Help your Year 6 pupils prepare for the KS2 SATs reading test with this mini practice pack. Each resource is built around a carefully chosen text and includes SATs-style questions covering key reading skills such as vocabulary, retrieval, inference, summarising and predicting, and comparing and explaining.
For more texts and question sets, explore our full KS2 SATs reading collection.
About the text: It Wasn’t Me!
This playful poem follows a child denying responsibility for a series of household mishaps, from broken windows to missing sweets. The poem comes from our Real Grammar collection, which features high-quality texts from education experts. Pupils are exposed to lively vocabulary, humour and structured repetition, which make it engaging and accessible.
The poem’s humorous tone and recurring refrain provide rich opportunities for practising SATs reading skills. Pupils can infer who is responsible for the events, retrieve key details about objects and actions, summarise sequences of events and compare the effects of repeated phrasing across stanzas.
Why this text works well for SATs revision
- Inference-rich content: Pupils deduce responsibility and reason from context clues.
- Tier 2 vocabulary in context: Words such as wrecked and smashed support vocabulary-focused questions.
- Clear retrieval opportunities: Pupils can locate details about events, objects and people mentioned in the poem.
- Small extract, high impact: The short, structured stanzas allow pupils to reread quickly and focus on comprehension and language techniques.
- Natural links to predicting and summarising: Repeated patterns and escalating mishaps invite prediction and sequencing questions.
What’s included in this resource pack
- Quick Reading Questions PowerPoint
- PDF version of the poem
- Vocabulary Questions worksheet
- Retrieval Questions worksheet
- Inference Questions worksheet
- Summarise and Predict Questions worksheet
- Compare and Explain Questions worksheet
- Teacher notes
How to use this pack
Use the PowerPoint for whole-class modelling or small-group intervention, focusing on test technique and question analysis. Each section begins with a warm-up question and is followed by SATs-style questions linked to a specific reading skill.
Pupils can then apply their understanding using the PDF worksheets, either in class or as homework, using the text to justify their answers.
For further Year 6 reading practice, explore our KS2 SATs reading resources collection.