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Year 1 Term 4 English Reading Assessment

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Learning Intention: I will recall key ideas and recognise literal and
implied meaning in texts.
Success Criteria: I can use comprehension strategies to build literal
and inferred meaning about key events, ideas and information in texts
that they listen to, view and read by drawing on growing knowledge
of context, text structures and language features (ACELY1660)
Read the passage below, A Rainy Day, and answer the questions.

A Rainy Day
It had been raining all day. Eric and his dog Coco sat at
the front door. They looked out at the rain. Both the boy
and the dog looked very sad. They were going to the park
but now they could not go.
Mum came to the door. “We can still go to the park. It’s
just a little rain. It won’t hurt us,” she said.
Eric jumped up and gave his mum a hug. Coco jumped up
too, his tail wagging.
“Go get your boots and Coco’s lead,” said Mum.
Both the boy and the dog ran off to get ready. Soon, they
were at the park, having fun and playing in the mud.

1. How long had it been raining?

1 mark
all night
all day
all morning
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2. Why were Eric and Coco sitting at the front door?

1 mark
they were waiting for the post
they liked watching the rain
they were waiting for it to stop raining

3. What did Eric have to get before he went to the park?

1 mark

his boots and Coco’s leash

a rain jacket
a leash

4. When Mum said they could go to the park, Coco and Eric were:
1 mark

happy
excited
sad

5. What do you think Eric and Coco did when they got home?
1 mark

had a nap
had a bath
watched TV

6. Number these events from 1 to 3 to show the order they appear in the text.
1 mark

Eric and Coco got ready for the park.

It started raining.

Eric and Coco played at the park.

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Year 1 Term 4 English Reading Assessment

Read the passage below, Bridges, and answer the questions.

Bridges
Bridges are built so cars and people can travel over water,
valleys and busy roads. In the past, bridges were made
out of logs, rocks and wood. These days, bridges are
built out of steel, concrete and strong materials. People,
cars, trucks and trains all use bridges. They need to be
built so they can survive strong winds, storms and even
earthquakes. The longest bridge in the world is 165km
long and was built in China.

7. Which of the following does NOT use bridges?

1 mark

people
planes
cars

8. True or false: These days, bridges are made out of wood.

1 mark

true
false

9. Draw a line to show the two parts of the sentence from the text:
1 mark

so they can survive strong winds,

storms and even earthquakes.

to allow cars and people to travel

They need to be built
over water, valleys and busy roads.

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10. Circle the bridges from the past:

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11. The longest bridge in the world is:

1 mark

130km long
65km long
165km long

12. What might happen if bridges these days were still made out of wood?
1 mark




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Year 1 Term 4 English Reading Assessment

Read the text, Our Class Chickens, and answer the questions.

Our Class Chickens

On Monday, the eggs arrived at our Year 1 class. They were kept
warm with a light. We couldn’t wait for them to hatch.
The next day, the eggs began to hatch. We could see some small
cracks on the eggs. Soon we could see the chickens’ beaks!
On Wednesday, all our chickens had hatched. They were placed in
a box. The chicks were very soft and fluffy.
On Thursday, we named our chicks. Their names are Fluffy, Tim,
Goldy and Fred.
The next day, we got to hold the chickens. We got to pat their
soft, fluffy feathers.

1 mark
13. How many chickens did the Year 1 class get?

4
5
3

14. Why did they need a light?

1 mark

to give them light

to keep them warm
to keep them dry

15. On what day did the class get to hold and pat the chickens?
1 mark

Tuesday
Thursday
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16. Why do you think they named one of the chickens ‘Goldy’? 1 mark




17. Draw a line to match the days of the week to the events.
3 marks

Tuesday The chickens hatched.

The Year 1 class got to hold

Wednesday
the chickens.

Friday The chickens began to hatch.

18. What do you think will happen to the chickens when they start to get too big for 2 marks
the box?



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Year 1 Term 4 English Reading Assessment Answers

Questions Answers Marks Notes

1. Literal All day 1
2. They were waiting for it to stop raining. 1
Inferential
3. Literal His boots and Coco’s leash. 1
4. excited 1
Inferential
5. 1 In the final line of the text, it said
Predicting they were ‘having fun and playing
Had a bath. in the mud’. Therefore, they
would have had a bath when they
got home to wash off the mud.
6. Literal 2. Eric and Coco got ready for the park. 1
1. It started raining.
3. Eric and Coco played at the park.
7. Literal Planes 1
8. Literal False 1 These days, bridges are made
out of steel, concrete and other
strong materials.
9. Literal They need to be built so they can 1
survive strong winds, storms and even
earthquakes.
10. Making 2 In the past, bridges were not
Connections made out of steel/concrete.

11. Literal 165km long 1

12. Bridges would not be strong enough if 1 An appropriate answer would

Predicting they were made out of wood. They would mention wood not being strong
collapse. enough. The answer might say
wood isn’t strong enough to
withstand strong winds, storms
and earthquakes.
13. Literal 4 1 Students can count the four
chicken names in the text - Fluffy,
Tim, Goldy and Fred.

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Year 1 Term 4 English Reading Assessment Answers

14. To keep them warm. 1

Inferential

15. Friday 1 The text doesn’t actually say

Inferential ‘Friday’, it just says ‘the next day’
so students had to look at the day
before to realise it was Friday.
16. Making The chicken might have had gold feathers 1 An appropriate answer would
Connections so they named it ‘Goldy’ after its colour. connect the name ‘Goldy’ with the
chicken’s feathers/appearance.
17. Literal 3 One point for each line that
Tuesday The chickens connects to the correct day
hatched.

The Year 1
Wednesday class got to hold
the chickens.

Friday The chickens

began to hatch.

18. The chickens won’t be able to live in the 2 An appropriate answer would
Predicting classroom any more. They will have to be state that they can’t live in the
given to a farm, a family or put in a chicken classroom anymore, they have to
coop at the school. live outside. They might also give
examples of where they might
go. One point for simple answers,
two points for answers that give
detail or examples.
Total Literal: /11 Total
Total inferential: /4
Marking connections:2
Predicting: /3 22

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