought me a lizard called Spike, and gave the bike to my little sister, Priya, who is only six and already gets away with everything. Spike just stared at me from his tank, as still as a stone.

Priya is treated like royalty in our house. Last week she drew all over the kitchen wall with my best felt-tips, and Mum just laughed and called it ‘creative’. If I had done that, I would still be scrubbing the wall next year.

This morning my best friend Sam knocked for me at seven o’clock. Sam is as keen as mustard about everything, which is exhausting before breakfast. He wanted to show me his new football boots, even though it was raining cats and dogs outside. I told him I would rather watch paint dry, but he just grinned and dragged me out anyway. That is the thing about Sam: he never takes no for an answer, and somehow I always end up having fun.

8 Would you like Sam to be your friend? Explain your answer using a word or phrase from the passage.

Marks: 2 points

9 Section B: Writing — Continue the story below in your own words (spend about 30 minutes; plan first).

Read this opening to a story, then continue it.

Saturday — I had been looking forward to the school caving trip for weeks. But as our group climbed deeper underground, the teacher’s torch suddenly flickered and went out. In the cold darkness, I heard slow footsteps coming towards us — and they were not ours.

Ideas to help you: Who is making the footsteps? Do you stay in the cave or find a way out? What do you discover? Build some suspense, and try to include description and maybe some dialogue.

0 / 80 words (minimum)

Marks: 30 points

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