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Year 3 - Reading - Paper 2
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What is your name?
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Look at the first verse. What does it tell you about the balloon man? Tick the best answer.
He has balloons of all shapes and sizes.
He is out no matter what the time of year.
He stands in a different place every day.
He doesn’t enjoy holding his balloons.
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He holds them like a big bouquet.What is the poet comparing the bunch of balloons to?
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Look at this verse from the poem. Find and copy two words which describe how the balloons move.He holds them. Like a big bouquet As they tug and bounce And bump and sway.
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One windy morning He wasn’t there: What had happened to the balloon man?
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Look at this verse from the poem. Circle one word which shows there were a lot of people watching the balloon man.And carried along By the wind’s force,He waved down to the crowd –One-handed, of course.
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He waved down to the crowd –One-handed, of course. Why did the balloon man wave with only one hand?
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Why did the balloon man burst some of his balloons?
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Which of the following best describes how the balloon man comes back down? Tick one.
quickly and with a bump
with a great deal of force
slowly and gradually
with a wave and a cheer
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Tick to show whether the following sentences about the poem are true or false.
It tells a story about the balloon man.
It shows how the balloon man feels.
It explains how to make a balloon man.
It describes what the balloons are like.
true
false
It tells a story about the balloon man.
It shows how the balloon man feels.
It explains how to make a balloon man.
It describes what the balloons are like.
true
false
At the beginning, what does Mairi wish she could do? Tick one.
find a mermaid
learn to swim
look for crabs
go on holiday
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Why did Mairi decide not to dangle her feet again?
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What had happened to the mermaid when Mairi first found her?
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Look at the paragraph beginning: Mairi brushed aside the seaweed...Find and copy one word which shows the crab was not very happy to see Mairi.
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Look at the third paragraph.But then she saw it wasn’t an ordinary fish.In what way was the mermaid not like an ordinary fish? Write two things.
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Why did the mermaid hold on tight to Mairi’s thumb? Tick one.
She didn’t want to go back to her cave.
She was scared of the deep water.
She was afraid of getting hurt on the rocks.
She thought the crab would get her again.
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Look at these lines from the story. What do they show you? Tick one. as high as her knees...as high as her waist...as high as her neck...
that the little mermaid is growing bigger
that Mairi is running in and out of the sea
that Mairi is going deeper into the water
that the little mermaid is out of her depth
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Which of the following sentences about how Mairi learned to swim is true?Tick one
She did what Robbie said and pretended to be a mermaid.
She was forced to swim when the crab tried to pinch her toes.
She swam almost by accident when a wave lifted her up.
She waded into the sea and the mermaid showed her what to do.
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How do you think Mairi felt at the end of the story? Why? Explain your answer as fully as you can and use the whole story to help you.
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